Schwingt freudig euch empor (version in 1 part) BWV 36.4; BWV 36 (1); BC A 3a GND

First Sunday of Advent, without assignment
Genre
Sacred cantata
Proper
Psalm: Psalm 102
Epistel: Römer 13, 11-14
Gospel: Matthäus 21, 1-9
Week song: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland
Scoring
S*, T*, B*, S, A, T, B; Ob d’am, 2 Vl, Va, Bc

Date of origin, Work history
um 1726-1730
Entstehungszeit um 1726–1730 als Parodie von BWV 36.1, später rev. u. erweitert, siehe zweiteilige Fsg. BWV 36.5
relation to other works:
is revision of BWV 36.1 / BC G 35
is part of BWV diverse [o.Jg.]
relation from other works:
is adapted in BWV 36.4/5 ChS
has revision BWV 36.5
Link to videos:
Schwingt freudig euch empor , BWV 36.4 (Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, H. Rilling)

Author Libretto
Henrici, Christian Friedrich, genannt Picander ? (1700-1764)
Libretto
author unknown (C. F. Henrici?)
Philipp Nicolai (1556–1608)

mvts. 1-4 are reworkings of mvts. 1, 3, 5 and 7 of the secular cantata BWV 36.1 (36c);
mvt. 5: stanza 7 from ‘Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern’ by Philipp Nicolai (1599)
Link to lyrics
Author Chorale
Nicolai, Philipp
Chorale
Libretto

Additional sources
D-B Am.B 106 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 143 [Score]
D-KNu K 16a/6365 [Konvolut] [Score]
D-KNu K 16a/6365, Faszikel 4 [Score]
Verschollen BWV 36, 112, 146, L. Liepmannssohn [Score]
Verschollen BWV 36 (1), J. Christoph Westphal [Score]
Verschollen BWV 36 (2), J. Christian Westphal [Score]
Verschollen BWV 36 (3), K. M. Poppe [Score]
Verschollen BWV 64, 144, 5, 36, Fk 84, J. Rietz [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 82, Faszikel 2 [Part(s)]

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