[Nun lasst uns Gott, dem Herren] [2nd Leipzig version] BWV 194.4; BWV 194; BC A 91b

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Genre

Sacred cantata

Proper

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

Scoring

[S*, T*, B*, S, A, T, B], Ob, 2 Vl, Va, Org obl, Bc

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Date of origin, Work history

um 1726
First performance on June 16, 1726? (Revised by J. C. Köpping); the last version, which can only be reconstructed through a transposed Basso continuo part, is in a shortened form and with a changed sequence of movements (12, 2–5, 7 and 10). Since the text of the first movement (= final choral BWV 194.2 and 194.3) is not known, the title of this last version is not definitively confirmed

Early performances

16 June 1726, Leipzig (Premiere) (Link to event)

relation to other works:

is part of BWV diverse [o.Jg.]

Link to videos:

Nun lasst uns Gott, dem Herren, BWV 194.4 (Netherlands Bach Society)

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Libretto

See BWV 194.2; in altered sequence; Choral text movement 12 [= new: movement 1] not known (Cantus firmus: Nun lasst uns Gott dem Herren)
BWV 194.2:
Author unknown. Movement 6: Treuer Gott, ich muß dir klagen (J. Heermann, 1630), stanzas 6–7. Movement 12: Wach auf, mein Herz, und singe (P. Gerhardt, 1647), stanzas 9–10. Original text print: Leipzig 1723
Link to lyrics

Chorale

Satz 6: J. Heermann, Treuer Gott, ich muß dir klagen, 1630, Strophen 6–7

in: J. Heermann, Devoti Musica Cordis, Breslau 1630, Seite 103ff

Chorale

Satz 12: P. Gerhardt, Wach auf, mein Herz, und singe, 1647/1653, Strophen 9–10

in: Crüger, Praxis Pietatis Melica, Berlin 1653, S. 1f

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Original sources

D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 346, Faszikel 1 [Part(s)]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 346, Faszikel 3 [Part(s)]

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Edition

BG 29, S.101 (P. Graf Waldersee, 1881);

NBA I/31, S. 145 (Frieder Rempp, 1987) – Critical report (1988), S. 98;

NBA I/31, S. 235 (Frieder Rempp, 1987; Satz 3 u. 7) – Critical report (1968), S. 104, 125f.

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BachDigitalWork_work_00000237

Static URL

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2023-08-26 : 03:04:27