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Second Sunday before Lent/Sexagesima Sunday, Weimar Cantatas

Genre

Proper

Scoring

Sopran solo, Tenor solo, Bass solo, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass, Fagotto, Viola I, Viola II, Viola III, Viola IV, Violoncello, Basso continuo (Violone und Orgel)

Date of origin, Work history

um 1713–1714

Date of composition around 1713–1714, first performance no later than February 24, 1715

Early performances

1715-24-02, Weimar, Himmelsburg (Schlosskirche) (Link to event)
Predigt: Johann Georg Layritz

relation to other works:

is part of BWV diverse [W. Kant.]

relation from other works:

has revision BWV 18.2BWV 18BC A 44b

Comment

Text: Erdmann Neumeister (1716/17); mvt. 2: Isaiah 55:10-11; mvt. 3: with lines from the Litany by Martin Luther (1528); mvt. 5: stanza 8 from 'Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt' by Lazarus Spengler (1524)

Link to videos:

Author Libretto

Neumeister, Erdmann (1671–1756)

Libretto

Erdmann Neumeister.
Satz 2: Jesaja 55, 10–11.
Satz 3 mit Zeilen aus der Litanei (Martin Luther, 1528).
Satz 5: "Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt" (Lazarus Spengler, 1524), Strophe 8.
Textdruck: Neumeister 1711, Seite 49; Neumeister 1716/1717, Seite 125

Author Chorale

Spengler, Lazarus (1479-1534)

Chorale