• Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht

BWV 105; BC A 114

^GND

Genre

• Sacred cantata

Proper

Psalm: Psalm 50
Epistel: 1. Korinther 10, 6-13
Gospel: Lukas 16, 1-9

Scoring

• Sopran solo, Alt solo, Tenor solo, Bass solo, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass, Corno (da tirarsi), Oboe I, Oboe II, Violine II, Violine II, Viola, Basso continuo

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Date of origin, Work history

• vor dem 25. Juli 1723

• First performance on July 25, 1723. Subsequent performance by C. P. E. Bach in Hamburg (parts arrangement)

Early performances

1723-25-07, Leipzig, St. Nicholas Church (Premiere) (Link to event)
Predigt: Salomon Deyling
WA durch CPEB in Hamburg

relation to other works:

is part of BWV diverse [1. Jg.]

relation from other works

has arrangement in BWV 105/6 (o.Zw.) ChSBC F 187.6b

Comment

• It is not proved beyond any doubt what kind of "corno" was meant in the autograph because the original parts are lost and Agricola's copy does not mention any "corno" at all.

Introduction to the work

Link to videos:

Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht, BWV 105 (Netherlands Bach Society)
Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht, BWV 105 (J. S. Bach-Stiftung St. Gallen)

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Libretto

• Author unknown. Movement 1: Psalm 143, 2. Movement 6: Jesu, der du meine Seele (J. Rist, 1641), stanza 11

Link to lyrics

Chorale

Satz 6: Johann Rist, "Jesu, der du meine Seele", 1641, Strophe 11

in: J. Rist, Himlischer Lieder, Lüneburg, 1642, S. 35ff.

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Original sources

D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 99 [Score, Sketch]

Additional sources

D-B Am.B 37-38, Faszikel 1 [Score]
D-B Mus. 11486 (2) [Erstdruck] [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 48, Faszikel 4 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 838, Faszikel 4 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 42 [Part(s)]
D-BDk 4 [Score]
GB-Ob MS. M. Deneke Mendelssohn c. 64 [Score]
Verschollen BWV 105 (3) [Score]
Verschollen BWV 105, Kaiserin Augusta-Gymnasium (Berlin) [Score and part(s)]
Verschollen Sing-Akademie BWV 105 (1), Partitur [Score]
Verschollen Sing-Akademie BWV 105 (2), Stimmen [Part(s)]

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Edition

NBA I/19, S. 1 (Robert L. Marshall, 1985) – Critical report (1989), S. 11;

BG 23, S.119 (W. Rust, 1876)

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2026-01-07 12:52:46