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Epiphany, Cantata Cycle I (1723/1724)

Other catalogues: NV 1790, S. 75 [4]
Genre: Sacred cantata
Proper: Psalm: Psalm 8
Epistel: Jesaja 60, 1-6
Gospel: Matthäus 2, 1-12
Scoring: T*, B*, S, A, T, B; 2 Cr da cac, 2 Fl dolce, 2 Ob da cac, 2 Vl, Va, Bc

Date of origin, Work history: vor dem 06. Januar 1724
Erstaufführung 6. Januar 1724. In der autogr. Partitur zu BWV 81 (D-B: P 120) gibt es zwei Skizzen zum Eingangschor (NBA Suppl., S. 110, P. Wollny, 2011).
Early performances: 6 January 1724, Leipzig (Premiere) (Link to event)
relation to other works:: is part of BWV diverse [1. Jg.]
relation from other works:: is adapted in BWV 65/2 ChS
is adapted in BWV 65/7 ChS
Comment: In der autogr. Partitur Melodieskizze zum Ritornell der Arie Nr. 4 (NBA Suppl., S. 114f., P. Wollny, 2011). In der autogr. Partitur zu BWV 81 (D-B: P 120) zwei Skizzen zum Eingangschor (NBA Suppl., S. 110ff., P. Wollny, 2011).
: Introduction to the work
Link to videos:: Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen, BWV 65 (Netherlands Bach Society)

Libretto: author unknown
Paul Gerhardt (1607–1676)

mvt. 1: Isaiah 60:6; mvt. 2: stanza 4 from ‘Ein Kind geborn zu Bethlehem’ (c. 1540, after the hymn Puer natus in Bethlehem); mvt. 7 (without text): probably stanza 10 from ‘Ich hab in Gottes Herz und Sinn’ by Paul Gerhardt (1647)
Link to lyrics

Original sources: D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 120 [Score, Sketch]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 147 [Score, Sketch]
Additional sources: A-Wgm III 33340 (Q 689) [Score]
D-B Ms Danzig 4223 [Score]
D-B N.Mus.ms. 10072-15 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 446, Faszikel 1 [Score]
D-Bsa SA 818 [= Choralsammlung C. F. C. Fasch] [Score]
PL-Wu RM 5910 [Konvolut] [Score]
PL-Wu RM 5910, Faszikel 1 [Score]
Verschollen Sing-Akademie BWV 65 (1), Partitur [Score]
Verschollen BWV 65, F. Hauser [Score]
Verschollen BWV 65, C. v. Winterfeld Nr. 309 [Score]
Verschollen Choralsammlung [Score]
Verschollen Choralsammlung [Score]
Verschollen Sing-Akademie BWV 65 (2), Stimmen [Part(s)]

Edition

BG 16, S.135 (W. Rust, 1868);

NBA I/5, S. 1 (Marianne Helms, 1975) – Critical report (1976), S. 12

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