Sehet, wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem BWV 159; BC A 50 GND
unday next before Lent/Quinquagesima Sunday/Estomihi, Musical settings of texts by Picander (1727-1729 and later)
- Genre
- Sacred cantata
- Proper
- Psalm: Psalm 31
Epistel: 1. Korinther 13, 1-13
Gospel: Lukas 18, 31-43 - Scoring
- S*, A*, T*, B* (Jesus), S, A, T, B; Ob, 2 Vl, Va, Bc
- Date of origin, Work history
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unbekannt
Erstaufführung 27. Februar 1729 (oder bereits früher, s. Blanken BJ 2015) - Early performances
- , Leipzig (Link to event)
- relation to other works:
- is part of BWV diverse [Jg. 4]
- relation from other works:
- is adapted in BWV 159/5 ChS
- Introduction to the work
- Link to videos:
- Sehet, wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem, BWV 159 (J. S. Bach Stiftung St. Gallen)
- Author Libretto
- Henrici, Christian Friedrich, genannt Picander (1700–1764)
- Libretto
- Picander (Leipzig 1728/1732, 'Cantaten auf die Sonn- und Fest-Tage'); mvt. 1: using Luke 18:31; mvt. 2: stanza 6 from ‘O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden’ by Paul Gerhardt (1656); mvt. 4: quote from John 19:30; mvt. 5: stanza 33 from ‘Jesu Leiden, Pein und Tod’ by Paul Stockmann (1633)
Link to lyrics - Author Chorale
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Gerhardt, Paul (1607-1676)
Stockmann, Paul (1603-1636) - Chorale
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P. Gerhardt, O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden, Str. 6 (innerhalb Satz 2), in: J. Crüger: „Praxis Pietatis Melica [...]“, Wittenberg/Frankfurt (Main) 1656, S. 323 (Nr. 156)
P. Stockmann, Jesu Leiden, Pein und Tod, Str. 33 (Satz 5), in: "Aller Christen Leib-Stücke [...]", Leipzig 1633"Aller Christen Leib-Stücke [...]", Leipzig 1633
- Additional sources
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D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 462, Faszikel 2 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 1048 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 1159/XVI, Faszikel 9 [Score]
PL-Wu RM 5930 [Score]
Verschollen Choralsammlung [Score]
Verschollen Choralsammlung [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 633 [Part(s)]
- Edition
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BG 32, S.157 (E. Naumann, 1886);
NBA I/8, S. 151 (Christoph Wolff, 1992) – Critical report (1998), S. 76 - Literature
- Blanken BJ 2015
- persistent ID
- BachDigitalWork_work_00000193
- Static URL
- https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000193
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- Last changed
- 2023-02-16 : 02:27:39
