{"slug": "warum-sollt-ich", "name": "WARUM SOLLT ICH", "alt_name": "WARUM SOLLT' ICH MICH DENN GR\u00c4MEN", "meter_label": "8.3.3.6 D", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 3, 3, 6], "doubled": true, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "composer": "johann-georg-ebeling", "composer_date": "1666", "canonical_key": {"tonic": "c", "mode": "major"}, "preferred_harmonization": "warum-sollt-ich-bwv422", "provenance": {"layer": "tune", "source": "bach-chorales-1784", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "WARUM SOLLT ICH (8.3.3.6 D), Johann Georg Ebeling's 1666 melody (Zahn 6461) for Paul Gerhardt's \"Warum sollt' ich mich denn gr\u00e4men\", from Pauli Gerhardi Geistliche Andachten (Berlin, 1666-67). Carried here in the melodic form J. S. Bach harmonized (chorale BWV 422, publ. Birnstiel/Breitkopf 1765-87; the same melody underlies BWV 248/33), which differs in detail from the smoothed 19th-century hymnal form of the tune (hymnary.org authority incipit 1-2-3-2-3-5-6..., also named EBELING or BONN; Bach's soprano opens 5-5-6-5 over the same phrase plan). Notated with an empty signature closing on G (modal chorale notation; canonical_key keeps the signature per house rule). All components pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "encoding_origin": "music21 corpus MusicXML (bach/bwv422), converted with tools/mxl2ly.py", "encoding_license": "music21 corpus (freely redistributed encoding of a public-domain work)", "hymnary_ids": {"tune_auth": "warum_sollt_ich_ebeling", "total_instances": 166}}, "harmonization": {"slug": "warum-sollt-ich-bwv422", "tune": "warum-sollt-ich", "music_file": "warum-sollt-ich-bwv422.ly", "harmonizer": "johann-sebastian-bach", "arrangement_type": "harmonization", "canonical_key": {"tonic": "c", "mode": "major"}, "time": "4/4", "pickup": null, "system_breaks": [13, 25, 37], "breaks_manual": true, "final_barline": "|.", "amen": false, "verse_variable_melisma": true, "refrain": null, "source_line": "WARUM SOLLT ICH, Johann Georg Ebeling, 1666; harmonization J. S. Bach (BWV 422). Public domain.", "provenance": {"layer": "harmonization", "source": "bach-chorales-1784", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Four-part chorale BWV 422 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), his setting of Johann Georg Ebeling's 1666 melody (Zahn 6461) for Paul Gerhardt's \"Warum sollt' ich mich denn gr\u00e4men\" (1653). Bach's collected chorales were published by Birnstiel (1765-69) and Breitkopf (1784-87; this setting is Breitkopf no. 356, Riemenschneider no. 357) \u2014 all components pre-1931. Encoded from the music21 corpus MusicXML of BWV 422 via tools/mxl2ly.py; identity confirmed by the file's embedded German underlay, whose '_' melisma map (10 continuations over 50 soprano notes, 8.3.3.6 D = 40 syllables) and phrase fermatas (soprano ordinals 10, 13, 17, 25, 34, 37, 41, 50) reconcile exactly.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "encoding_origin": "music21 corpus MusicXML (bach/bwv422), converted with tools/mxl2ly.py; melisma slurs added to the soprano from the embedded German underlay's '_' map", "encoding_license": "music21 corpus (freely redistributed encoding of a public-domain work)"}, "music_ly": "%% WARUM SOLLT ICH (8.3.3.6 D) \u2014 J. S. Bach's four-part chorale BWV 422 on\n%% Johann Georg Ebeling's 1666 melody (Zahn 6461) for Paul Gerhardt's \"Warum\n%% sollt' ich mich denn gr\u00e4men\". Four SATB voice streams, canonical key C major\n%% (the chorale is notated with an empty signature and closes on G \u2014 the old\n%% modal notation; the written f-sharps/c-sharp are carried as accidentals).\n%% RULES (CI-enforced): exactly the variables soprano/alto/tenor/bass/global;\n%% absolute octaves; each voice rhythmically complete; NO chords <>, NO <<>>,\n%% NO \\break, NO \\bar, NO lyrics.\n%%\n%% Encoded from the music21 corpus MusicXML (bach/bwv422) with tools/mxl2ly.py.\n%% Identity confirmed by the file's embedded German underlay (\"Wa-rum sollt'\n%% ich mich denn gr\u00e4-men ...\"). MELISMATIC: 50 soprano notes for 40 syllables\n%% (8.3.3.6 D) \u2014 the ten melisma continuations sit at soprano notes 6, 9, 15,\n%% 23, 24, 33, 39, 46, 48, 49 (read off the German '_' map; the slurs below\n%% mark the eight melisma groups). Source fermatas at soprano ordinals 10, 13,\n%% 17, 25, 34, 37, 41, 50 = the eight phrase ends (fermatas not rendered,\n%% corpus house style). Inner-voice ties are Bach's.\n\\version \"2.24.0\"\n\nglobal  = { \\key c \\major \\time 4/4 }\n\nsoprano = {\n  g'4 g'4 a'4 g'4 |\n  a'8( b'8) c''4 c''4( b'4) |\n  c''2 d''4 e''4 |\n  c''2 b'8( c''8) d''4 |\n  a'2 |\n  d''4 d''4 |\n  c''4 b'4 a'4( a'8. g'16) |\n  g'2 c''4 c''4 |\n  b'4 c''4 a'4 d''4 |\n  d''4( cis''4) d''2 |\n  d''4 e''4 c''2 |\n  b'8( c''8) d''4 a'2 |\n  d''4 d''4 c''4 b'8( a'8) |\n  a'4( a'8. g'16) g'2\n}\n\nalto = {\n  e'8 f'8 g'8 e'8~ e'8 d'8~ d'8 g'8 |\n  f'4 g'4 g'2 |\n  g'2 g'8 f'8 e'4 |\n  e'2 e'4 d'4 |\n  d'2 |\n  d'4 e'4 |\n  e'8 d'4 g'8 g'4 fis'4 |\n  d'2 g'8 fis'8 g'8 a'8 |\n  g'4 g'2 f'4 |\n  e'2 fis'2 |\n  g'4 g'4 f'2 |\n  d'8 e'8 d'8 e'8 fis'2 |\n  fis'4 g'8 fis'8 e'8 fis'8 g'4 |\n  g'4 fis'4 d'2\n}\n\ntenor = {\n  c'4 c'4 c'4 b8 c'8 |\n  f'4 e'4 d'8 e'8 f'8 g'16 f'16 |\n  e'2 b4 b4 |\n  a2 g4 g4 |\n  fis2 |\n  fis4 g4~ |\n  g8 a8 b8 d'8 e'4 a16 b16 c'8 |\n  b2 g4 e'4 |\n  d'4 c'4 c'4 a4 |\n  bes4 a4 a2 |\n  b4 bes8 c'16 bes16 a2 |\n  g4 g4 d'2 |\n  d'8 c'8 b4 c'4 d'4 |\n  d'4 a16 b16 c'8 b2\n}\n\nbass = {\n  c8 d8 e8 c8 f4. e8 |\n  d4 e8 f8 g2 |\n  c2 g4 gis4 |\n  a2 e4 b,8 c8 |\n  d2 |\n  b,4 e4~ |\n  e8 fis8 g8 b,8 c8 a,8 d4 |\n  g,2 e8 d8 e8 fis8 |\n  g8 f8 e8 c8 f8 e8 f8 d8 |\n  g8 e8 a8 a,8 d2 |\n  g4 c4 f2 |\n  f8 e8 b,8 c8 d2 |\n  b,4 e4 a,4 b,8 c8 |\n  d2 g,2\n}\n"}, "harmonizations": [{"slug": "warum-sollt-ich-bwv422", "tune": "warum-sollt-ich", "music_file": "warum-sollt-ich-bwv422.ly", "harmonizer": "johann-sebastian-bach", "arrangement_type": "harmonization", "canonical_key": {"tonic": "c", "mode": "major"}, "time": "4/4", "pickup": null, "system_breaks": [13, 25, 37], "breaks_manual": true, "final_barline": "|.", "amen": false, "verse_variable_melisma": true, "refrain": null, "source_line": "WARUM SOLLT ICH, Johann Georg Ebeling, 1666; harmonization J. S. Bach (BWV 422). Public domain.", "provenance": {"layer": "harmonization", "source": "bach-chorales-1784", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Four-part chorale BWV 422 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), his setting of Johann Georg Ebeling's 1666 melody (Zahn 6461) for Paul Gerhardt's \"Warum sollt' ich mich denn gr\u00e4men\" (1653). Bach's collected chorales were published by Birnstiel (1765-69) and Breitkopf (1784-87; this setting is Breitkopf no. 356, Riemenschneider no. 357) \u2014 all components pre-1931. Encoded from the music21 corpus MusicXML of BWV 422 via tools/mxl2ly.py; identity confirmed by the file's embedded German underlay, whose '_' melisma map (10 continuations over 50 soprano notes, 8.3.3.6 D = 40 syllables) and phrase fermatas (soprano ordinals 10, 13, 17, 25, 34, 37, 41, 50) reconcile exactly.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "encoding_origin": "music21 corpus MusicXML (bach/bwv422), converted with tools/mxl2ly.py; melisma slurs added to the soprano from the embedded German underlay's '_' map", "encoding_license": "music21 corpus (freely redistributed encoding of a public-domain work)"}, "music_ly": "%% WARUM SOLLT ICH (8.3.3.6 D) \u2014 J. S. Bach's four-part chorale BWV 422 on\n%% Johann Georg Ebeling's 1666 melody (Zahn 6461) for Paul Gerhardt's \"Warum\n%% sollt' ich mich denn gr\u00e4men\". Four SATB voice streams, canonical key C major\n%% (the chorale is notated with an empty signature and closes on G \u2014 the old\n%% modal notation; the written f-sharps/c-sharp are carried as accidentals).\n%% RULES (CI-enforced): exactly the variables soprano/alto/tenor/bass/global;\n%% absolute octaves; each voice rhythmically complete; NO chords <>, NO <<>>,\n%% NO \\break, NO \\bar, NO lyrics.\n%%\n%% Encoded from the music21 corpus MusicXML (bach/bwv422) with tools/mxl2ly.py.\n%% Identity confirmed by the file's embedded German underlay (\"Wa-rum sollt'\n%% ich mich denn gr\u00e4-men ...\"). MELISMATIC: 50 soprano notes for 40 syllables\n%% (8.3.3.6 D) \u2014 the ten melisma continuations sit at soprano notes 6, 9, 15,\n%% 23, 24, 33, 39, 46, 48, 49 (read off the German '_' map; the slurs below\n%% mark the eight melisma groups). Source fermatas at soprano ordinals 10, 13,\n%% 17, 25, 34, 37, 41, 50 = the eight phrase ends (fermatas not rendered,\n%% corpus house style). Inner-voice ties are Bach's.\n\\version \"2.24.0\"\n\nglobal  = { \\key c \\major \\time 4/4 }\n\nsoprano = {\n  g'4 g'4 a'4 g'4 |\n  a'8( b'8) c''4 c''4( b'4) |\n  c''2 d''4 e''4 |\n  c''2 b'8( c''8) d''4 |\n  a'2 |\n  d''4 d''4 |\n  c''4 b'4 a'4( a'8. g'16) |\n  g'2 c''4 c''4 |\n  b'4 c''4 a'4 d''4 |\n  d''4( cis''4) d''2 |\n  d''4 e''4 c''2 |\n  b'8( c''8) d''4 a'2 |\n  d''4 d''4 c''4 b'8( a'8) |\n  a'4( a'8. g'16) g'2\n}\n\nalto = {\n  e'8 f'8 g'8 e'8~ e'8 d'8~ d'8 g'8 |\n  f'4 g'4 g'2 |\n  g'2 g'8 f'8 e'4 |\n  e'2 e'4 d'4 |\n  d'2 |\n  d'4 e'4 |\n  e'8 d'4 g'8 g'4 fis'4 |\n  d'2 g'8 fis'8 g'8 a'8 |\n  g'4 g'2 f'4 |\n  e'2 fis'2 |\n  g'4 g'4 f'2 |\n  d'8 e'8 d'8 e'8 fis'2 |\n  fis'4 g'8 fis'8 e'8 fis'8 g'4 |\n  g'4 fis'4 d'2\n}\n\ntenor = {\n  c'4 c'4 c'4 b8 c'8 |\n  f'4 e'4 d'8 e'8 f'8 g'16 f'16 |\n  e'2 b4 b4 |\n  a2 g4 g4 |\n  fis2 |\n  fis4 g4~ |\n  g8 a8 b8 d'8 e'4 a16 b16 c'8 |\n  b2 g4 e'4 |\n  d'4 c'4 c'4 a4 |\n  bes4 a4 a2 |\n  b4 bes8 c'16 bes16 a2 |\n  g4 g4 d'2 |\n  d'8 c'8 b4 c'4 d'4 |\n  d'4 a16 b16 c'8 b2\n}\n\nbass = {\n  c8 d8 e8 c8 f4. e8 |\n  d4 e8 f8 g2 |\n  c2 g4 gis4 |\n  a2 e4 b,8 c8 |\n  d2 |\n  b,4 e4~ |\n  e8 fis8 g8 b,8 c8 a,8 d4 |\n  g,2 e8 d8 e8 fis8 |\n  g8 f8 e8 c8 f8 e8 f8 d8 |\n  g8 e8 a8 a,8 d2 |\n  g4 c4 f2 |\n  f8 e8 b,8 c8 d2 |\n  b,4 e4 a,4 b,8 c8 |\n  d2 g,2\n}\n", "preferred": true}], "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}