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Organ consecration, Princely Birthday, Day of Honour, Weimar Cantatas

Genre

Scoring

S*; 2 Vl, Va, Bc

Date of origin, Work history

Oktober 1713

Date of composition October 1713, first performance on the occasion of the 51st birthday of Duke Wilhelm Ernst of Saxe-Weimar (October 30, 1713), whose motto was Omnia cum DEO et nihel sine eo

Early performances

1713-30-10, Weimar (Premiere) (Link to event)

relation to other works:

is part of BWV diverse [W. Kant.]

Link to videos:

Libretto

Johann Adam Mylius, Buttstedt Erstaufführung 1713; Originaltextdruck: Weimar Erstaufführung 1713 (mit zwölf Strophen, von denen Bach in seiner Partitur nur die erste unterlegt)
Johann Adam Mylius, Buttstedt first performance on 1713; Original text print: Weimar first performance on 1713 (with twelve stanzas, of which Bach only set the first one to music in his score)