• Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten

BWV 59; BC A 82

^GND

Genre

• Sacred cantata

Proper

Psalm: Psalm 51
Epistel: Apostelgeschichte 2, 1-13
Gospel: Johannes 14, 23-31

Scoring

• Sopran solo, Bass solo, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass, Tromba I, Tromba II, Timpani, Violine I, Violine II, Viola, Basso continuo

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Date of origin, Work history

• um 1718

• Date of composition in Karlsbad around 1718 (watermark; incomplete, see Wollny BJ 2020). Based on the original parts, the first performance likely took place on May 28, 1724. Movement 1 and 4 were modified (completed?) and reused in BWV 74/1 and 2, while movement 3 in BWV 175/7. The notation “Chorale seque” in the Leipzig Basso continuo part suggests a performance concluded with an (unknown) final chorus

Early performances

1724-28-05, Leipzig, St. Nicholas Church (Premiere) (Link to event)
Predigt: Salomon Deyling

relation to other works:

is exemplar of BWVBC F
is part of BWV diverse [1. Jg.]

Link to videos:

Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten, BWV 59 (J. S. Bach Stiftung St. Gallen)

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Author Libretto

Neumeister, Erdmann (1671–1756)

Libretto

• E. Neumeister. Movement 1: John 14, 23. Movement 3: Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott (M. Luther, 1524), stanza 1. Printed text: Neumeister 1714 (lost, only movements 1–4 set to music); Neumeister 1716/1717, page 279

Link to lyrics

Author Chorale

Luther, Martin (1483–1546)

Chorale

Satz 3: Martin Luther, "Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott", 1524, Strophe 1

in: M. Luther u. a., Eyn Enchiridion oder Handbuchlein, Erfurt 1524

Bible verse

Satz 1: Johannes 14, 23

in: Lutherbibel 2017

Other printed librettos

E. Neumeister, Tit. Herrn Erdmann Neumeisters Fünfffache Kirchen-Andachten [...], Leipzig 1716

Link to contemporary text print

[Bibliography]

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Original sources

D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 161 [Score, Sketch]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 102 [Part(s)]

Additional sources

D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 1159/V, Faszikel 3 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 162 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 465, Faszikel 5 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 492, Faszikel 4 [Score]
D-HVs Kestner No. 164 (Nr. 1-8) [Part(s)]
PL-Wu RM 5921 [Score]
PL-Wu RM 5930 [Score]
Verschollen BWV 59, C. v. Winterfeld Nr. 295 [Score]

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Edition

NBA I/13, S. 65 (Dietrich Kilian, 1959) – Critical report (1960), S. 52;

BG 12/2, S.153 (W. Rust, 1863)

Literature

• Wollny BJ 2020

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2024-04-10 12:16:58