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

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
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
, 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. 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
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:
P. Gerhardt, Ich hab in Gottes Herz und Sinn, 1647, Strophe 10
in: J. Crüger, Praxis Pietatis Melica, Berlin: Runge 1647, S. 593, Nr. 317
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
persistent ID
BachDigitalWork_work_00000081
Static URL
https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000081
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2023-09-12 : 11:15:31
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