• Nimm, was dein ist, und gehe hin

BWV 144; BC A 41

^GND

Other catalogues

• NV 1790, S. 76 [1]

Genre

• Sacred cantata

Proper

Psalm: Psalm 38
Epistel: 1. Korinther 9, 24-27; 10, 1-5
Gospel: Matthäus 20, 1-16

Scoring

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

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Date of origin, Work history

• vor dem 06. Februar 1724

• First performance on February 6, 1724. Likely subsequent performance (only movement 1?) before 1760 in Berlin (F. W. Marpurg in: Kritische Briefe über die Tonkunst, Volume 1, page 382, Berlin May 24, 1760)

Early performances

1724-06-02, Leipzig, St. Thomas Church (Premiere) (Link to event)
Predigt: Justus Gotthard Rabener
Wahrscheinlich WA (nur Satz 1?) vor 1760 in Berlin

relation to other works:

is part of BWV diverse [1. Jg.]

relation from other works

is adapted in BWV 144/3 ChSBC F 193.1
is adapted in BWV 144/6 ChSBC F 194.4
has as part H 860Wq n.v. 16BWV 144/6

Introduction to the work

Link to videos:

Nimm, was dein ist, und gehe hin, BWV 144 (Netherlands Bach Society)
Nimm, was dein ist, und gehe hin, BWV 144 (Stiftsbarock Stuttgart, K. Johannsen)
Nimm, was dein ist, und gehe hin, BWV 144 (J. S. Bach-Stiftung St. Gallen)

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Author Libretto

unknown author

Libretto

• Movement 1: Matthew 20, 14. Movement 3: Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan (S. Rodigast, date of composition 1675; first print 1676/1677). Movement 6: Was mein Gott will, das gscheh allzeit (Duke Albrecht of Prussia, date of composition 1547; first print around 1554), stanza 1. Movement 2 and 4–5 (author unknown). Printed text: Leipzig 1724 I, page 10

Link to lyrics

Chorale

Satz 3: Samuel Rodigast, "Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan", Entstehungszeit 1675 in: Das Hannoverische ordentliche vollständige Gesangbuch, Göttingen 1676 (erschienen 1677)

Chorale

Satz 6: Herzog Albrecht von Preußen, "Was mein Gott will, das gscheh allzeit", um 1547, Strophe 1

in: Friedrich Gutknecht, Ein Schœn New geis=lich Lied/ Vom Geistlichen Ackerman, Nürnberg 1560

Original lyrics

RUS-SPsc 6.35.1.849 [Textdruck]

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Original sources

D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 134 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 349 [Konvolut] [Score]
RUS-SPsc 6.35.1.849 [Textdruck] [Libretto]

Additional sources

D-B Am.B 18-21, Faszikel 3 [Score]
D-B Am.B 595 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 1159/II, Faszikel 1 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 349, Faszikel 11 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 37, Faszikel 2 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 470, Faszikel 2 [Score]
D-KNu K 16a/6365 [Konvolut] [Score]
D-KNu K 16a/6365, Faszikel 2 [Score]
PL-Wu RM 5911 [Konvolut] [Score]
PL-Wu RM 5911, Faszikel 1 [Score]
Verschollen BWV 144 (oder BWV 84?), K. F. von Kloeden [Score]
Verschollen BWV 144, Breitkopf [Score]
Verschollen BWV 64, 144, 5, 36, Fk 84, J. Rietz [Score]
Verschollen Choralsammlung [Score]
Verschollen Choralsammlung [Score]
Verschollen Sing-Akademie BWV 144 (1), Partitur [Score]
Verschollen Sing-Akademie BWV 144 (2), Stimmen [Part(s)]

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Edition

NBA I/7, S. 1 (Werner Neumann, 1956) – Critical report (1957), S. 7;

BG 30, S.77 (P. Graf Waldersee, 1884)

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