Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied BWV 190.2; BWV 190a; BC [B 27]
Sacred cantata (200th Anniversary of the Augsburg Confession)
Scoring
[A solo, T solo, B solo, S, A, T, B, (Trumpet I, Trumpet II, Trumpet III, Timpani, Oboe I, Oboe II, Oboe III), Violin I, Violin II, (Viola, Basso continuo)]
Date of origin
vor dem 25. Juni 1730
Early performances
, Leipzig, St. Nicholas Church (Premiere)
Comment
Altered version of BWV 190. The music is lost, presumably it was borrowed from BWV 190 (movements 1, 2, 3 and 5).
Lyrics
Christian Friedrich Henrici; mvt. 1 and 2 as BWV 190.1; mvt. 7: stanza 3 from ‘Es wolle Gott uns gnädig sein’ by Martin Luther (1523, after Psalm 67); libretto printings: Picander "Ernst-Schertzhaffte und Satyrische Gedichte. Dritter Theil.", Leipzig 1732, Sicul 1731 I/1731 II Link to lyrics
Edition
NBA I/34 (Ryuichi Higuchi) – Critical report (1990), S. 45
