• Ein Herz, das seinen Jesum lebend weiß

BWV 134.2; BWV 134; BC A 59a

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Other catalogues

• NV 1790, S. 77 [2]

Genre

• Sacred cantata

Proper

Psalm: Psalm 16
Epistel: Apostelgeschichte 13, 26-33
Gospel: Lukas 24, 36-47

Scoring

• Alt solo, Tenor solo, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass, Oboe I, Oboe II, Violine I, Violine II, Viola, Basso continuo

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Date of origin, Work history

• vor dem 11. April 1724

• First performance April 11, 1724, movements 1–6 parodied from BWV 134.1/1–4, 7–8. Subsequent performance March 27, 1731 (original text print), likely without significant changes

Early performances

1724-11-04, Leipzig, St. Nicholas Church (Premiere) (Link to event)
Predigt: Friedrich Wilhelm Schütz

relation to other works:

is adaptation of BWV 134.1 / BC G 5

Introduction to the work

Link to videos:

Ein Herz, das seinen Jesum lebend weiß, BWV 134.2 (Amsterdam Baroque, T. Koopman)

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Libretto

• Unknown author. Parody of BWV 134.1 (without movement 5–6). First print: Leipzig 1724 II, page [9], and Leipzig 1731 I, page [10]

Link to lyrics

Original lyrics

RUS-SPsc 6.34.3.209 [Textdruck]

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Original sources

D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 1138 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 18 [Part(s)]
F-Pn MS-2 [Score]
RUS-SPsc 6.34.3.209 [Textdruck] [Libretto]

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Edition

NBA I/10, S. 106 (Alfred Dürr, 1955; Satz 1, 3 u. 5 der Frühfassung) – Critical report (1955), S. 94;

BG 28, S.83 (W. Rust, 1881)

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BachDigitalWork_work_00000165

Static URL

https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000165

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2024-06-13 11:41:30