Dich loben die lieblichen Strahlen der Sonne BWV 1151; BWV Anh. I 6; BWV Anh. 6; BC [G 6]
- Genre
- Secular cantata
- Scoring
- nicht überliefert
- Date of origin, Work history
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vor dem 01. Januar 1720
First performance on January 1, 1720, in honor of the princely house of Anhalt-Köthen (text print). The setting of the text by Bach is not documented, but is likely due to his official duties as Kapellmeister.
Sequence of movements (according to text print by Menantes 1720):
1. Aria DIch loben die lieblichen Strahlen der Sonne
2. [Recit.] Den Augen ist, der Sonnen Glantz zu sehn
3. Aria [u. Recit.] Wie lieblich ist zu Anhalts Wohlergehn – Wer nicht des Lichtes Schönheit preis’t
4. [Recit.] Die ganze Creatur
5. Aria So strahle holde Fürsten-Sonne - Early performances
- , Köthen (Premiere) (Link to event)
- Comment
- The music is lost.
- Libretto
- C. F. Hunold. Text print: Menantes 1720, page 6 (An das Hochfürstl. Haus zu Anhalt | Cöthen beym Eintritt des 1720 | Jahres. [To the High Princely House of Anhalt | Cöthen upon the entrance of the year 1720.])
Link to lyrics
- Additional sources
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Es sind keine handschriftlichen Quellen überliefert. [unknown]
- Edition
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NBA I/35, -- (Alfred Dürr, 1963) – Critical report (1964), S. 117 - Literature
- Neumann 1967, S. 436 (Textwiedergabe)/Neumann 1974, S. 270 (Faksimile)
- persistent ID
- BachDigitalWork_work_00001314
- Static URL
- https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00001314
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- 2023-08-29 : 12:03:52
