• Der Gerechte kömmt um

BWV 1149; BC D 10/3 (= C 8)

Genre

• Motet

Designation of a cantata

• Good Friday

Scoring

• S I, S II, A, T, B, traverse flute I, traverse flute II, oboe I, oboe II, violin I, violin II, viola, basso continuo

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Date of origin, Work history

• Arrangement of the motet "Tristis est anima mea" (probably by Johann Kuhnau); transposed to e minor and instrumental parts added.
  The main part of the pasticcio "Wer ist der, so von Edom kömmt" (BWV deest (BC D 10) is based on the cantata "Ein Lämmlein geht und trägt die Schuld" by C. H. Graun (GraunWV B:VII:4). The motet-arrangement is no. 39 of the pasticcio;
  
  Lit.: J. W. Grubbs, in: BJ 1965, p. 17ff.; D. Hellmann, in: BJ 1967, p. 93ff.; A. Glöckner, in: BJ 1977, p. 106ff.;
  new edition. Denkmäler Mitteldeutscher Barockmusik, Serie II (composers of the 17th and 18th century in Middle Germany), vol. 1, ed. by A. Glöckner and P. Wollny, Leipzig 1997, p. 209 ff.

relation to other works:

is arrangement of Tristis est anima meaBC C 8
is part of BWV deest (BC D 10)BC D 10GraunWV B:VII:4TVWV 1:1585/1-2

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Libretto

Link to lyrics

Bible verse

nach Jesaja 57,1-2

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Additional sources

D-B Mus.ms. 12263/3 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. 8155 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. 8185 [Part(s)]

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Edition

NBA I/41, S. 127 (Andreas Glöckner, 2000) – Critical report (2000), S. 56

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2025-06-16 07:33:48