Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben [2nd version] BWV 8.2; BWV 8; BC A 137b GND

Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity, Choral Cantatas in the Second Leipzig Cantata Cycle
Genre
Chorale cantata
Proper
Psalm: Psalm 90
Epistel: Epheser 3, 13-21
Gospel: Lukas 7, 11-17
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
, Leipzig (Premiere) (Link to event)
relation to other works:
is revision of BWV 8.1 / BC A 137a
is part of BWV diverse [Jg. 2b]
Introduction to the work
Link to videos:
Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben, BWV 8.2 (Collegium Vocale Gent, Ph. Herreweghe)
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]
Link to lyrics
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
in: Caspar Neumanns, Weyland fürnehmen Evangelischen Theologi zu Breßlau erbauliches Sterbe-Lied: Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben? [...], Leipzig 1730
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
persistent ID
BachDigitalWork_work_00000010
Static URL
https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000010
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2024-07-04 : 06:55:57
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