• Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder

BWV 135; BC A 100

^GND

Genre

• Chorale cantata

Proper

Psalm: Psalm 25
Epistel: 1. Petrus 5, 6-11
Gospel: Lukas 15, 1-10

Scoring

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

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Date of origin, Work history

• vor dem 25. Juni 1724

• First performance on June 25, 1724; subsequent performance after 1750 (allegedly score Prov. Doles; as indicated by Richter BJ 1906)

Early performances

1724-25-06, Leipzig, St. Thomas Church (Premiere) (Link to event)
Predigt: Justus Gotthard Rabener
WA nach 1750

relation to other works:

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

Addenda / Corrigenda

Corrigenda: BWV³ S. 182 - Text
C. Schneegaß (1597, nach Psalm 6; dort aber noch nicht Strophe 6 abgedruckt) [...] [korr. aus: C. Schneegaß (1597, nach Psalm 6)] (C. Blanken)

Link to videos:

Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder, BWV 135 (J. S. Bach Stiftung St. Gallen)

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Libretto

• C. Schneegaß (1597, after Psalm 6), stanzas 1 and 6 kept literally (movement 1 and 6), stanzas 2–5 (movement 2–5) reworked (author unknown)

Link to lyrics

Chorale

Satz 1 und 6: Cyriacus Schneegaß, "Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder", 1597, Strophe 1 und 6

in: Cyriacus Schneegaß, Geistliche Lieder und Psalmen, Erfurt 1597, Nr. XXXVII

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Original sources

D-LEb Rara I, 4 [Score]
Verschollen Thomasschule zu Leipzig, BWV 135 (Originalstimmen) [Part(s)]

Additional sources

CH-Zz Ms.Car XV 244 (32) : A 14 a-d [vocal score / piano reduction]
CH-Zz Ms.Car XV 244 (32) : B 1, Faszikel 1 [vocal score / piano reduction]
CH-Zz Ms.Car XV 244 (32) : B 1, Faszikel 2 [Particella]
CH-Zz Ms.Car XV 244 (32) : B 8, Faszikel 2 [Particella]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 1159/IX, Faszikel 1 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 440, Faszikel 2 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 52 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 858 [Score]
D-B N.Mus.ms. 10072-1 [Score]
GB-Ob MS. M. Deneke Mendelssohn c. 62 [Konvolut] [Score]
GB-Ob MS. M. Deneke Mendelssohn c. 62, Faszikel 7 [Score]
PL-WRu 60005 Muz. [Score]
Privatbesitz E. Baender (US-Freeport/New Jersey), BWV 135 [Score]
Verschollen BWV 135 (1), F. C. Griepenkerl [Score]
Verschollen BWV 135, E. Prieger [Score]
Verschollen BWV 135, H. G. Nägeli [vermutlich identisch mit Verschollen BWV 135 (2), E. Prieger] [Score]
Verschollen Sing-Akademie BWV 135, Stimmen [Part(s)]
Verschollen Thomasschule zu Leipzig, BWV 135 (Partitur) [Score]

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Edition

NBA I/16, S. 197 (Paul Brainard, 1981) – Critical report (1984), S. 157;

BG 28, S.121 (W. Rust, 1881)

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BachDigitalWork_work_00000167

Static URL

https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000167

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2024-06-13 12:03:32