Es ist ein trotzig und verzagt Ding BWV 176; BC A 92

^GND

Genre

Sacred cantata

Proper

Psalm: Psalm 27
Epistel: Römer 11, 33-36
Gospel: Johannes 3, 1-15

Scoring

S*, A*, T, B*, S, A, T, B, Ob I/II, Ob da caccia/Taille, Vl I/II, Va, Bc

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Date of origin, Work history

vor dem 27. Mai 1725
First performance on May 27, 1725; subsequent performance around 1749 (with autograph entries in Oboe I/II for dynamic differentiation)

Early performances

27 May 1725, Leipzig (Premiere) (Link to event)

relation to other works:

is part of BWV diverse [Jg. 2]

relation from other works:

is adapted in BWV 176/6 ChS

Link to videos:

Es ist ein trotzig und verzagt Ding, BWV 176 (J. S. Bach Stiftung St. Gallen)

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Libretto

C. M. von Ziegler. Movement 1: after Jeremiah 17, 9. Movement 6: Was alle Weisheit in der Welt (P. Gerhardt, 1653), stanza 8. Text print: Ziegler 1728, page 271 (textual deviations from Bach’s composition)
Link to lyrics

Chorale

Satz 6: P. Gerhardt, Was alle Weisheit in der Welt, 1653, Strophe 8

in: J. Crüger, Praxis Pietatis Melica, Berlin 1653, S. 391ff., Nr. 206

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Original sources

D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 81 [Score]
US-NYj 46 B122c S.176 1725 cont [Part(s)]
US-PRscheide BWV 176 [Part(s)]
[Kantate BWV 176: Es ist ein trotzig und verzagt Ding] Originalstimmensatz [Part(s)]

Additional sources

D-B Mus. O. 12172 Rara, Teil 2 (handschriftlicher Anhang) [Score]
D-B N.Mus.ms. 10072-18 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 48, Faszikel 2 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 449, Faszikel 2 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 1159/XII, Faszikel 2 [Score]
PL-WRu 60008 Muz. [Score]
Verschollen BWV 142, 176, 192, E. Prieger [Score]
Verschollen Choralsammlung [Score]
Verschollen Choralsammlung [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 27 [Part(s)]

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Edition

BG 35, S.181 (A. Dörffel, 1888);

NBA I/15, S. 17 (Robert Freeman, 1967) – Critical report (1968), S. 26

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BachDigitalWork_work_00000214

Static URL

https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000214

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2023-09-12 : 11:34:17