Auf Christi Himmelfahrt allein BWV 128; BC A 76

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Other catalogues

BR-WFB N 130

Genre

Sacred cantata

Proper

Psalm: Psalm 32
Psalm: Psalm 68
Psalm: Psalm 74
Epistel: Apostelgeschichte 1, 1-11
Gospel: Markus 16, 14-20

Scoring

A*, T*, B*, S, A, T, B; Tr, 2 Cr, 2 Ob, 2 Ob d’am, Ob da cac, 2 Vl, Va, Bc

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Date of origin, Work history

vor dem 10. Mai 1725
First performance on May 10, 1725; subsequent performance after 1750 by W. F. Bach in Halle (notations in autograph score). Perhaps the melody sketch in the autograph score of BWV 79 (D-B: P 89) was originally intended for an aria of BWV 128 (NBA Suppl., page 142, P. Wollny, 2011)

Early performances

10 May 1725, Leipzig (Premiere) (Link to event)

relation to other works:

is exemplar of BWVBC F
is part of BWV diverse [Jg. 2]

Link to videos:

Auf Christi Himmelfahrt allein, BWV 128 (Amsterdam Baroque, T. Koopman)

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Libretto

C. M. von Ziegler. Movement 1: Stanza 1 of the identically named song by E. Sonnemann (1661, after J. Wegelin, 1636). Movement 5: O Jesu, meine Lust (M. Avenarius, 1673), Stanza 4. Printed text: Ziegler 1728, page 255 (Textual variations compared to Bach’s setting)
Link to lyrics

Chorale

Satz 1: E. Sonnemann, Auf Christi Himmelfahrt allein, 1661, nach J. Wegelin, 1636, Strophe 1

in: Johann & Heinrich Stern, Voll-ständiges Gesang-Buch, Lüneburg 1661, Nr. 112

Chorale

Satz 5: M. Avenarius, O Jesu, meine Lust, 1673, Strophe 4 in: H. Ammersbach, Vermehrtes Gesang-Büchlein, Halberstadt 1673, Seite 1053

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Original sources

Privatbesitz R. Kohn (GB-London), BWV 128 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 892 [Part(s)]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 158 [Part(s)]
Verschollen BWV 128, Originalstimmen [Part(s)]

Additional sources

D-B N.Mus.ms. 10072-4 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 441, Faszikel 5 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 1159/VIII, Faszikel 7 [Score]
PL-Wu RM 5921 [Score]
Verschollen Sing-Akademie BWV 128, Partitur [Score]
Verschollen BWV 128 (1), J. Müller [Score]

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Edition

BG 26, S.163 (A. Dörffel, 1878);

NBA I/12, S. 101 (Alfred Dürr, 1960) – Critical report (1960), S. 158

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BachDigitalWork_work_00000156

Static URL

https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000156

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2023-09-12 : 11:24:32