Erwünschtes Freudenlicht BWV 184.2; BWV 184; BC A 88

Sacred cantata (3rd Day of Pentecost)

Scoring

S*, A*, T*, S, A, T, B; 2 Fl trav, 2 Vl, Va, Bc

Early performances

30 May 1724, Leipzig (Premiere)
3 June 1727, Leipzig, St. Nicholas Church
15 May 1731, Leipzig, St. Nicholas Church

relation from other works:

is adapted in BWV 184.2/5 ChS

Comment

EZ vor dem 30. Mai 1724; Parody (except movement 5) of BWV 184.1. Further performances in 1727 and 1731; Lit.: T. Schabalina, in: BJ 2008, p. 71-74.

Lyrics

author unknown; parody after BWV 184a; mvt. 5: stanza 8 from ‘O Herre Gott, dein göttlich Wort’ (1526) by Anarg von Wildenfels (ca. 1490-1539); first libretto printings: Leipzig 1727 and Leipzig 1731 I
Link to lyrics

Edition

NBA I/14, S. 119 (Alfred Dürr, 1962) – Critical report (1963), S. 140;
BG 37, S.77 (A. Dörffel, 1891) –

Sources

D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 77[Original source]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 448, Faszikel 4
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 1159/XII, Faszikel 1
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 24[Original source]
D-LEm I. B. 2c [Textdruck][Original source]
PL-Wu RM 5921
RUS-SPsc 15.62.6.94 [Textdruck][Original source]
Verschollen BWV 184, J. G. S. Siebold
Verschollen Choralsammlung
Verschollen Choralsammlung

Static URL

https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000222 [XML] [MEI] [JSON-LD]

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Last changed

2019-03-11 : 07:57:45