Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied BWV 190.1; BWV 190; BC A 21 GND

New Year's Day (Feast of the Circumcision of Christ), Cantata Cycle I (1723/1724)
Genre
Sacred cantata
Proper
Psalm: Psalm 34
Epistel: Galater 3, 23-29
Gospel: Lukas 2, 21
Scoring
A*, T*, B*, S, A, T, B; 3 Tr, Timp, 3 Ob, Ob d’am, Bs, 2 Vl, Va, Bc

Date of origin, Work history
vor dem 01. Januar 1724
Erstaufführung 1. Januar 1724; Wiederaufführung um 1736–1740 (autogr. Rev. der Stimmen). Satz 1–2 sind unvollst. überliefert (sämtliche Blech- u. Holzbläserstimmen, Timp u. Bc fehlen)
Early performances
, Leipzig (Premiere) (Link to event)
relation to other works:
is part of BWV diverse [1. Jg.]
relation from other works:
is adapted in BWV 190/7 (o.I.) ChS
has revision BWV 190.2
Introduction to the work
Link to videos:
Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied BWV 190.1 (Amsterdam Baroque, T. Koopman)

Libretto
author unknown; mvt. 1: Psalm 149:1, 150:4 and 6, lines 1 and 2 from ‘Herr Gott, dich loben wir’ by Martin Luther (1483–1546) (1529, after the old hymn Te Deum), the same lines in mvt. 2; mvt. 7: stanza 2 from ‘Jesu, nun sei gepreiset’ (1593) by Johannes Herman (1548/63)
Link to lyrics

Original sources
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 127 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 88 [Part(s)]
Additional sources
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 150 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 458, Faszikel 3 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 463, Faszikel 2 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 1159/VII, Faszikel 4 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 1159/XIV, Faszikel 7 [Score]
PL-Wu RM 5922 [Score]
PL-Wu RM 5930 [Score]
Verschollen Choralsammlung [Score]

Edition

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2023-02-13 : 01:39:54