• Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ

BWV 116; BC A 164

^GND

Genre

• Chorale cantata

Proper

Psalm: Psalm 70
Epistel: 1. Thessalonicher 4, 13-18
Gospel: Matthäus 24, 15-28

Scoring

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

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Date of origin, Work history

• vor dem 26. November 1724

• First performance on November 26, 1724; subsequent performance after 1740 (autograph additions in late handwriting in autograph score and parts)

Early performances

1724-26-11, Leipzig, St. Nicholas Church (Premiere) (Link to event)
Predigt: Salomon Deyling
WA nach 1740

relation to other works:

is exemplar of BWVBC F
is part of BWV diverse [2. Jg.]
is part of BWV diverse [Jg. 2a]

Introduction to the work

Link to videos:

Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 116 (J. S. Bach Stiftung St. Gallen)

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Libretto

• J. Ebert (1601), stanzas 1 and 7 kept literally (movement 1 and 6), stanzas 2–6 (movement 2–5) reworked (author unknown). First print: Leipzig 1724 IV (copy lost)

Link to lyrics

Chorale

Satz 1 und 6: Jacob Ebert, "Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ", 1601, Strophen 1 und 7

in: Geistliche deutsche Lieder, hg. von Bartholomäus Gesius, Frankfurt (Oder), 1601

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Original sources

B-MA 1084/3 [Part(s)]
D-LEb Thomana 116 (Depositum im Bach-Archiv) [Part(s)]
F-Pn MS-1 [Score]
Verschollen BWV 116, Originalstimmen [Part(s)]

Additional sources

CH-Zz Ms.Car XV 244 (32) : B 5 [Score]
D-B Am.B 44 [Konvolut] [Score]
D-B Am.B 44, Faszikel 7 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 1159/X, Faszikel 1 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 446, Faszikel 2 [Score]
D-Bhm RH 1118 [Konvolut] [Score]
PL-WRu 60005 Muz. [Score]
Verschollen BWV 116, Breitkopf [Score]
Verschollen BWV 116, H. G. Nägeli [Score]
Verschollen Sing-Akademie BWV 116, Partitur [Score]

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Edition

NBA I/27, S. 79 (Alfred Dürr, 1968) – Critical report (1968), S. 69;

BG 24, S.135 (A. Dörffel, 1876)

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Static URL

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2024-06-12 11:23:22