Musical praise of God

With the vintage Musical praise of God Telemann presented what was probably his most ambitious and elaborate printing project: The volume was engraved as a score in copper - in full voice and using the most expensive printing method of the time. He asked the Hamburg pastor and librettist Erdmann Neumeister, whom he held in high esteem, to write the texts for the volume. Telemann had probably known Neumeister since his student days in Leipzig, they both worked in Sorau and he had already worked with him in 1710/11 (Spiritual singing and playing, GSuS1), 1713/14 (French vintage, FranzJ) und 1716/17, bzw. 1720 (Concert vintage, ConcJ) zusammengearbeitet. Mehr oder weniger parallel arbeiteten beide am Song vintage (LiedJ), der wohl 1743/44 aufgeführt wurde. Da davon auszugehen ist, dass die Erstaufführung der zunächst geplanten 69 Kirchenmusiken mit dem ersten Advent 1741 startete, muss Neumeister die Texte im Laufe desselben Jahres konzipiert und gedichtet sowie Telemann die Komposition seiner Kirchenmusiken begonnen haben. Telemann machte Neumeister konkrete Vorgaben bezüglich der Textstruktur, so dass die einzelnen Kirchenmusiken einheitlich gestaltet sind: Auf ein Dictum folgt ein Choral, dann ein Rezitativ und eine Arie. Ein weiterer Choral führt zu einer Arie; die Wiederholung des Dictums bildet den Schluss. Ein wesentliches und charakteristisches musikalisches Element des Musical praise of God are the diverse contrapuntal techniques that run through the dicta like a common thread.

• Biography (1744)
• Preliminary report (1744)
• Hosanna to the son of David
• He who bears witness speaks
• Those who trust him
• Grow in grace and knowledge
• A child is born to us
• Rejoice, you who suffer with Christ
• And the Word became flesh
• Amen! Praise and honour
• Hallelujah, praise the name of the Lord
• I am poor and miserable
• Praise the Lord, all ye nations
• How lovely are your dwellings
• The Lord knows the days of the pious
• What God wills in heaven, let it be done
• When I am afraid, I call
• So let us not sleep now
• And behold, a voice from the clouds
• By grace you have been saved
• Yes, blessed are those who hear God's word
• Behold, this is the Lamb of God
• Be sober and awake
• Remember how I was so miserable
• My eyes always look to the Lord
• Rejoice, ye heavens, rejoice earth
• Our consolation is the
• Ye righteous, rejoice in the Lord
• One sings with joy of victory
• Hold Jesus Christ in remembrance
• Jesus Christ has come
• It's impossible without faith
• My sheep hear my voice
• We know that those who love God
• So now we have, dear brothers
• This is the joy
• God rises with a shout
• I believe that this time is suffering
• Do you not know that your body
• So God loved the world
• The Lord is my shepherd
• Praise be to God
• God will give to each one
• Blessed are those who take communion
• Turn to me
• Whoever pursues mercy and goodness
• The blessing of the Lord makes you rich
• When you offer your gift on the altar
• Taste and see how kind the Lord is
• Dear ones, do not believe any spirit
• Teach us to remember that we must die
• They despise the law of the LORD of hosts
• Seek the Lord, because he is to be found
• He has done everything well
• This is his commandment, that we believe
• Be grateful in all things
• Seek ye first the kingdom of God
• Our none lives to him himself
• You have been told, man, what is good
• The main sum of the commandment is love
• Where is such a God as you are
• God, our Saviour, wants
• I hope that you will be so gracious
• He who avenges himself
• Oh, where did that evil thing come from
• I know that for a fact
• I want you to know that in the last days
• We must all become manifest
• Teach us to remember that we must die
• I feel like leaving
• This is the day that the Lord makes
• Praise the Lord, all ye nations
• My soul exalts the Lord
• And all the angels were round the chair