• Lasst uns sorgen, lasst uns wachen (Dramma per musica)

BWV 213; BC G 18

^GND

Other catalogues

• NV 1790, S. 72 [5]

Genre

• Secular cantata

Scoring

• S* (Wollust), A* (Hercules), A* (Echo), T* (Tugend), B* (Mercur), S, A, T, B, Cor da caccia I/II, Ob I/II, Ob d’am, Vl I/II, Va I/II, Bc

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Date of origin, Work history

• vor dem 05. September 1733

• First performance on September 5, 1733, by the Bach Collegium Musicum in Gottfried Zimmermann’s garden venue to celebrate the birthday of the Saxon Electoral Prince Friedrich Christian: Morgen [...] mit einer solennen Musick von Nachmittag 4. bis 6. Uhr [Morning [...] with solemn music from 4 to 6 p.m.] (Leipziger Zeitungen, Beilage, 4. September 1733; see Dok. II Nr. 337). Movement 13 is based on BWV 184.1/6, and Movement 5 possibly on BWV 1157/7. Movements 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11 serve as the parody template for BWV 248.2/36, 19, 39, 41, 4, and 29

Early performances

1733-05-09, Leipzig, Kaffeehaus Gottfried Zimmermanns (Collegium Musicum) (Premiere) (Link to event)

Introduction to the work

Link to videos:

Lasst uns sorgen, lasst uns wachen (Dramma per musica), BWV 213 (Amsterdam Baroque, T. Koopman)

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Libretto

• C. F. Henrici. Text print: Picander 1737, page 22

Link to lyrics

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Original sources

D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 125 [Score, Sketch]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 65 [Part(s)]

Additional sources

D-DS Mus. ms. 1313 [Score]

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Edition

BG 34, S.121 (P. Graf Waldersee, 1887);

NBA I/36, S. 1 (Werner Neumann, 1963) – Critical report (1962), S. 28

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BachDigitalWork_work_00000269

Static URL

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2026-04-22 01:47:11