• Siehe, ich will viel Fischer aussenden

BWV 88; BC A 105

^GND

Other catalogues

• BR-WFB N 164

Genre

• Sacred cantata

Proper

Psalm: Psalm 8
Psalm: Psalm 117
Epistel: 1. Petrus 3, 8-15
Gospel: Lukas 5, 1-11

Scoring

• Sopran solo, Alt solo, Tenor solo, Bass solo, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass, Corno I, Corno II, Oboe d'amore I, Oboe d'amore II, Taille, Violine I, Violine II, Viola, Basso continuo

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Date of origin, Work history

• vor dem 21. Juli 1726

• First performance on July 21, 1726. Likely subsequent performance after 1750 by W. F. Bach in Halle (revised original Tenor part)

Early performances

1726-21-07, Leipzig, St. Nicholas Church (Premiere) (Link to event)
Predigt: Salomon Deyling
WA vermutlich nach 1750 durch WFB in Halle

relation to other works:

is part of BWV diverse [3. Jg.]

relation from other works:

is adapted in BWV 88/7 ChSBC F 205.5a/b

Comment

• This text was set to music by Johann Ludwig Bach, too.

Link to videos:

Siehe, ich will viel Fischer aussende, BWV 88 (J. S. Bachstiftung St. Gallen)

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Libretto

• Author unknown. Movement 1: Jeremiah 16, 16. Movement 4: Luke 5, 10. Movement 7: Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten (G. Neumark, date of composition 1641; first print 1657), stanza 7. Printed text found in Meiningen 1719, page 112; Rudolstadt 1726, page 136; Birkmann 1728, page 94 (only movements 6–7)

Link to lyrics

Chorale

Satz 7: Georg Neumark, "Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten", 1641, Strophe 7

in: Georg Neumark, Fortgepflanzter Musikalisch-Poetischer Lustwald, Jena 1657, Seiten 28-29

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Original sources

D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 145 [Score, Sketch]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 85 [Part(s)]

edition essential source

D-Nst Will II, 1413 8° [Textdruck] [Libretto]

Additional sources

D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 1159/XIV, Faszikel 5 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 462, Faszikel 5 [Score]
D-GOl Cant.spir 8° 01315 [Textdruck] [Libretto]
PL-Wu RM 5923 [Score]
Verschollen Choralsammlung [Score]
Verschollen Choralsammlung [Score]
Verschollen Sing-Akademie BWV 88, Partitur [Score]

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Edition

NBA I/17.2, S. 31 (Reinmar Emans, 1993) – Critical report (1993), S. 44;

BG 20/1, S.155 (W. Rust, 1872)

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2024-04-25 01:41:40