Bach digital - Alles, was von Gott geboren (Weimarer Fassung) BWV 80.1

Third Sunday of Lent/Oculi Sunday, Weimar Cantatas

Genre: Sacred cantata
Proper
Scoring: [Soli, S, A, T, B, Oboe, Violino I, Violino II, Viola, Basso continuo]

Date of origin, Work history: vor dem 24. März 1715
First performance on March 24, 1715. Musical sources not preserved, but the music is largely reconstructable from the text print and the later version:
Sequence of movements (according to text print) and work relations:
1. Aria Alles, was von GOTT gebohren, see BWV 80.3/2
2. Recitative Erwege doch, Kind GOttes, see BWV 80.3/3
3. Aria Komm in mein Hertzens-Hauß, see BWV 80.3/4
4. Recitative So stehe dann Bey Christi Blutbefärbten Fahne, see BWV 80.3/6
5. Aria Wie seelig ist der Leib, see BWV 80.3/7
6. Choral Mit unser Macht ist nichts gethan, see BWV 303?
Early performances: 24 March 1715, Weimar (Premiere) (Link to event)
relation to other works:: is part of BWV diverse [W. Kant.]
Comment: This early version was model for BWV 80. The music is lost but was partly used in BWV 80.
For the 2nd Leipzig version Bach added the first choir and the chorale No. 5.
Link to videos:: Alles, was von Gott geboren, BWV 80.1 (L'arpa festante, Chr. Hesse)

Libretto

S. Franck. Movement 6: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott (M. Luther, 1529), second stanza. Printed text in: Franck 1715, page 60
Link to lyrics

Chorale

Satz 6:
Martin Luther, Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, 1529, Strophe 2

Additional sources: Es sind keine handschriftlichen Quellen überliefert. [unknown]
Verschollen BWV 80a, Breitkopf [Score]

Edition

NBA I/8.2, S. V (nur Verweis) (Christoph Wolff, 1997) – Critical report (1998), S. 91f.

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