Bach digital - Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten BWV 59

Date of origin: 1721
Early performances: 28 May 1724, Leipzig (Premiere)
relation to other works:: is exemplar of BWVBC F
is part of BWV diverse [1. Jg.]
Comment: first performance probably together with BWV 172; presumably second performance in 1731. Later parody of mvt. 1, 3 and 4 (1 and 4 = BWV 74/1 + 2; mvt. 3 = BWV 175/7)
Lyrics: Erdmann Neumeister (Eisenach, 1716/17) (only mvts. 1-4 set in music); mvt. 1: John 14:23; mvt. 3: stanza 1 from ‘Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott’ by Martin Luther (1524)
Link to lyrics
Edition: BG 12/2, S.153 (W. Rust, 1863);
NBA I/13, S. 65 (Dietrich Kilian, 1959) – Critical report (1960), S. 52

Original sources: D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 161
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 102
Additional sources: D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 162
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 465, Faszikel 5
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 492, Faszikel 4
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 1159/V, Faszikel 3
D-HVs Kestner No. 164 (Nr. 1-8)
PL-Wu RM 5921
PL-Wu RM 5930
Verschollen BWV 59, C. v. Winterfeld Nr. 295

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