Bach digital - Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen BWV 51

Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen BWV 51; BC A 134^GND

Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity, Without Designation/For all times (in ogni tempore), Cantata Cycle III (1725-1727)

Other catalogues: BR-WFB N 168
Genre: Sacred cantata
Proper: Psalm: Psalm 23
Epistel: Galater 5, 25-26; 6, 1-10
Gospel: Matthäus 6, 24-34
Scoring: Sopran solo, Tromba, Violine I, Violine II, Viola, Basso continuo

Date of origin, Work history: wahrscheinlich vor dem 17. September 1730
Presumably created as a concert piece. The liturgical first performance likely took place on September 17, 1730, as evidenced by the watermark of the original sources. There was a subsequent performance after 1730 on the occasion of a council election or homage, with reworked individual lines of text. A further performance after 1750 was conducted by W. F. Bach in Halle in a revised format, with the addition of Tromba II/Timpani in the 1st and 4th movement
Early performances: 17 September 1730, Leipzig (Link to event)
relation to other works:: is part of BWV diverse [Jg. 3]
Comment: "In ogni Tempo."
: Introduction to the work
Link to videos:: Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, BWV 51 (J. S. Bach Stiftung St. Gallen)

Author Libretto

unknown author

Libretto

Author unknown. Movement 4: Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren (J. Gramann, date of composition 1530; first printed in 1540), stanza 5 (additional stanza from Königsberg, 1549); printed text from Taucha 1755 (only movements 2-3): Schwartze 1756 (compare with Maul BJ 2000)
Link to lyrics

Author Chorale

Gramann, Johann (1487-1541)

Chorale

Satz 4:
Johann Gramann, "Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren", 1530/1540, Strophe 5

in: J. Kugelmann, Concentus novi, trium vocum, Augsburg 1540 (Discantus-Buch S. 53, Altus-Buch S. 34, Tenor-Buch S. 60, Bassus-Buch S. 54)

Other printed librettos

Zusatzstrophe 5:
Der CIII. Psalm: Lobe den Herrn meine Seele gepredigt und ausgelegt durch Joann Funcken, Königsberg 1549 (nach einer 1648 gehaltenen Predigt)

Link to contemporary text print

[Bibliography]

Original sources: D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 104 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 49, Faszikel 1 [Part(s)]
Additional sources: D-Bhm RH 0932 [Part(s)]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 1175 [vocal score / piano reduction]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 48, Faszikel 5 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 492, Faszikel 2 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 49, Faszikel 2 [Part(s)]
D-Eib 4.4.4 [Score]
PL-Wu RM 5927 [Score]

Edition

NBA I/22, S. 77 (Matthias Wendt, 1987) – Critical report (1988), S. 66;

BG 12/2, S.3 (W. Rust, 1863)

Literature

M. Maul BJ 2000

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