Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele BWV 69.1; BWV 69a; BC A 123GND
- Genre
- Sacred cantata
- Designation of a cantata
- 12th Sunday after Trinity
- Scoring
- S*, A*, T*, B*, S, A, T, B; 3 Tr, Timp, Fl dolce, 3 Ob, Ob d’am, Ob da cac, Bs, 2 Vl, Va, Bc
- Work history
- Movement 6 is borrowed from BWV 12/7 (without obligatory parts). About 1727 the cantata was performed again (s. mvt. 3, original parts).
- Early performances
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, Leipzig (Premiere) (Link to event)
, Leipzig (Link to event) - relation to other works:
- is part of BWV diverse [1. Jg.]
- relation from other works:
- is adapted in BWV 69.1/6 ChS
has revision BWV 69.2 - Comment
- Probably on the occasion of inauguration of the new city council in 1748 the cantata was rearranged to the cantata of the same title BWV 69. The movements 1, 3 and 5 of both cantatas are almost the same.
- Libretto
- Knauer (1720, edited); mvt. 1: Psalm 103:2; mvt. 6: stanza 6 from ‘Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan’ by Samuel Rodigast (1674)
Link to lyrics
- Original sources
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D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 68 [Part(s)]
Verschollen BWV 69a, Originalstimmen (1723) [Part(s)]
- Additional sources
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Verschollen Choralsammlung [Score]
D-Gs 8 P GERM III, 746 [Textdruck] [Libretto]
- Edition
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NBA I/20, S. 117 (Klaus Hofmann, 1986) – Critical report (1985), S. 109;
BG 16, S.373 (W. Rust, 1868. Nur Satz 2, 4 u. 6 als Ergänzung zu BWV 69.2)
- Static URL
- https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000087
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- Last changed
- 2022-02-25 : 01:19:42