Sehet, welch eine Liebe hat uns der Vater erzeiget BWV 64; BC A 15

^GND

Other catalogues

NV 1790, S. 74 [9]

Genre

Sacred cantata

Proper

Psalm: Psalm 100
Epistel: Hebräer 1, 1-12
Epistel: Jesus Sirach 15, 1-8
Epistel: 1. Johannes 1, 1-10
Gospel: Johannes 1, 1-14
Gospel: Johannes 21, 20-24

Scoring

S*, A*, B*, S, A, T, B; Cto, 3 Tbne, Ob d’am, 2 Vl, Va, Bc

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Date of origin, Work history

vor dem 27. Dezember 1723
Erstaufführung 27. Dezember 1723; Wiederaufführung 27. Dezember 1740 (Schreiber G. H. Noah Stimme Org, Quelle St 84).

Early performances

27 December 1723, Leipzig (Premiere) (Link to event)
27 December 1740, Leipzig (Link to event)

relation to other works:

is part of BWV diverse [1. Jg.]

relation from other works:

is adapted in BWV 64/2 ChS
is adapted in BWV 64/4 ChS
is adapted in BWV 64/8 ChS

Link to videos:

Sehet, welch eine Liebe hat uns der Vater erzeiget, BWV 64 (Amsterdam Baroque, T. Koopman)

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Libretto

Johann Oswald Knauer (Gotha, 1720, edited); mvt. 1: 1. John 3:1; mvt. 2: stanza 7 from ‘Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ’ by Martin Luther (1524); mvt. 4: stanza 1 from ‘Was frag ich nach der Welt’ by Balthasar Kindermann (1664); mvt. 8: stanza 5 from ‘Jesu, meine Freude‘ by Johann Franck (1653)
Link to lyrics

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Original sources

D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 84, Faszikel 1 [Part(s)]
Verschollen BWV 64, Originalstimmen [Part(s)]

Additional sources

D-B Am.B 44 [Konvolut] [Score]
D-B Am.B 44, Faszikel 11 [Score]
D-B Am.B 102-104, Faszikel 3 [Score]
D-Bhm RH 1118 [Konvolut] [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 98, Faszikel 2 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 462, Faszikel 1 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 1159/VII, Faszikel 2 [Score]
D-KNu K 16a/6365 [Konvolut] [Score]
D-KNu K 16a/6365, Faszikel 1 [Score]
PL-Wu RM 5910 [Konvolut] [Score]
PL-Wu RM 5910, Faszikel 2 [Score]
Verschollen Sing-Akademie BWV 64, Partitur [Score]
Verschollen BWV 64, 144, 5, 36, Fk 84, J. Rietz [Score]
Verschollen BWV 64, Breitkopf [Score]
Verschollen BWV 64/1, C. P. E. Bach [Score]
Verschollen Choralsammlung [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 84, Faszikel 2 [Part(s)]
D-Gs 8 P GERM III, 746 [Textdruck] [Libretto]

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Edition

BG 16, S.113 u. S. 371 (W. Rust, 1868);

NBA I/3.1, S. 113 (Peter Wollny, 2000) – Critical report (2000), S. 95

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2023-02-10 : 03:29:58