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

Whit Monday, Cantata Cycle II (1724/1725)
Genre
Sacred cantata
Proper
Scoring
S*, B*, S, A, T, B; Cr, Cto, 3 Tbne, 2 Ob, Taille, 2 Vl, Va, Vc picc, Bc

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
, 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)

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

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)]

Edition
Literature
Kobayashi BJ 1988

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