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

^GND

Genre

Chorale cantata

Proper

Psalm: Psalm 31
Epistel: 1. Korinther 13, 1-13
Gospel: Lukas 18, 31-43

Scoring

S*, T*, B*, S, A, T, B; Tr, 2 Fl dolce, 2 Ob, 2 Vl, Va, Bc

---

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

11 February 1725, Leipzig (Premiere) (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 127/5 ChS

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

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

BG 26, S.135 (A. Dörffel, 1878);

NBA I/8, S. 105 (Christoph Wolff, 1992) – Critical report (1998), S. 60

---

persistent ID

BachDigitalWork_work_00000154

Static URL

https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000154

Export format

[PDF] [XML] [MEI] [JSON-LD]

Last changed

2023-08-23 : 10:35:06