Sei Lob und Ehr dem höchsten Gut BWV 117; BC A 187 GND
- Genre
- Chorale cantata
- Scoring
- Alt solo, Tenor solo, Bass solo, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass, Flauto traverso I, Flauto traverso II, Oboe I, Oboe II, Oboe d'amore I, Oboe d'amore II, Violine I, Violine II, Viola, Basso continuo
- 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 autographen 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:
Johann Jacob 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 1036, Faszikel 1 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 462, Faszikel 3 [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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NBA I/34, S. 151 (Ryuichi Higuchi, 1986) – Critical report (1990), S. 66;
BG 24, S.161 (A. Dörffel, 1876) - 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
- 2024-06-12 : 01:29:29
