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Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity, Choral Cantatas in the Second Leipzig Cantata Cycle

Genre

Proper

Scoring

Sopran solo, Alt solo, Tenor solo, Bass solo, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass, Flauto traverso, Oboe d'amore I, Oboe d'amore II, Taille, Violine concertato I, Violine concertato II, Violine I, Violine II, Viola, Basso continuo

Date of origin, Work history

vor dem 17. September 1747

First performance likely on September 17, 1747. Reworking of the first version (transposed to D; including change in instrumentation). Subsequent performance in Leipzig after 1756 under Johann Friedrich Doles (harpsichord part)

Early performances

1747-17-09, Leipzig (Premiere) (Link to event)

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Libretto

Caspar Neumann (around 1690), stanzas 1 and 5 literally preserved, stanzas 2–4 (sentence 2–5) reworked (author unknown). Original text print: Leipzig 1724 III, page [11]

Author Chorale

Neumann, Caspar (1648-1715)

Chorale

Satz 1 und 6:
Caspar Neumann, "Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben", um 1730, Strophen 1 und 5

Original sources: D-LEb Thomana 8, Faszikel 1 (Depositum im Bach-Archiv) [Part(s)]
Verschollen BWV 8 (in D), Originalstimmen [Part(s)]
Additional sources: D-LEb Rara II, 661/2-D [Score]
D-LEb Thomana 8, Faszikel 2 [nach 1750] (Depositum im Bach-Archiv) [Part(s)]
Verschollen Thomasschule zu Leipzig, BWV 8 (Partitur) [Score]

Edition

NBA I/23, S. 163 (Helmuth Osthoff, 1982) – Critical report (1984), S. 57

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