Komm, du süße Todesstunde BWV 161; BWV 161 Fassung A/B; BC A 135a/b GND
- Genre
- Sacred cantata
- Proper
- Psalm: Psalm 90
Epistel: Epheser 3, 13-21
Gospel: Lukas 7, 11-17 - Scoring
- A*, T*, S, A, T, B; 2 Fl dolce, 2 Vl, Va, Org obl, Bc
- Date of origin, Work history
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vor dem 27. September 1716
First performance on September 27, 1716 (due to state mourning, no first performance possible on 16th post Trinity 1715). Performed in E-flat major (low chamber pitch) [= C major (high pitch)]; subsequent performance likely on September 16, 1725 (text print by Birkmann 1728). A Berlin part set (D-B: St 469) preserves a non-authentic version (BWV²ᵃ 161 version B or BC A 135b) with variations in instrumentation: movement 1: Flauto traverso I/II, Violin I/II instead of Flauto dolce I/II, Viola as well as Soprano (Herzlich tut mich verlangen, stanza 1) instead of obligato organ; Movements 4–6: Flauto traverso I/II instead of Flauto dolce I/II. No connection between this version and any further performances by Bach is evident - Early performances
- , Weimar (Premiere) (Link to event)
- relation to other works:
- is part of BWV diverse [W. Kant.]
is part of BWV diverse [o.Jg.] - relation from other works:
- is adapted in BWV 161/6 (o.I.) ChS
is adapted in BWV 161 [Leipziger Fassung] - Comment
- For dating of 1. version (= Weimar version) s. Lit.: Dürr St 2, p. 65; A. Glöckner, in: BJ 1985, p. 159-64; A. Dürr, in: BJ 1987, p. 151-157; K. Hofmann, in BJ 1993, p. 1-22.
There is different opinion (performing in 1715, during the official period of mourning). s. W. W. Cowdery: "The Early Vocal Works of Johann Sebastian Bach", Diss. Cornell-University, Ithaca/New York 1989, p. 83-90 [s. K. Hofmann, in: BJ 1993, p. 22 (fn. 38)] - Introduction to the work
- Link to videos:
- Komm, du süße Todesstunde, BWV 161 (J. S. Bach Stiftung St. Gallen)
- Libretto
- S. Franck. Movement 6: Herzlich tut mich verlangen (C. Knoll, 1610), stanza 4. Text prints: Franck 1715, page 162 (variations in movements 3–4); Birkmann 1728, page 123
Link to lyrics - Chorale
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Satz 6:
C. Knoll, Herzlich tut mich verlangen, um 1610, Strophe 4in: Christoph Buchwaelder, Gesangbuch: Darinnen 700 geistliche Lieder, Psalmen, Hymni und Gesänge, Görlitz 1611, Seite 1072ff. - Chorale
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Satz 6:
C. Knoll, Herzlich tut mich verlangen, um 1610, Strophe 4in: C. Knoll, Drey Schöne Christliche Lieder, 1610
- Original sources
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D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 124 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 469 [Part(s)]
- Additional sources
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D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 49, Faszikel 2 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 458, Faszikel 2 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 474 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 1159/XV, Faszikel 9 [Score]
GB-Ob MS. M. Deneke Mendelssohn d. 61 [Score]
PL-Wu RM 5928 [Score]
Verschollen Sing-Akademie BWV 161 (1), Partitur [Score]
Verschollen Choralsammlung [Score]
Verschollen BWV 161, Kaiserin Augusta-Gymnasium (Berlin) [Score and part(s)]
Verschollen Sing-Akademie BWV 161 (2), Stimmen [Part(s)]
Verschollen BWV 161, E. Prieger [Part(s)]
Verschollen BWV 161 [Arrangement], Kaiserin Augusta-Gymnasium (Berlin) [Part(s)]
D-Nst Will II, 1413 8° [Textdruck] [Libretto]
- Edition
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BG 33, S.3 (F. Wüllner, 1887);
NBA I/23, S. 1 u. 33 (Helmuth Osthoff, 1982) – Critical report (1984), S. 13
- persistent ID
- BachDigitalWork_work_00000195
- Static URL
- https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000195
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- Last changed
- 2023-08-24 : 01:19:19
