• Mer hahn en neue Oberkeet - Cantate en burlesque (Peasant Cantata)

BWV 212; BC G 32

^GND

Other catalogues

• NV 1790, S. 71 [6]

Genre

• Secular cantata

Scoring

• S* (Mieke), B*, Cor (da caccia), Fl trav, Vl I/II, Va, Bc

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Date of origin, Work history

• vor dem 30. August 1742

• First performance on August 30, 1742, in Klein-Zschocher near Leipzig, on the occasion of the homage for the new estate and judicial lord, Carl Heinrich von Dieskau, who later became “Director of the Royal Chapel and Chamber Music” in Dresden. Movement 14 and 20 are based on BWV 1157/9 and BWV 201/7, respectively

Early performances

1742-30-08, Leipzig (Premiere) (Link to event)

Link to videos:

Mer hahn en neue Oberkeet - Cantate en burlesque (Bauernkantate), BWV 212 (J. S. Bachstiftung St. Gallen)

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Libretto

• Christian Friedrich Henrici. Text print: Picander 1751, page 283

Link to lyrics

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Original sources

D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 167 [Score]

Additional sources

D-B Am.B 28 [Score]
D-B Am.B 29 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 168 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 169 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 665 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 107 [Part(s)]
D-Bhm H 1039 [Score]
D-Dl Mus. 2405-G-500 [Part(s)]
D-LEm Becker III.3.5 [Erstdruck] [Score]
D-LEm Becker III.3.6 [Druck] [Score]
Verschollen Sing-Akademie BWV 212, Partitur (neu) [Score]

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Edition

NBA I/39, S. 151 (Werner Neumann, 1975) – Critical report (1977), S. 103;

BG 29, S.175 (P. Graf Waldersee, 1881)

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BachDigitalWork_work_00000268

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https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000268

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2023-08-27 09:59:15