Ich bin ein guter Hirt BWV 85; BC A 66

Sacred cantata (3rd Sunday of Easter)

Scoring

S*, A*, T*, B*, S, A, T, B; 2 Ob, 2 Vl, Va, Vc picc, Bc

Date of origin

vor dem 15. April 1725

Early performances

15 April 1725, Leipzig (Premiere)

relation from other works:

is adapted in BWV 85/6 ChS

Lyrics

Text: author unknown
Cornelius Becker (1561–1604)
Ernst Christoph Homburg (1607–1681)

mvt. 1: John 10:12; mvt. 3: stanza 1 from ‘Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt’ by Cornelius Becker (1598, after Psalm 23); mvt. 6: stanza 4 from ‘Ist Gott mein Schild und Helfersmann‘ by Ernst Christoph Homburg (1658)
Link to lyrics

Edition

NBA I/11.1, S. 157 (Reinmar Emans, 1988) – Critical report (1989), S. 123;
BG 20/1, S.101 (W. Rust, 1872)

Original sources

D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 106
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 51

Additional sources

D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 454, Faszikel 4
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 1159/XIII, Faszikel 5
PL-WRu 60008 Muz.
Verschollen Choralsammlung
Verschollen Choralsammlung

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