• Nun danket alle Gott

BWV 252; BC B 17/3

Genre

• Chorale

Scoring

• S, A, T, B, Corno I, Corno II, Oboe I, Violine I (col Soprano), Oboe d'amore, Violine II (coll' alto), Viola (con Tenore), Basso continuo

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Date of origin, Work history

• Date of composition circa 1734–1738 (watermark autograph parts). It is not known for which wedding these parts were written. As is customary in the sequence of a half bridal mass, it was not Bach who directed the musicians, but a prefect

relation to other works:

is part of BWV 250-252 / BC B 17

relation from other works:

is adapted in BWV 252 (o.I.) ChSBC F 148.2

Comment

• Drei Trauungschoräle, Nr. 3
  auch durch Choralsammlungsquellen überlierfert (BC F 148.2)

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Libretto

• M. Rinckart (Entstehungszeit 1636)
• Rinckart (date of composition 1636)

Link to lyrics

Chorale

M. Rinckart, Nun danket alle Gott, 1636 in: M. Rinckart, Jesus Herzbüchlein in geistlichen Oden, Leipzig 1636

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Original sources

D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 123 [Part(s)]

Additional sources

Verschollen Choralsammlung [Score]

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Edition

NBA III/2.1, S. 5 (Frieder Rempp, 1991) – Critical report (1991), S. 15

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persistent ID

BachDigitalWork_work_00000322

Static URL

https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000322

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2023-09-12 09:48:03