Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt BWV 68; BC A 86

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Genre

Sacred cantata

Proper

Scoring

S*, B*, S, A, T, B; Cr, Cto, 3 Tbne, 2 Ob, Taille, 2 Vl, Va, Vc picc, Bc

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Date of origin, Work history

vor dem 21. Mai 1725
First performance on May 21, 1725; subsequent performance around 1736–1740 (Kobayashi BJ 1988). Movement 2 (in a heavily edited form) and Movement 4 are parodies of BWV 208/13 and 7. In the autograph score of BWV 59 (D-B: P 161), the fugal theme of the final chorus was sketched (NBA Suppl., page 146, P. Wollny, 2011)

Early performances

21 May 1725, Leipzig (Premiere) (Link to event)

relation to other works:

is part of BWV diverse [Jg. 2]

Link to videos:

Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt, BWV 68 (J. S. Bach Stiftung St. Gallen)
Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt, BWV 68 (Stiftsbarock Stuttgart, K. Johannsen)

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Libretto

C. M. von Ziegler. Satz 1: Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt (S. Liscow, 1675), Strophe 1; Satz 5: Johannes 3, 18. Textdruck: Ziegler 1728, Seite 262 (Textabweichungen gegenüber Bachs Vertonung)
Link to lyrics

Chorale

Satz 1: S. Liscow, Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt, 1675, Strophe 1

in: C. M. von Ziegler, Versuch In Gebundener Schreib-Art, Leipzig, 1728

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Original sources

D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 161 [Score, Sketch]
D-LEb Thomana 68 (Depositum im Bach-Archiv) [Part(s)]
Verschollen BWV 68, Originalstimmen [Part(s)]

Additional sources

B-Bc 14970 [vocal score / piano reduction]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 478 [vocal score / piano reduction]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 481 [vocal score / piano reduction]
F-Pn D-578, Faszikel 2 [vocal score / piano reduction]
Verschollen BWV 68 (3), J. N. Schelble [vocal score / piano reduction]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 441, Faszikel 3 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 1159/VIII, Faszikel 5 [Score]
D-HAmi Ms. 147 [Score]
D-Hs ND VI 966 [Score]
D-LÜh Mus. A 311 [Score]
GB-Ob MS. M. Deneke Mendelssohn c. 61 [Konvolut] [Score]
GB-Ob MS. M. Deneke Mendelssohn c. 61, Faszikel 4 [Score]
PL-Wu RM 5909 [Konvolut] [Score]
PL-Wu RM 5909, Faszikel 5 [Score]
Verschollen BWV 68, H. G. Nägeli [Score]
Verschollen BWV 68, C. v. Winterfeld Nr. 297 [Score]
Verschollen BWV 150, 25, 187, 68 J. Rietz [Score]
[Verschollen Kantatenabschriften, C. v. Winterfeld] [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 332 [Part(s)]
GB-Ob MS. M. Deneke Mendelssohn c. 55, no. 125 [Part(s)]

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Edition

BG 16, S.249 (W. Rust, 1868);

NBA I/14, S. 31 (Alfred Dürr und Arthur Mendel, 1962) – Critical report (1963), S. 38

Literature

Kobayashi BJ 1988

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2023-09-12 : 10:46:07