• Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut (Weimarer Fassung)

BWV 199.1; BWV 199; BC A 120a

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Other catalogues

• NV 1790, S. 71 [4]

Genre

• Sacred cantata

Proper

Psalm: Psalm 130
Epistel: 1. Korinther 15, 1-10
Gospel: Lukas 18, 9-14

Scoring

• S*, Ob, Vl I/II, Va obl (Wiederaufführung: Vc obl), Bc

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Date of origin, Work history

• 1712-1713

• Date of composition 1712–1713. Subsequent performance (not datable) with variations in instrumentation and revised obligato part in movement 6 (Violoncello instead of Viola; Hofmann BJ 2013)

Early performances

1714-12-08, Weimar, Himmelsburg (Schlosskirche) (Link to event)
Predigt: Johann Georg Layritz

relation to other works:

is part of BWV diverse [W. Kant.]

relation from other works:

has revision BWV 199.3BWV 199BC A 120c

Comment

• Weimar version in C minor

Introduction to the work

Link to videos:

Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut, BWV 199.1 (Netherlands Bach Society)

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Libretto

• G. C. Lehms. Movement 6: Wo soll ich fliehen hin (J. Heermann, 1630), Stanza 3. Text print: Lehms 1711/II, page 64 (Devotion for the Eleventh Sunday after Trinity)

Link to lyrics

Chorale

Satz 6: J. Heermann, Wo soll ich fliehen hin, 1630, Strophe 3

in: Johann Heermann, Devoti Musica Cordis, Breslau 1630, Seite 20ff

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Original sources

D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 1162 [Score and part(s), Sketch]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 459, Faszikel 1 [Part(s)]
DK-Kk mu 6701.0731 Weyses Samling (C I, 615) [Score]

Additional sources

DK-Kk mu 9404.2682 Weyses Samling (C I, 615) [Score]
Verschollen BWV 199 (1), W. Rust [Score]
Verschollen BWV 199, Breitkopf 1770 [Part(s)]

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Edition

NBA I/20, S. 1 (Klaus Hofmann, 1986) – Critical report (1985), S. 13

Literature

• Hofmann BJ 2013

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Static URL

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2023-08-26 01:59:16