• Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott
 BWV 127; BC A 49 GND

unday next before Lent/Quinquagesima Sunday/Estomihi, Choral Cantatas in the Second Leipzig Cantata Cycle
Genre
  • Chorale cantata
Proper
Psalm: Psalm 31
Epistel: 1. Korinther 13, 1-13
Gospel: Lukas 18, 31-43
Scoring
  • Sopran solo, Tenor solo, Bass solo, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass, Tromba, Flauto dolce I, Flauto dolce II, Oboe I, Oboe II, Violine I, Violine II, Viola, Basso continuo
Date of origin, Work history
  • vor dem 11. Februar 1725

  • First performance on February 11, 1725. Revision of movement 1 in Passion Pasticcio after C. H. Graun (see BWV 1167/19)
Early performances
, Leipzig, St. Nicholas Church (Premiere) (Link to event)
Predigt: Salomon Deyling
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 127/5 ChSBC F 199.1a/b
Comment
  • The first movement was transposed to E-flat major and reused in the Passion pasticcio "Wer ist der, so von Edom kömmt" (-> BC D 10/1, BWV 1088). Lit.: J. W. Grubbs, in: BJ 1965, p. 25f.; A. Dürr, in: BJ 1988, p. 205-209
Introduction to the work
Link to videos:
Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott, BWV 127 (J. S. Bach Stiftung St. Gallen)
Libretto
  • P. Eber (date of composition 1557; first print 1560), stanza 1 and 8 kept literally (movement 1 and 5), stanzas 2–7 (movement 2–4) reworked (author unknown)

Link to lyrics
Author Chorale
Eber, Paul (1511-1569)
Chorale
  • Satz 1 und 5:
    Paul Eber, "Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott", 1557, Strophen 1 und 8
in: Hieronymus Linck, Zwey schön neü=||we Gaystliche Lieder: Das Erst: Wider das vnfletige schand||liedlein, Augsburg 1560
Other printed librettos
  • Satz 2–4:
    Paul Eber, Herr Jesu Christ, wahr’ Mensch und Gott, 1557, Strophen 2–7 umgedichtet
in: Johannes Balhorn, Dre schœne Le=||de/ Dat Erste/ Van dem Wolgebarn, Lübeck 1557
[Bibliography]
Original sources
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 872 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 393 [Part(s)]
D-LEb Thomana 127 (Depositum im Bach-Archiv) [Part(s)]
Verschollen BWV 127, Originalstimme (Tromba) [Part(s)]
Additional sources
Verschollen BWV 127, H. G. Nägeli [1] [Score]
Verschollen BWV 127, H. G. Nägeli [2] [Score]
Verschollen Choralsammlung [Score]
Edition
NBA I/8, S. 105 (Christoph Wolff, 1992) – Critical report (1998), S. 60;
BG 26, S.135 (A. Dörffel, 1878)
persistent ID
BachDigitalWork_work_00000154
Static URL
https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000154
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2024-06-12 01:24:38
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