Israelsbrünnlein. Fontana d'Israel. Gesamtausgabe (Score) series__Missa brevis (Zachow) and rhythmically altered according to

and rhythmically altered according to the practices in use at the time and place the music was written

but is incorporated into an instrumental trio movement

dich zu uns wend BWV 655

discovered the poetry of Paul Verlaine

The underlying 13-vers hymn by Michael Franck provided Bach and his unidentified librettist with an abundance of metaphors and comparisons which

Israelsbrünnlein. Fontana d'Israel. Gesamtausgabe (Score) series__Missa brevis (Zachow) and rhythmically altered according to"Israelsbrnnlein" is one of the most significant motet collection in German music of the 17th century, composed by Johann Hermann Schein, who was certainly the most important Thomaskantor prior to Johann Sebastian Bach. Among the 26 pieces, composed in the "Italian Madrigalische Manir" most of them are based on Old Testament texts, hence the name of the collection. Originally written for festive or solemn occasions, such as weddings, funerals or