Sei Lob und Ehr dem höchsten Gut BWV 117; BC A 187 GND
- Genre
- Chorale cantata
- Scoring
- A*, T*, B*, S, A, T, B; 2 Fl trav, 2 Ob, 2 Ob d’am, 2 Vl, Va, Bc
- Date of origin, Work history
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um 1728-1731
Date of composition around 1728–1731, likely as a wedding cantata for a so-called full bridal mass - Brautmesse (compare with BWV 100, 192 and 250–252) - relation to other works:
- is part of BWV diverse [o.Jg.]
- relation from other works:
- is adapted in BWV 117/4 ChS
is adapted in BWV 117/4 (Variante) ChS - Comment
- wahrscheinlich als Geburtstagsmusik für Herzog Christian von Sachsen-Weißenfels komponiert; in der autogr. Partitur Entwurf zum Eingangschor (NBA Suppl., S. 170‒173, P. Wollny, 2011).
- Introduction to the work
- Link to videos:
- Sei Lob und Ehr dem höchsten Gut, BWv 117 (Collegium Vocale Gent - Ph. Herreweghe)
- Libretto
- J. J. Schütz (1675)
Link to lyrics - Chorale
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Satz 1, 4 und 9:
J. J. Schütz, Sei Lob und Ehr dem höchsten Gut, 1675
in: J. J. Schütz, Christliches Gedenck-Büchlein Zu Beförderung eines anfangenden neuen Lebens, Franckfurt am Mayn 1675
- Original sources
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D-B N.Mus.ms. 34 [Score, Sketch]
- Additional sources
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D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 462, Faszikel 3 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 1036, Faszikel 1 [Score]
D-HAmi Ms. 154 [Score]
PL-Wu RM 5934 [Score]
Verschollen BWV 117 (1), J. G. Hientzsch [Score]
Verschollen Choralsammlung [Score]
- Edition
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BG 24, S.161 (A. Dörffel, 1876);
NBA I/34, S. 151 (Ryuichi Higuchi, 1986) – Critical report (1990), S. 66 - Literature
- Pfau BJ 2015, S. 341-349
- persistent ID
- BachDigitalWork_work_00000142
- Static URL
- https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000142
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- Last changed
- 2023-08-22 : 11:26:24
