• Er rufet seinen Schafen mit Namen

BWV 175; BC A 89

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Genre

• Sacred cantata

Proper

Psalm: Psalm 110
Epistel: Apostelgeschichte 8, 14-17
Gospel: Johannes 10, 1-11

Scoring

A*, T*, B*, S, A, T, B; 2 Tr, 3 Fl dolce, 2 Vl, Va, Vc picc, Bc

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Date of origin, Work history

• vor dem 22. Mai 1725

• First performance on May 22, 1725; subsequent performance in 1734 or 1735 (scribe J. F. Schweinitz, watermark for Violoncello-piccolo additional copies). Movement 4 is a parody based on BWV 173.1/7; Movement 7 was taken from BWV 59/3

Early performances

1725-22-05, Leipzig, St. Nicholas Church (Premiere) (Link to event)
Predigt: Friedrich Wilhelm Schütz
WA 1734 oder 1735

relation to other works:

is part of BWV diverse [Jg. 2]

relation from other works

is adapted in BWV 175/7 ChSBC F 126.1b (nicht 1c)

Link to videos:

Er rufet seinen Schafen mit Namen, BWV 175 (J. S. Bach Stiftung St. Gallen)

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Libretto

• C. M. von Ziegler. Movement 1: John 10, 3. Movement 5: John 10, 6. Movement 7: O Gottes Geist, mein Trost und Rat (J. Rist, 1651), stanza 9. Text print: Ziegler 1728, page 266 (textual deviations compared to Bach’s setting)

Link to lyrics

Chorale

Satz 7: J. Rist, O Gottes Geist, mein Trost und Rat, 1651, Strophe 9

in: J. Rist, Sabbahtische Seelenlust, Lüneburg 1651, Seiten 174ff

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Original sources

D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 75 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 22 [Part(s)]

Additional sources

D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 1159/IX, Faszikel 8 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 448, Faszikel 2 [Score]
Verschollen BWV 175, C. v. Winterfeld Nr. 311 [Score]
[Verschollen Kantatenabschriften, C. v. Winterfeld] [Score]

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Edition

NBA I/14, S. 147 (Alfred Dürr und Arthur Mendel, 1962) – Critical report (1963), S. 188;

BG 35, S.161 (A. Dörffel, 1888)

Literature

• zur Besetzung mit Violoncello piccolo: siehe A. Talle, BJ 2023, S. 12-48

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2024-09-23 01:15:53