Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele BWV 69.1; BWV 69a; BC A 123 GND
- Genre
- Sacred cantata
- Proper
- Psalm: Psalm 34
Epistel: 2. Korinther 3, 4-11
Gospel: Markus 7, 31-37 - 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
- Date of origin, Work history
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vor dem 15. August 1723
First performance on August 15, 1723 (likely based on an unknown older template); subsequent performance on August 31, 1727 (movement 3 in G major, see supplementary sheets by scribes JHB/Anon. IIIb and as indicated by the watermark). Movement 6 was transposed and adopted from BWV 12/7 (without obligato instrument) - 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.
- Introduction to the work
- Link to videos:
- Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele, BWV 69.1 (Netherlands Bach Society)
- Libretto
- J. O. (?) Knauer. Movement 1: Psalm 103, 2. Movement 6: Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan (S. Rodigast, date of composition 1675; first print 1676/1677), stanza 6. Printed text: Knauer 1720, page 253 (edited)
Link to lyrics - Chorale
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Satz 6:
S. Rodigast, Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, Entstehungszeit 1675, Strophe 6
in: Das Hannoverische ordentliche vollständige Gesangbuch, Göttingen, 1676 [erschienen 1677]
- 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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BG 16, S.373 (W. Rust, 1868. Nur Satz 2, 4 u. 6 als Ergänzung zu BWV 69.2);
NBA I/20, S. 117 (Klaus Hofmann, 1986) – Critical report (1985), S. 109
- persistent ID
- BachDigitalWork_work_00000087
- Static URL
- https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000087
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- Last changed
- 2023-08-20 : 09:08:49
