Fürchte dich nicht, ich bin bei dir BWV 228; BC C 4 GND

For eight voices (Double choir)
Genre
Motet
Scoring
Choir I: S, A, T, B, Choir II: S, A, T, B, instruments colla parte?

Date of origin, Work history
vermutlich Vor-Leipziger Zeit; früheste Quellen nach 1750
Bestimmung unbekannt (Begräbnis, Trauer- oder Gedächtnisfeier)
Comment
colla parte Instrumentstimmen nicht überliefert
Introduction to the work
Link to videos:
Fürchte dich nicht, ich bin bei dir, BWV 228 (Netherlands Bach Society)

Libretto
Jesaja 41, 10, und 43, 1. Warum sollt ich mich denn grämen (Paul Gerhardt, 1653), Strophe 11–12
Link to lyrics
Chorale
Bible verse

edition essential source
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 569 [Score and part(s)]
Additional sources
B-Br Ms II 3904 Mus (Fétis 1984) [Score]
CH-Bu BWV 225-231 [Score]
D-B Am.B 15-17, Faszikel 3 [Score]
D-B Am.B 535 [Score]
D-Bhm RH 0938 [Score]
D-BNu Ec 9.6 [Score]
D-Dl Mus. 2405-E-4, Faszikel 2 [Part(s)]
D-Eu Esl I 347 [Score]
D-HER Mus. M 102:1 [Part(s)]
DK-A R 140 (R 137, R 138) [Score]
D-LEb Go. S. 318 [Score]
D-LEm Becker III.1.11 (1) [Erstdruck 1802] [Score]
D-LEm PM 7107 [Part(s)]
D-Rp SM 4331 [Part(s)]
PL-Wu RM 8129, Faszikel 2 [Score]
PL-Wu RM 8129 [Konvolut] [Score]
RUS-KAu Mus. ms. Gotthold 13577 [unknown]
RUS-KAu Mus. ms. Gotthold 13583, Faszikel 4 [Score]
S-Skma K-R (BWV 228) [Score]
Verschollen BWV 228, J. C. L. Kittel [Part(s)]
Verschollen Sing-Akademie BWV 228, Partitur [Score]
Verschollen Thomasschule zu Leipzig, BWV 225, 228, Anh. 159, 229, 227, 226 [Score]
Verschollen Thomasschule zu Leipzig, BWV 228 [Part(s)]

Edition

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2023-06-26 : 02:10:24