• Du sollt Gott, deinen Herren, lieben

BWV 77; BC A 126

^GND

Genre

• Sacred cantata

Proper

Psalm: Psalm 70
Epistel: Galater 3, 15-22
Gospel: Lukas 10, 23-37

Scoring

• [Sopran solo, Alt solo, Tenor solo, Bass solo, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass,] Tr da tir [, Oboe I, Oboe II, Violine I, VIoline II, VIola, Basso continuo]

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Date of origin, Work history

• vor dem 22. August 1723

• First performance on August 22, 1723

Early performances

1723-22-08, Leipzig, St. Nicholas Church (Premiere) (Link to event)
Predigt: Salomon Deyling

relation to other works:

is part of BWV diverse [1. Jg.]

relation from other works

is adapted in BWV 77/6 ChSBC F 3.3b

Comment

• movement 6: no text or incipit in original score. Non-autograph text supplement probably by J.C.F. Bach (not by C. F. Zelter). Presumably the son copied the text of the original parts. Lit.: P. Wollny, in: BJ 2001, p. 62.

Introduction to the work

Link to videos:

Du sollt Gott, deinen Herren, lieben, BWV 77 (J. S. Bach Stiftung St. Gallen)

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Author Libretto

Knauer, Johann Oswald (* 1690)

Libretto

• J. O. (?) Knauer. Movement 1: Luke 10, verse 27. Movement 6: Wenn einer alle Ding verstünd (David Denicke, 1657), stanza 8. Text published: Knauer 1720, page 259 (edited)

Link to lyrics

Chorale

Satz 6: David Denicke, Wenn einer alle Ding verstünd, 1657, Strophe 8

in: Das Hannoverische ordentliche, vollständige Gesangbuch [...], Lüneburg: Stern 1662, S. 321, Nr. 162

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Original sources

D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 68 [Score, Sketch]

Additional sources

D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 1159/X, Faszikel 2 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 446, Faszikel 3 [Score]
D-Gs 8 P GERM III, 746 [Textdruck] [Libretto]
PL-Wu RM 5927 [Score]
US-NYpm B 1184. C229 (MA 9) [Score]
Verschollen Choralsammlung [Score]
Verschollen Sing-Akademie BWV 77, Stimmen [Part(s)]

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Edition

NBA I/21, S. 1 (Werner Neumann, 1958) – Critical report (1959), S. 7;

BG 18, S.235 (W. Rust, 1870)

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BachDigitalWork_work_00000096

Static URL

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2024-11-23 04:27:44