• Herrscher des Himmels, König der Ehren

BWV 1141; BWV Anh. I 193; BWV Anh. 193 / Anh. I 4‑>; BC [B 9]

Genre

• Sacred cantata

Scoring

• nicht überliefert

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Date of origin, Work history

• vor dem 29. August 1740

• First performance on the occasion of the Leipzig Council election on August 29, 1740, in St. Nikolai (Description of the event’s proceedings in the text print Leipzig 1740; as indicated by Dok. II Nr. 452, Note II). Bach’s authorship is substantiated, among other things, by its parodic relationship to BWV 208.1/15 (see below). For the annual commissioning of Leipzig Council election music from Bach, see BWV 1140.
  Sequence of movements (according to text print Leipzig 1740) and parodic relationship:
  1. Chorvs: Herrscher des Himmels, König der Ehren
  2. [Recit.]: GOtt, welcher selbst Regenten setzt
  3. Aria: Gerechte mü.en wie Palmen
  4. [Recit.]: Gesegnete, beglückte Stadt
  5. Aria: Dancke GOtt, daß er in Segen
  6. [Recit.]: So sencke doch, o Höchster, Geist und Kraft
  7. Chorvs Es falle ietzt auf uns dein himmlisches Feuer, siehe BWV 208.1/15

Early performances

1740-29-08, Leipzig, St. Nicholas Church (Premiere) (Link to event)
Predigt: Christian Gottlob Eichler

relation to other works:

is part of BWV diverse [o.Jg.]

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Libretto

• Author unknown. Text print: Leipzig 1740, page 82 (Den 29. August […] Cantata)

Link to lyrics

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Additional sources

Es sind keine handschriftlichen Quellen überliefert. [unknown]

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Edition

NBA I/32.2, -- (Christine Fröde, 1994) – Critical report (1994), S. 69

Literature

• Neumann 1974, S. 380 (Faksimile Text); Neumann BJ 1961; Dürr K 1995, S. 815

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BachDigitalWork_work_00001504

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2023-08-29 07:52:47