Erhöhtes Fleisch und Blut BWV 173.2; BWV 173; BC A 85 GND

Whit Monday, Cantata Cycle I (1723/1724)
Other catalogues
NV 1790, S. 78 [9
Genre
Sacred cantata
Proper
Scoring
S*, A*, T*, B*, S, A, T, B; 2 Fl trav, 2 Vl, Va, Bc

Date of origin, Work history
unbekannt, um 1724?
First performance on May 29, 1724? (Preservation of the autograph score within the 1st Leipzig Cantata Cycle); subsequent performance on June 2, 1727 (copy by Christian Gottlob Meißner; original text print); further performance on May 14, 1731 (original text print). Parody of BWV 173.1 (except for movements 6-7). In the autograph score of BWV 173.1 (D-B: P 42, Fascicle 2), Bach himself inserted the spiritual contrafactum for the Pentecost cantata in the first movement
Early performances
, Leipzig, St. Thomas Church (Premiere) (Link to event)
(vermutete EA)
Die Erstaufführung dieser Kantate fand im Frühgottesdienst der Thomaskirche mit Predigt von Urban Gottfried Sieber, und am gleichen Tag im Vespergottesdienst der Nikolaikirche statt, hier mit Predigt von Friedrich Werner.
WA 2. Juni 1727; WA 14. Mai 1731
, Leipzig (Link to event)
, Leipzig (Link to event)
relation to other works:
is adaptation of BWV 173.1 / BC G 9
is part of BWV diverse [1. Jg.]
Comment
Based on BWV 173.1 ("Durchlauchtster Leopold"); Lit.: T. Schabalina, in: BJ 2008, p. 68-71 (discovery of a printed libretto, dating)
Link to videos:
Erhöhtes Fleisch und Blut, BWV 173.2 (J. S. Bach Stuftung St. Gallen)

Libretto
Author unknown (Parody after BWV 173.1). Original text prints: Leipzig 1727 III, page [5] and Leipzig 1731 II, page [6]
Link to lyrics
Original lyrics
RUS-SPsc 15.62.6.94 [Textdruck]

Original sources
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 42, Faszikel 2 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 74 [Score]
D-LEb Rara I, 7c [Textdruck] [Libretto]
RUS-SPsc 15.62.6.94 [Textdruck] [Libretto]
Additional sources
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 1159/X, Faszikel 6 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 448, Faszikel 1 [Score]
PL-Wu RM 5924 [Score]
Verschollen Sing-Akademie BWV 173 (1), Partitur [Score]
Verschollen Sing-Akademie BWV 173 (2), Stimmen [Part(s)]

Edition
Literature
T. Schabalina, in: BJ 2008, S. 68-71 (Textfund, Datierung)

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2023-09-12 : 11:33:34