• Alles, was von Gott geboren (Weimar version)

BWV 80.1; BWV 80a; BC [A 52]

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Genre

• Sacred cantata

Proper

Scoring

• [Soli, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass, Oboe, Violine I, Violine II, Viola, Basso continuo]

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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

1715-24-03, Weimar, Himmelsburg (Schlosskirche) (Premiere) (Link to event)
Predigt: Johann Georg Layritz

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)

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Author Libretto

Franck, Salomon (1659–1725)

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

in: Luther, Martin: Geistliche Lieder auffs new gebessert zu Wittemberg. D. Mart. Luther, Wittemberg 1535

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Additional sources

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

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Edition

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

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persistent ID

BachDigitalWork_work_00000100

Static URL

https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000100

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2024-06-06 02:18:15