Ihr Menschen, rühmet Gottes Liebe BWV 167; BC A 176 GND

Johnmas/The Birth of John the Baptist, Cantata Cycle I (1723/1724)
Other catalogues
BR-WFB N 109
Genre
Sacred cantata
Proper
Psalm: Psalm 33
Epistel: Jesaja 40, 1-5
Gospel: Lukas 1, 57-80
Scoring
Sopran solo, Alt solo, Tenor solo, Bass solo, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass, Tromba/Tromba da tirarsi?, Oboe, Oboe da caccia, Violine I, Violine II, Viola, Basso continuo

Date of origin, Work history
vor dem 24. Juni 1723
First performance on June 24, 1723; subsequent performance around 1729–1731? (Copy of the score). Further performance after 1750 by W. F. Bach in Halle (new parts)
Early performances
, Leipzig, St. Nicholas Church (Premiere) (Link to event)
EA fand im Frühgottesdienst der Nikolaikirche mit Predigt von Salomon Deyling, und am gleichen Tag im Vespergottesdienst der Thomaskirche statt, hier mit Predigt von Urban Gottfried Sieber.
WA um 1729–1731?; WA nach 1750 durch Wilhelm Friedemann Bach in Halle
relation to other works:
is part of BWV diverse [1. Jg.]
Introduction to the work
Link to videos:
Ihr Menschen, rühmet Gottes Liebe, BWV 167 (English Baroque Soloists, J. E. Gardiner)

Libretto
Author unknown. Movement 5: Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren (J. Gramann, date of composition around 1530; first print 1540), stanza 5 (= additional stanza Königsberg 1548/1549)
Link to lyrics
Author Chorale
Gramann, Johann (1487-1541)
Chorale
Chorale

Original sources
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 61 [Part(s)]
Verschollen BWV 167, Originalstimmen [Part(s)]
Additional sources
D-B Am.B 8-9, Faszikel 1 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 1159/VIII, Faszikel 8 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 442, Faszikel 2 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 457, Faszikel 1 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 46, Faszikel 2 [Score]
S-Smf MMS 238 [Part(s)]

Edition

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