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Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685–1750)

Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen

BWV 51; BC A 134^GND

Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity, Without Designation/For all times (in ogni tempore), Cantata Cycle III (1725-1727)

Other catalogues

BR-WFB N 168

Genre

Sacred cantata

Proper

Psalm: Psalm 23
Epistel: Galater 5, 25-26; 6, 1-10
Gospel: Matthäus 6, 24-34

Scoring

Sopran solo, Tromba, Violine I, Violine II, Viola, Basso continuo

Date of origin, Work history

wahrscheinlich vor dem 17. September 1730

Presumably created as a concert piece. The liturgical first performance likely took place on September 17, 1730, as evidenced by the watermark of the original sources. There was a subsequent performance after 1730 on the occasion of a council election or homage, with reworked individual lines of text. A further performance after 1750 was conducted by W. F. Bach in Halle in a revised format, with the addition of Tromba II/Timpani in the 1st and 4th movement

Early performances

1730-17-09, Leipzig, St. Nicholas Church (Link to event)
Predigt: Friedrich Werner
WA nach 1730 anlässlich einer Ratswahl oder Huldigung; WA nach 1750 durch WFB in Halle

relation to other works:

is part of BWV diverse [Jg. 3]

Comment

"In ogni Tempo."

Introduction to the work

Link to videos:

Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, BWV 51 (J. S. Bach Stiftung St. Gallen)

Author Libretto

unknown author

Libretto

Author unknown. Movement 4: Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren (J. Gramann, date of composition 1530; first printed in 1540), stanza 5 (additional stanza from Königsberg, 1549); printed text from Taucha 1755 (only movements 2-3): Schwartze 1756 (compare with Maul BJ 2000)

Link to lyrics

Author Chorale

Gramann, Johann (1487-1541)

Chorale

Satz 4:
Johann Gramann, "Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren", 1530/1540, Strophe 5

in: J. Kugelmann, Concentus novi, trium vocum, Augsburg 1540 (Discantus-Buch S. 53, Altus-Buch S. 34, Tenor-Buch S. 60, Bassus-Buch S. 54)

Other printed librettos

Zusatzstrophe 5:
Der CIII. Psalm: Lobe den Herrn meine Seele gepredigt und ausgelegt durch Joann Funcken, Königsberg 1549 (nach einer 1648 gehaltenen Predigt)

Textdruck: Heinrich Engelbert Schwar(t)ze (Hrsg.), Vollständige | Jubelacten | des im vorigen 1755 Jahre durch ganz außerordentliche | Solennitäten unvergesslich gewordenen | Religionsfriedens- | und | Freudenfestes | der evangelischen Kirche [...], 1756

Link to contemporary text print

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