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The Friday OT: JS Bach Advent Cantata BWV36, “Auch mit gedämpften, schwachen Stimmen” (Aria 7)

The second and most famous aria from JS Bach’s Cantata BWV36, written for the first Sunday in Advent (that’s this weekend, folks). YouTube here.

Auch mit gedämpften, schwachen Stimmen
Wird Gottes Majestät verehrt.
Denn schallet nur der Geist darbei,
So ist ihm solches ein Geschrei,
Das er im Himmel selber hört.

Even with subdued, weak voices, God’s majesty is honoured, For if only the spirit resounds, There is such a cry to him, That he himself hears it in heaven.

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