Man singet mit Freuden vom Sieg BWV 149; BC A 181

^GND

Other catalogues

BR-WFB N 171

Genre

Sacred cantata

Proper

Psalm: Psalm 91
Epistel: Offenbarung 12, 7-12
Gospel: Matthäus 18, 1-11

Scoring

S*, A*, T*, B*, S, A, T, B; 3 Tr, Timp, 3 Ob, Fag, 2 Vl, Va, Vne, Bc

---

Date of origin, Work history

vor 1728/1729
First performance on September 29, 1729 (or 1728?). The first movement is a parody of BWV 208.1/15. A presumably initially planned new composition of the first movement (BWV2 Anh. I 198), of which 14 measures are preserved, is found in the autograph score of BWV 201, D-B: P 175 (NBA Suppl., page 166, P. Wollny, 2011). Subsequent performance on October 3, 1756 by W. F. Bach in Halle (printed text in D-HAu and D-HAmk: For the Feast of Michaelmas)

Early performances

29 September 1728, Leipzig (Premiere) (Link to event)
oder erst 29. September 1729?

relation to other works:

is exemplar of BWVBC F
is part of BWV diverse [Jg. 4]

Comment

The first choir is an arrangement of th final choir of BWV 208 ("Jagd cantata").

Introduction to the work

Link to videos:

Man singet mit Freuden vom Sieg, BWV 149 (Amsterdam Baroque, T. Koopman)

---

Libretto

C. F. Henrici. Movement 1: Psalm 118, 15–16. Movement 7: Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, o Herr (M. Schalling, date of composition 1569; first print 1571), stanza 3. Printed text: Picander 1728, page 41; Picander 1732, page 175
Link to lyrics

Chorale

Satz 7: Matthias Schalling, Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, o Herr, Entstehungszeit 1569, Strophe 3

in: Mathias Gastritz, Kurtze vnd sonderliche Newe Symbola etlicher Fürsten vnd Herrn, Nürnberg 1571, Nr. X (Tenor, Seite 24; Diskantus, Seite 76; Altus, Seite 123; Bassus, Seite 170; Vagans, Seite 219)

---

Original sources

D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 1043 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 632 [Part(s)]

Additional sources

D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 459, Faszikel 4 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 848 [Score]
D-HAmi Ms. 166 [Score]
PL-Wu RM 5916 [Score]
Verschollen BWV 149, J. G. Schicht [Score]
Verschollen BWV 149, C. v. Winterfeld Nr. 303 [Score]
Verschollen BWV 149 (3), J. Christoph Westphal [Score]

---

Edition

BG 30, S.263 (P. Graf Waldersee, 1884);

NBA I/30, S. 97 (Marianne Helms, 1973) – Critical report (1974), S. 106

---

persistent ID

BachDigitalWork_work_00000183

Static URL

https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000183

Export format

[PDF] [XML] [MEI] [JSON-LD]

Last changed

2023-09-12 : 11:30:49