• Dem Gerechten muss das Licht [1st version]

BWV 195.1; BWV 195; BC B 14a

^GND

Other catalogues

• NV 1790, S. 72 [1]

Genre

• Sacred cantata

Scoring

• [S, A, T, B], Tr I–III, Timp, Fl dolce I/II, Ob I/II, Vl I/II, Va, Bc

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Date of origin, Work history

• um 1728-1731

• Date of composition around 1728–1731 (watermark, handwriting styles of the autograph title cover). Musical sources not preserved, but the music is partly reconstructable from later versions, see BWV 195.2 and 195.3. On January 3, 1736, a wedding music performance took place in Ohrdruf featuring texts from BWV 195.1 (movement 1 and 5) and BWV 34.1 (parody of movement 7), as indicated by the text print (Wollny BJ 1997)

relation to other works:

is part of BWV diverse [o.Jg.]

relation from other works

has revision BWV 195.2BWV 195BC B 14b

Comment

• T

Introduction to the work

Link to videos:

Dem Gerechten muss das Licht, BWV 195.1 (Collegium Vocale Gent, Ph.Hgerreweghe)

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Libretto

• See BWV 195.2 and 195.3. Text print: Ohrdruf 1736
  BWV 195.2:
  Author unknown. Movement 1: Psalm 97, verses 11–12. Text copy (J. C. F. Bach, Leipzig around 1747 – 1748): Copulations-Cantata (D-B: P 65, Supplement)
  BWV 195.3:
  Author unknown. Movement 1: Psalm 97, verses 11–12. Movement 6: Nun danket all und bringet Ehr (P. Gerhardt, 1647), stanza 1

Link to lyrics

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Original sources

D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 12, Faszikel 1 [Part(s)]

Additional sources

Es sind keine handschriftlichen Quellen überliefert. [unknown]

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Edition

NBA I/33, -- (Frederick Hudson, 1958)

Literature

• Wollny BJ 1997

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persistent ID

BachDigitalWork_work_00000240

Static URL

https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000240

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