• Ich bin in mir vergnügt

BWV 204; BC G 45

^GND

Other catalogues

• NV 1790, S. 70 [9]

Genre

• Secular cantata

Scoring

S*; Fl trav, 2 Ob, 2 Vl, Va, Bc

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Date of origin, Work history

• um 1726-1727

• Date of composition around 1726–1727. Movement 8 later reused in BWV 216.1/3

Introduction to the work

Link to videos:

Ich bin in mir vergnügt, BWV 204 (Amsterdam Baroque, T. Koopman)

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Libretto

• C. F. Hunold. Compilation, Movement 1: Poem Der Vergnügte Mensch (Text print Menantes 1713, page 40); Movement 2–7, line 2: Cantata Von der Zufriedenheit (Menantes 1713, page 62) [both also ²1726]. Movement 7, line 3ff., up to Movement 8: unknown author

Link to lyrics

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Original sources

D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 107 [Score, Sketch]

Additional sources

D-Bhm 6138/2 [Score]

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Edition

NBA I/40, S. 79 (Werner Neumann, 1969) – Critical report (1970), S. 65;

BG 11/2, S.105 (W. Rust, 1862)

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persistent ID

BachDigitalWork_work_00000254

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https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000254

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2023-08-27 08:29:31