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Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685–1750)

Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort

BWV 126; BC A 46^GND

Second Sunday before Lent/Sexagesima Sunday, Choral Cantatas in the Second Leipzig Cantata Cycle

Genre

Chorale cantata

Proper

Psalm: Psalm 1
Epistel: 2. Korinther 11, 19-33; 12, 1-9
Gospel: Lukas 8, 4-15

Scoring

Alt solo, Tenor solo, Bass solo, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass, Tromba [da tirarsi], Oboe I, Oboe II, Violine I, Violine II, Viola, Basso continuo

Date of origin, Work history

vor dem 04. Februar 1725

First performance on February 4, 1725; subsequent performance in Leipzig on September 29, 1755, during the interim directorship under C. F. Barth/C. F. Penzel for the two-hundredth anniversary of the Peace of Augsburg (printed text and additional Basso continuo copies, see below)

Early performances

1725-04-02, Leipzig, St. Thomas Church (Premiere) (Link to event)
Predigt: Christian Weise d. Ä.
WA Leipzig 29. September 1755 im Interimskantorat unter CFB/C. F. Penzel zur Zweihundertjahrfeier des Augsburger Religionsfriedens

1755-29-09, Leipzig (Link to event)

relation to other works:

is part of BWV diverse [2. Jg.]
is part of BWV diverse [2. Jg. a]

relation from other works

is adapted in BWV 126/6 ChSBC F 182.1b

Link to videos:

Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort, BWV 126 (J. S. Bach Stiftung St. Gallen)

Libretto

Based on a seven-stanza song combination commonly used at the time: "Erhalt uns Herr bei deinem Wort" (Stanzas 1–3: M. Luther, 1542; Stanzas 4–5: J. Jonas, 1545), Verleih uns Frieden gnädiglich (M. Luther, 1529, after the antiphon Da pacem Domine) and Stanza 7 by J. Walter (1566, after 1 Timothy 2:2). Stanzas 1 and 6–7 (movement 1 and 6) and Stanza 3 (within movement 3) were kept literally; Stanzas 2 and 4–5 (movement 2–5) were reworked or expanded (author unknown). Printed text (for performance in Taucha 1755): Schwartze 1756, page 105f. (with slight text variations, see Maul BJ 2000)

Link to lyrics

Chorale