• Bekennen will ich seinen Namen (aria)

BWV 200; BC A 192

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Genre

• Aria

Scoring

• A solo, Violin I, Violin II, Basso continuo

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Date of origin, Work history

• um 1742

• Date of composition around 1742, presumably as part of a cantata (for the Purification of Mary?). Reworking and retextualizing of the aria Dein Kreuz, o Bräutgam meiner Seelen from the Passion Oratorio Ein Lämmlein geht und trägt die Schuld by G. H. Stölzel, which was already performed in Leipzig in 1734 (Wollny BJ 2008, Schabalina BJ 2008), see Suppl 2, page 660

relation to other works:

is arrangement of BNB deest
is part of BWV diverse [o.Jg.]

Link to videos:

Bekennen will ich seinen Namen (Arie), BWV 200 (Musica Antiqua Köln, R. Goebel)

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Libretto

• Author unknown (based on Luke 2, 29–32). First print: Leipzig 1734 II

Link to lyrics

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Original sources

D-B N.Mus.ms. 307 [Score]

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Edition

NBA I/28.1, S. 187 (Matthias Wendt, 1994) – Critical report (1994), S. 114

Literature

• Wollny BJ 2008, Schabalina BJ 2008

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2023-08-26 02:14:30