Telemann cantata texts

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Telemann cantata texts

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I have finished my transcriptions of the cantatas from Telemann's Harmonische Gottesdienst. For a new project in this Telemann anniversary year, I was wondering about transcribing some of the cantatas from the Engels-Jahrgang collection. Many of them (parts only) are on IMSLP. While the notes are not a problem, the texts are too difficult for me to decipher as they are in the old script. Does anyone know if a collection of texts has been published somewhere?
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There is an edition of the 72 cantatas of the Harmonische Gottesdienst by Max Seifert, 1953. It certainly contains the lyrics. See if you can find it in a library.
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Thanks but this is one of the two volumes I've already done. It's the 1729 Engels-Jahrgang set I'm looking for.
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I have borrowed a CD with a set of Telemann cantatas from the library of Nice and I could easily provide their lyrics but it is unclear if they belong to this Engels-Jahrgang. Perhaps you could add a topic in the Telemann Discussion and provide the titles of those you are looking for.
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If it's this CD then I would be very pleased indeed to see the lyrics since these would be three possible cantatas to work on:
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Sorry to resurrect a slightly old thread, but if you're still interested, the texts (by Daniel Stoppe) were printed in a textbook. The title is "Schwanengesang, bestehend aus einem poetischen Jahrgange über die Evangelien aller Sonn- und Festtage, zu welchem der Capellmeister Telemann in Hamburg die Music verfertiget". There is a digitised copy available at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin

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Excellent, thank you very much! This will be of great assistance.
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All 72 cantatas have now been transcribed and uploaded. Some excellent music included there so hopefully these pieces will now be more accessible.
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