Nun komm der Heiden Heiland BWV 61; BC A 1 GND
- 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
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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
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, 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
, 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)
- 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
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Luther, Martin (1483–1546)
Nicolai, Philipp - Chorale
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Satz 1:
Martin Luther, Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, 1524, Strophe 1in: M. Luther [u. a.], Eyn Enchiridion oder Handbuchlein, Erfurt, 1524 - Chorale
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Satz 6:
Philipp Nicolai, "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern", 1599, Abgesang Strophe 7in: P. Nicolai, Freudenspiegel des ewigen Lebens, Frankfurt am Main 1599 - Bible verse
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Satz 4:
Offenbarung 3, 20in: Lutherbibel 2017 - Other printed librettos
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E. Neumeister, Tit. Herrn Erdmann Neumeisters Fünfffache Kirchen-Andachten [...], Leipzig 1716 Link to contemporary text print [Bibliography]
- Original sources
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D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 45, Faszikel 6 [Score]
- Additional sources
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Verschollen BWV 61 (oder BWV 62 ?), Kaiserin Augusta-Gymnasium (Berlin) [Score]
- Edition
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NBA I/1, S. 1 (Alfred Dürr und Werner Neumann, 1954) – Critical report (1955), S. 7;
BG 16, S.3 (W. Rust, 1868)
- persistent ID
- BachDigitalWork_work_00000077
- Static URL
- https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000077
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- 2024-04-11 : 03:34:22
