Bach digital - Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten BWV 93

Fifth Sunday after Trinity, Choral Cantatas in the Second Leipzig Cantata Cycle

Genre: Chorale cantata
Proper: Psalm: Psalm 8
Psalm: Psalm 117
Epistel: 1. Petrus 3, 8-15
Gospel: Lukas 5, 1-11
Scoring: S*, A*, T*, B*, S, A, T, B; 2 Ob, 2 Vl, Va, Bc

Date of origin, Work history: vor dem 09. Juli 1724
Erstaufführung 9. Juli 1724; Wiederaufführung vermutlich 13. Juli 1732 (WZ, Schreiber J. G. Harrer; teilweise umgearbeitet?). Satz 4 wurde um 1746 für Orgel arrangiert; siehe: BWV 647. Wiederaufführung 1756 durch J. F. Doles
Early performances: 9 July 1724, Leipzig (Premiere) (Link to event)
relation to other works:: is part of BWV diverse [2. Jg.]
is part of BWV diverse [Jg. 2a]
relation from other works:: is adapted in BWV 647
Comment: The original parts reveal two phases of writing (first performance 1724, second performance about 1732/1733), s. D LEb Thomana 93, Faszikel 1
Movement 4 was also arranged for organ solo (BWV 647)
: Introduction to the work
Link to videos:: Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten, BWV 93 (J. S. Bachstiftung St. Gallen)

Libretto: Georg Neumark (1641); stanzas 1, 4, 7 and 2 (without last line) and 5 (within mvts. 3 and 5) retained word for word, mvts. 2, 3, 5, 6, contain quotes from the remaining stanzas (author unknown)
Link to lyrics

Original sources: D-LEb Thomana 93, Faszikel 1 (Depositum im Bach-Archiv) [Part(s)]
Verschollen BWV 93, Originalstimmen [Part(s)]
Additional sources: CH-Zz Ms.Car XV 244 (32) : B 14 [unknown]
CH-Zz Ms.Car XV 244 (32) : A 16 a-d [vocal score / piano reduction]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 1175 [vocal score / piano reduction]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 646 [vocal score / piano reduction]
D-B N.Mus.ms. 10072-19 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 465, Faszikel 6 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 1159/V, Faszikel 4 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 1218 [Score]
D-Eib 4.4.13 [Score]
GB-Ob MS. Don. c. 151 [Konvolut] [Score]
GB-Ob MS. Don. c. 151, Faszikel 3 [Score]
PL-Wu RM 5909 [Konvolut] [Score]
PL-Wu RM 5909, Faszikel 4 [Score]
Verschollen BWV 93, H. G. Nägeli [1] [Score]
Verschollen BWV 93, H. G. Nägeli [2] [Score]
Verschollen BWV 93, C. v. Winterfeld Nr. 300 [Score]
[Verschollen Kantatenabschriften, C. v. Winterfeld] [Score]
D-LEb Thomana 93, Faszikel 2 [nach 1750] (Depositum im Bach-Archiv) [Part(s)]

Edition

BG 22, S.71 (W. Rust, 1875);

NBA I/17.2, S. 3 (Reinmar Emans, 1993) – Critical report (1993), S. 11

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