Gott, wie dein Name, so ist auch dein Ruhm BWV 171; BC A 24 GND
New Year's Day (Feast of the Circumcision of Christ), Musical settings of texts by Picander (1727-1729 and later)
- Genre
- Sacred cantata
- Proper
- Psalm: Psalm 34
Epistel: Galater 3, 23-29
Gospel: Lukas 2, 21 - Scoring
- S*, A*, T*, B*, S, A, T, B; 3 Tr, Timp, 2 Ob, 2 Vl, Va, Bc
- Date of origin, Work history
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vor dem 01. Januar 1729
First performance on January 1, 1729 (or around 1736–1737). Movement 1 is based on an unknown template and was later parodied in BWV 232, fourth movement, Part II, Section 2. Movement 4 is a parody of BWV 205/9 - Early performances
- , Leipzig (Premiere) (Link to event)
- relation to other works:
- is exemplar of BWVBC F
is part of BWV diverse [Jg. 4] - Comment
- Three movements are proved to be parodies.
- Link to videos:
- Gott, wie dein Name, so ist auch dein Ruhm, BWV 171 (Amsterdam Baroque, T. Koopman)
- Libretto
- C. F. Henrici. Movement 1: Psalm 48, 11. Movement 6: Jesu, nun sei gepreiset (J. Hermann, 1593), stanza 2. Text prints: Picander 1728, page 81; Picander 1732, page 92
Link to lyrics - Chorale
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Satz 6:
J. Hermann, Jesu, nun sei gepreiset, 1593, Strophe 2
in: Cantilenae latinae et germanicae, Wittenberg 1591
- Original sources
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US-NYpm B 1184. G685 [Robert Owen Lehman Collection, BWV 171] (Depositum) [Score]
- Additional sources
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D-B Am.B 10-11, Faszikel 2 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 94 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 453, Faszikel 1 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 1159/VI, Faszikel 7 [Score]
D-DS Mus. ms. 1312 [Score]
PL-Wu RM 5928 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 39 [Part(s)]
- Edition
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BG 35, S.3 (A. Dörffel, 1888);
NBA I/4, S. 131 (Werner Neumann, 1965) – Critical report (1964), S. 89
- persistent ID
- BachDigitalWork_work_00000206
- Static URL
- https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000206
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- Last changed
- 2023-08-24 : 07:38:24
