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Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685–1750)

Nun komm der Heiden Heiland

BWV 61; BC A 1^GND

First Sunday of Advent, Weimar Cantatas, Cantata Cycle I (1723/1724)

Other catalogues

NV 1790, S. 74 [2]

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

Sopran solo, Tenor solo, Bass solo, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass, Fagotto, Violine I, Violine II, Viola I, Viola II, Basso continuo

Date of origin, Work history

vor dem 02. Dezember 1714 (autographes Datum bei P 45)

First performance December 2, 1714 (autograph date), subsequent performance probably on November 28, 1723 (evidence of the autograph score within the First Leipzig Cantata Cycle); subsequent performance after 1730 (autograph addition to the order of service in partially autographed score P 45). Further performance after 1750 by W. F. Bach in Halle (text print in D-HA)

Early performances

1714-02-12, Weimar, Himmelsburg (Schlosskirche) (Premiere) (Link to event)
Predigt: Johann Georg Layritz
WA vermutlich 28. November 1723; WA nach 1730; WA nach 1750 durch WFB in Halle

1723-28-11, Leipzig (Link to event)

relation to other works:

is part of BWV diverse [1. Jg.]
is part of BWV diverse [W. Kant.]

Introduction to the work

Link to videos:

Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, BWV 61 (J. S. Bach Stiftung St. Gallen)
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 61 (Netherlands Bach Society)

Author Libretto

Neumeister, Erdmann (1671–1756)

Libretto

E. Neumeister. Movement 1 uses Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (M. Luther, 1524), stanza 1. Movement 4 uses Revelation 3, 20. Movement 6: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (P. Nicolai, date of composition 1597/1598; first print 1599), concluding stanza 7. Printed text: Neumeister 1714 (lost); Neumeister 1716/1717, page 8; Neumeister 1717, page 1

Link to lyrics

Author Chorale

Luther, Martin (1483–1546)
Nicolai, Philipp

Chorale