Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen BWV 65; BC A 27

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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

Tenor solo, Bass solo, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass, Corno da caccia I, Corno da caccia II, Flauto dolce I, Flauto dolce II, Oboe da caccia I, Oboe da caccia II, Violine I, Violine II, Viola, Basso continuo

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Date of origin, Work history

vor dem 06. Januar 1724
First performance on January 6, 1724. In the autograph score for BWV 81 (D-B: P 120), there are two sketches for the opening chorus (NBA Suppl., page 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 autographen Partitur Melodieskizze zum Ritornell der Arie Nr. 4 (NBA Suppl., S. 114f., P. Wollny, 2011).

Introduction to the work

Link to videos:

Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen, BWV 65 (Netherlands Bach Society)

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Author Libretto

unknown author

Libretto

Author unknown. Movement 1: Isaiah 60, 6. Movement 2: Ein Kind geborn zu Bethlehem (around 1540, after the hymn Puer natus in Bethlehem), stanza 4. Movement 7 preserved without text: presumably Ich hab in Gottes Herz und Sinn (P. Gerhardt, 1647), stanza 10. Printed text Döbeln 1736
Link to lyrics

Author Chorale

Gerhardt, Paul (1607-1676)

Chorale

Satz 2: Verfasser unbekannt, "Ein Kind geborn zu Bethlehem", um 1540, Strophe 4

in: Ein alt geistlich liedt / von der Geburt unsers Herrn und Heilands [...], Zwickau: Meyerpeck um 1540

Chorale

Satz 7: Paul Gerhardt, "Ich hab in Gottes Herz und Sinn", 1647, Strophe 10

in: J. Crüger, Praxis Pietatis Melica, Berlin: Runge 1647, S. 593, Nr. 317

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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 Mus.ms. Bach P 446, Faszikel 1 [Score]
D-B N.Mus.ms. 10072-15 [Score]
D-Bsa SA 818 [= Choralsammlung C. F. C. Fasch] [Score]
PL-Wu RM 5910, Faszikel 1 [Score]
PL-Wu RM 5910 [Konvolut] [Score]
Verschollen BWV 65, C. v. Winterfeld Nr. 309 [Score]
Verschollen BWV 65, F. Hauser [Score]
Verschollen Choralsammlung [Score]
Verschollen Choralsammlung [Score]
Verschollen Sing-Akademie BWV 65 (1), Partitur [Score]
Verschollen Sing-Akademie BWV 65 (2), Stimmen [Part(s)]

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Edition

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

BG 16, S.135 (W. Rust, 1868)

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2024-04-22 : 01:16:19