Der Himmel dacht auf Anhalts Ruhm und Glück (serenata) BWV 66.1; BWV 66a; BC [G 4]GND
Anhalt-Köthen
- Genre
- Secular cantata
- Scoring
- probably: A solo, T solo, B solo, S, A, T, B, Oboe I, Oboe II, Bassono, Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Basso continuo
- Date of origin, Work history
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vor dem 10. Dezember 1718
The original manuscript of this cantata is lost. Parts of this cantata can be found in BWV 66: mvt. 1 = BWV 66/2, mvt. 1 = BWV 66/3, mvt. 3 = BWV 66/4, mvt. 4 = BWV 66/5, mvt. 8 = BWV 66/1; the other movements (5-7) are lost. - Early performances
- , Köthen (Premiere) (Link to event)
- relation from other works:
- has revision BWV 66.2
- Comment
- Presumably the setting is the same as in BWV 66.3. The vocal soloists stated in Hunold's libretto are called "Glückseligkeit Anhalts" and "Fama".
- Link to videos:
- Der Himmel dacht auf Anhalts Ruhm und Glück (Serenata), BWV 66.1 (Mitteldeutsche Hofmusik, A. Grychtolik)
- Libretto
- C. F. Hunold ("Auserlesene und theils noch nie gedruckte Gedichte [...]", Part II, Nr. 12, Halle 1719, pp. 84-90); libretto printing: Menantes 1719
Link to lyrics
- Additional sources
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Es sind keine handschriftlichen Quellen überliefert. [unknown]
- Edition
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NBA I/35, -- (Alfred Dürr, --) – Critical report (1964), S. 59 - Literature
- Smend Kö, S. 178-83
- persistent ID
- BachDigitalWork_work_00000083
- Static URL
- https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000083
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- Last changed
- 2022-12-06 : 01:49:33
