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

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Other catalogues

BR-WFB N 109

Genre

Sacred cantata

Proper

Psalm: Psalm 33
Epistel: Jesaja 40, 1-5
Gospel: Lukas 1, 57-80

Scoring

S*, A*, T*, B*, S, A, T, B, Tr/Tr da tir?, Ob, Ob da cac, 2 Vl, Va, Bc

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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

24 June 1723, Leipzig (Premiere) (Link to event)

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)

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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

Chorale

Satz 5: J. Gramann, Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren, Entstehungszeit um 1530, Strophe 5

in: J. Kugelmann, Concentus novi, trium vocum, Augsburg 1540 (Discantus-Buch S. 53, Altus-Buch S. 34, Tenor-Buch S. 60, Bassus-Buch S. 54)

Chorale

Zusatzstrophe 5: Anonym, Der CIII. Psalm: Lobe den Herrn meine Seele, 1549 (nach einer 1648 gehaltenen Predigt) in: J. Funcken, Der CIII. Psalm: Lobe den Herrn meine Seele gepredigt und ausgelegt, Königsberg 1549

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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 46, Faszikel 2 [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 1159/VIII, Faszikel 8 [Score]
S-Smf MMS 238 [Part(s)]

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Edition

BG 33, S.125 (F. Wüllner, 1887);

NBA I/29, S. 1 (Frieder Rempp, 1982) – Critical report (1984), S. 10

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BachDigitalWork_work_00000202

Static URL

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2023-08-24 : 02:10:02