Johann Sebastian Bach (March 1685 – July 1750) born in Eisenach, was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period.

Known for his prolific output of music across many forms of music, he is regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music.

He died in Leipzig in July 1750.

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Ich will dir mein Herze schenken, Soprano, no 49: St Matthew Passion, BWV244


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Ich will dir mein Herze schenken. The setting is taken from the Gospel of St.Matthew (in the Luther Bible).

Ich will dir mein Herze schenken, 

Senke dich, mein Heil, hinein!

Ich will mich in dir versenken;
Ist dir gleich die Welt zu klein, 

Ei, so sollst du mir allein 

Mehr als Welt und Himmel sein.

English translation



I wish to give you my heart

Sink into it, my Salvation. 

I will submerge myself in you.

And if the world is too small for you,

Ah, you alone shall be more to me 

Than world and heaven

International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) pronunciation of the German text.

ˈɪç vˈɪl dˈiːɾ mˈa͡ɪn hˈɛɾt͡sə ʃˈɛŋkən,

zˈɛŋkə dˈɪç, mˈa͡ɪn hˈa͡ɪl, hɪnˈa͡ɪn!

ˈɪç vˈɪl mˈɪç ˈɪn dˈiːɾ fɛɾzˈɛŋkən;
ˈɪst dˈiːɾ ɡlˈa͡ɪç dˈiː vˈɛlt t͡sˈuː klˈa͡ɪn, 
ˈa͡ɪ,
zˈoː zˈɔlst dˈuː mˈiːɾ alˈa͡ɪn 

mˈeːɾ ˈals vˈɛlt ˈʊnt hˈɪməl zˈa͡ɪn.