• Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele

BWV 143; BC T 99

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Genre

• Sacred cantata

Designation of a cantata

• New Year/Circumcision

Scoring

• Sopran solo, Tenor solo, Bass solo, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass, Corno da caccia I, Corno da caccia II, Corno da caccia III (oder Tromba I, Tromba II, Tromba III?), Timpani, Fagotto, Violine I, Violine II, Viola, Basso continuo

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Date of origin, Work history

• vor 1713, vermutlich um 1709-1711

• Date of composition before 1713, probably around 1709–1711 (for the Mühlhausen council election?). Originally possibly in C major and instrumentation of Tromba I–III instead of Corno da caccia I–III, as indicated by Source D-CEp. Such a key/instrumentation combination is uncommon in Bach’s work and was very rare in the early 18th century

Comment

• doubtful; Lit.: A. Dürr, in: Mf 30 (1977), p. 299ff.

Introduction to the work

Link to videos:

Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele, BWV 143 (English Baroque Soloists, J. E. Gardiner)

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Libretto

• Author unknown. Movement 1, 3, 5, and 7: Psalm 146, 1, 5, 10a, 10b. Movement 2 and 7 (here connected with Psalm 146, 10b): Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ (J. Ebert, 1601), stanzas 1 and 3

Link to lyrics

Chorale

Satz 2 und 7: Jacob Ebert, Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ, 1601, Strophen 1 und 3

in: Geistliche deutsche Lieder, hg. von Bartholomäus Gesius, Frankfurt (Oder), 1601

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edition essential source

D-CEp B 1a, Nr. 1 [Score]

Additional sources

D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 1159/XV, Faszikel 10 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 459, Faszikel 2 [Score]
D-CEp B 1a, Nr. 2 [Score]
PL-Wu RM 5922 [Score]
PL-ŁŹu M 35000, 1 [Score]
Verschollen Sing-Akademie BWV 143, Partitur [Score]

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Edition

NBA I/4, S. 165 (Werner Neumann, 1965) – Critical report (1964), S. 111;

NBArev 2, S. 3 bzw. S. 119 (in C, mit Tr I-III) (A. Gloeckner, 2012);

BG 30, S.45 (P. Graf Waldersee, 1884)

Literature

• A. Dürr, in: Mf 30 (1977), S. 299ff.

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2024-06-13 01:10:54