• O hilf Christe, Gottes Sohn

BWV 1166.2/14a; BWV 1084; BWV 1084 / 438‑>; BC D 5b/6

Genre

• Chorale

Designation of a cantata

• Good Friday

Scoring

S, A, T, B; Vl, 2 Va, Bc

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Early performances

1726-19-04 (Link to event)

relation to other works:

is part of BNB I/K/1 (Leipziger Fassung)BWV deestBC D 5b

Comment

• Belongs to Bach's passion pasticcio (Leipzig version) of St Mark's Passion by Gottfried Keiser (?), Hamburg 1707), BWV deest (BC D 5b); compare variant of the melody and notation of the Weimar version (= BWV deest (NBA Serie II: 2));
  first publbished by A. Dürr, in: BJ 1949/50, p. 85;
  Lit.: A. Glöckner, in: BJ 1977, p. 76ff. and 109ff.

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Libretto

• Michael Weisse (1531) [= verse 8 of "Christus der uns selig macht"]

Link to lyrics

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Original sources

D-B Mus.ms. 11471/1 [Part(s)]
D-B N.Mus.ms. 468 [Part(s)]

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Edition

NBA II/9, S. 76 (Kirsten Beißwenger, 2000) – Critical report (2000), S. 81ff.

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persistent ID

BachDigitalWork_work_00001270

Static URL

https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00001270

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2022-12-09 08:21:50