Bach digital - Gott, man lobet dich in der Stille BWV 120.1

Council Election, without assignment

Genre: Sacred cantata
Scoring: S*, A*, T*, B*, S, A, T, B; 3 Tr, Timp, 2 Ob, 2 Ob d’am, Vl conc, 2 Vl, Va, Bc

Date of origin, Work history: 1729 oder früher (nicht erhaltene Version)
Date of composition 1729 (first performance on August 29, 1729?) or earlier (version not preserved); subsequent performance around 1742 in a revised form (current version). Movement 1 may possibly and movement 4 conclusively go back to earlier, perhaps Köthen compositions (compare with BWV 1019.2/3). Movements 1, 2, and 4 were reused in BWV 120.2/6, 1 and 3, as well as in BWV 120.3/1, 2, and 4. Movement 2 serves as the parody template for BWV 232.4 II/9 (Et expecto)
relation to other works:: is exemplar of BWVBC F
is part of BWV diverse [o.Jg.]
Comment: Mainly parody of older works. Connections as follows:
mvt. 1 = BWV 120a/6 or 120b/1. mvt. 2 = BWV 120a/1 or 120b/2 or BWV 232 ("Et expecto resurrectionis"). mvt. 4 = BWV 120a/3 or 120b/4 or Sonata for violin BWV 1019a/3
: Introduction to the work
Link to videos:: Gott, man lobet dich in der Stille, BWV 120.1 (Netherlands Bach Society)

Libretto

Author unknown. Movement 1: Psalm 65, 2. Movement 6: from Herr Gott, dich loben wir (Germanized Te Deum, M. Luther, 1529)
Link to lyrics

Chorale

Satz 6:
Martin Luther, Herr Gott, dich loben wir, 1529
in: Martin Luther, Geistliche Lieder auffs new gebessert zu Wittemberg, Erfurt 1531

Original sources: PL-Kj Mus.ms. Bach P 871 [Score]
Additional sources: D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 193 [Score]
D-HAmi Ms. 157 [Score]
GB-Ob MS. M. Deneke Mendelssohn c. 61, Faszikel 10 [Score]
GB-Ob MS. M. Deneke Mendelssohn c. 61 [Konvolut] [Score]

Edition

BG 24, S.249 (A. Dörffel, 1876);

NBA I/32.2, S. 53 (Christine Fröde, 1994) – Critical report (1994), S. 69

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