• Die Freude reget sich

BWV 36.3; BWV 36b; BC G 38

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Genre

• Secular cantata

Scoring

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

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Date of origin, Work history

• zwischen April 1738 und August 1740

• Date of composition around 1737-1738 (due to the involvement of scribe Johann Wilhelm Machts, see Wollny BJ 2016) for a member of the Leipzig scholarly family Rivinus; probably Professor Johann Florens Rivinus (godfather of J. Christian Bach), probably not (as initially assumed) for his birthday (July 27), but for his ceremonial appointment as the highest-ranking professor of the Faculty of Law at the University of Leipzig (between May 7 and 12, 1739, Wollny BJ 2023). Without the Oboe d’amore/Violin I preserved, but reconstructable based on the template, see BWV 36.1 (which was composed in April/May 1725 for the birthday of an academic teacher and possibly performed again on April 9, 1731, for the birthday celebration of the Thomasschulrector Johann Matthias Gesner on the occasion of his 40th birthday)

relation to other works:

is revision of BWV 36.1 / BC G 35

Link to videos:

Die Freude reget sich, BWV 36.3 (Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, H. Rilling)

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Author Libretto

unknown author

Libretto

• Reworking of BWV 36.1 and 36.2 with new recitatives (author unknown)

Link to lyrics

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Original sources

D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 15 [Part(s)]

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Edition

BG 34, S.41 (P. Graf Waldersee, 1887);

NBA I/38, S. 255 (Werner Neumann, 1960) – Critical report (1960), S. 143

Addenda / Corrigenda

Corrigenda: BWV³ S. 67/68 - Werkgeschichte
EZ laut Schriftbefund zwischen April 1738 und August 1740 (für ein Mitglied der Leipziger Gelehrtenfamilie Rivinus; wahrscheinlich Professor Johann Florens Rivinus (Pate von Johann Christian Bach), allerdings wahrscheinlich nicht (wie zunächst angenommen) zu dessen Geburtstag (27. Juli 1737 oder 1738), sondern zur feierlichen Ernennung zum ranghöchsten Professor der juristischen Fakultät an der Universität Leipzig zwischen dem 7. und 12. Mai 1739. (Hausmann, Christiane)
Wollny BJ 2023, S. 57-62.

Literature

• Wollny BJ 2016; Wollny BJ 2023

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2026-04-22 01:47:03