robert bridges composed jesu joy of man's desiring.
robert bridges composed jesu joy of man's desiring.
who composed jesu joy of man's desiring?
robert bridges
jesu, joy of man's desiring









































jesu, joy of man's desiring (or simply "joy") is the most common english title of a piece of music derived from a chorale setting of the cantata "herz und mund und tat und leben", bwv 147 ("heart and mouth and deed and life"), composed by johann sebastian bach in 1723. the same music on different stanzas of a chorale closes both parts of the cantata.
jesu, joy of man's desiring
bullet::::- bach: jesus, joy and treasure (jesu meine freude) motet, bach cantata club conducted by charles kennedy scott, 1927 (2 78rpm hmv d 1256–57).









































bullet::::- columbia history of music, volume ii – to the death of bach and handel:









































bullet::::- (bach cantata club choir) rejoice in the lord alway; handel: may no rash intruder ("solomon"); bach: "vater unser in himmelreich" and "herzlich thut mich verlangen"; "jesu joy of man's desiring".
charles kennedy scott