Bach digital - Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam BWV 7

Johnmas/The Birth of John the Baptist, Choral Cantatas in the Second Leipzig Cantata Cycle

Genre: Chorale cantata
Proper: Psalm: Psalm 33
Epistel: Jesaja 40, 1-5
Gospel: Lukas 1, 57-80
Scoring: Alt solo, Tenor solo, Bass solo, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass, Oboe d´amore I, Oboe d´amore II, Violine concertato I, Violine concertato II, Violine ripieno I, Violine ripieno II, Viola, Basso continuo

Date of origin, Work history: vor dem 24. Juni 1724
First performance on June 24, 1724; subsequent performance (not dateable; subsequent notation of the harpsichord part)
Early performances: 24 June 1724, Leipzig (Premiere) (Link to event)
relation to other works:: is exemplar of BWVBC F
is part of BWV diverse [2. Jg.]
is part of BWV diverse [Jg. 2a]
: Introduction to the work
Link to videos:: Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam, BWV 7 (J. S. Bach Stiftung St. Gallen)

Author Libretto

unknown author

Libretto

M. Luther (1541), stanzas 1 and 7 literally preserved, stanzas 2–6 (sentence 2–6) reworked (author unknown)
Link to lyrics

Author Chorale

Luther, Martin (1483–1546)

Chorale

Satz 1 und 7:
M. Luther, Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam, 1541, Strophen 1 und 7

Original sources: D-LEb Thomana 7 (Depositum im Bach-Archiv) [Part(s)]
F-MELmah Inv. 918.1.123 [Part(s)]
US-NYtowe (o. Sign.), BWV 7 [Part(s)]
Verschollen BWV 7, Originalstimmen [Part(s)]
[Kantate BWV 7: Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam] Originalstimme (Basso continuo [transponiert]) [Part(s)]
Additional sources: D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 1175 [vocal score / piano reduction]
B-Br Ms II 4950 Mus [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 1159/XI, Faszikel 6 [Score]
D-DS Mus. ms. 526 [Score]
D-Eib 4.4.6 [Score]
D-LEb Rara II, 661/1-D [Score]
GB-Ob MS. M. Deneke Mendelssohn c. 61 [Konvolut] [Score]
GB-Ob MS. M. Deneke Mendelssohn c. 61, Faszikel 3 [Score]
PL-Wu RM 5918 [Score]
GB-Ob MS. M. Deneke Mendelssohn c. 56, Faszikel 2 [Part(s)]

Edition

BG 1, S. 179 (M. Hauptmann, 1851);

NBA I/29, S. 25 (Frieder Rempp, 1982) – Critical report (1984), S. 34

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