Sein Segen fließt daher wie ein Strom BWV 1144; BWV Anh. I 14; BWV Anh. 14; BC [B 12]

Wedding (Bridal Mass), without assignment
Genre
Sacred cantata
Scoring
nicht überliefert

Date of origin, Work history
vor dem 12. Februar 1725
First performance on February 12, 1725, on the occasion of the wedding of the provisions and raft administrator Christoph Friedrich Lösner with Johanna Elisabeth Scherling (see original text print) during the main wedding ceremony at “D. Phillips Gasthoff 1 Treppe hoch” (Wedding Book of St. Nikolai, see NBA I/33 KB, page 36). The music is lost.
Sequence of movements (according to original text print):
Before the wedding
1. [Arioso or Chor]: Sein Seegen fließt daher wie ein Strohm
2. Rec.: Des Himmels Fenster öffnen sich
3. Aria: Wohl Dir, da zur erwünschten Stunde
After the wedding
4. Arioso: Ein Mara weicht von dir mit allen Bitterkeiten
5. [Rec.]: [So st]elle Dich, [glücklich] vereinigt Paar
6. Aria: So tritt in dieses Paradieß
Early performances
, Leipzig (Premiere) (Link to event)
relation to other works:
is part of BWV diverse [o.Jg.]
Comment
The music is lost, only the printed libretto is known.

Libretto
Unknown author; Movement 1: Jesus Sirach 39, 22. Movement 3: based on Ezekiel 39, 1 and 12. Movement 4: based on Exodus 15, 25. Movement 5: based on 2 Chronicles 8, 18. Movement 6: based on Genesis 2, 2. Original text print: Leipzig 1725 I [only copy slightly damaged]
Link to lyrics

Additional sources
Es sind keine handschriftlichen Quellen überliefert. [unknown]
Verschollen BWV Anh. 14, E. L. Gerber [unknown]

Edition
Literature
Neumann 1967, S. 380 (Textwiedergabe)/Neumann 1974, S. 388 (Faksimile); Scheide 2008 (zu vermuteten Parodien)

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BachDigitalWork_work_00001322
Static URL
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2024-01-09 : 11:41:50