Beside thy cradle here I stand / Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier
( Beside thy cradle here I stand ; Long ere I saw the light of day )
Arr.: Lundquist, Matthew (1885-1964) [ Sweden ; USA ]
Mel.:
Bach, Johann Sebastian
(1685-1750)
[ Germany ]
(1736)
Edition
Published by
ECS Publishing
[USA]
, 1959
; in Five sacred songs
(11 p.)
Ref. :
E.C.S. choral music no. 2521
(2 p.)
, "Choral songs"
Type of material:
Full score
Description
Text in:
English
Genre-Style-Form:
Sacred ; Christmas song ; Lullaby
Type of Choir:
S (1 boy choir OR children OR girls choir OR women voices )
Instrumentation:
Keyboard
(1 instrumental part(s))
Instruments:
Organ (1)
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
1
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
B
Tonality:
C minor
Duration:
1.5 min.
Liturgical Use:
Christmas
Number of verses:
2
Musicological Sources:
From Georg Christian Schemelli's Musicalisches Gesang-Buch (1736), no. 197 ; It is not certain whether Bach or Schemelli actually composed the tune.
Pronunciation