Man singet mit Freuden vom Sieg BWV 149; BC A 181

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Other catalogues

BR-WFB N 171

Genre

Sacred cantata

Proper

Psalm: Psalm 91
Epistel: Offenbarung 12, 7-12
Gospel: Matthäus 18, 1-11

Scoring

Sopran solo, Alt solo, Tenor solo, Bass solo, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass, Tromba I, Tromba II, Tromba III, Timpani, Oboe I, Oboe II, Oboe III, Fagotto, Violine I, Violine II, Viola, Violone, Basso continuo

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Date of origin, Work history

vor 1728/1729
First performance on September 29, 1729 (or 1728?). The first movement is a parody of BWV 208.1/15. A presumably initially planned new composition of the first movement (BWV2 Anh. I 198), of which 14 measures are preserved, is found in the autograph score of BWV 201, D-B: P 175 (NBA Suppl., page 166, P. Wollny, 2011). Subsequent performance on October 3, 1756 by W. F. Bach in Halle (printed text in D-HAu and D-HAmk: For the Feast of Michaelmas)

Early performances

29 September 1728, Leipzig (Premiere) (Link to event)
oder erst 29. September 1729?

relation to other works:

is exemplar of BWVBC F
is part of BWV diverse [Jg. 4]

Introduction to the work

Link to videos:

Man singet mit Freuden vom Sieg, BWV 149 (Amsterdam Baroque, T. Koopman)

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Author Libretto

Henrici, Christian Friedrich, genannt Picander (1700–1764)

Libretto

C. F. Henrici. Movement 1: Psalm 118, 15–16. Movement 7: Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, o Herr (M. Schalling, date of composition 1569; first print 1571), stanza 3. Printed text: Picander 1728, page 41; Picander 1732, page 175
Link to lyrics

Chorale

Satz 7: Matthias Schalling, Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, o Herr, Entstehungszeit 1569, Strophe 3

in: Mathias Gastritz, Kurtze vnd sonderliche Newe Symbola etlicher Fürsten vnd Herrn, Nürnberg 1571, Nr. X (Tenor, Seite 24; Diskantus, Seite 76; Altus, Seite 123; Bassus, Seite 170; Vagans, Seite 219)

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edition essential source

D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 1043 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 632 [Part(s)]

Additional sources

D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 459, Faszikel 4 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 848 [Score]
D-HAmi Ms. 166 [Score]
PL-Wu RM 5916 [Score]
Verschollen BWV 149, C. v. Winterfeld Nr. 303 [Score]
Verschollen BWV 149, J. G. Schicht [Score]
Verschollen BWV 149 (3), J. Christoph Westphal [Score]

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Edition

NBA I/30, S. 97 (Marianne Helms, 1973) – Critical report (1974), S. 106;

BG 30, S.263 (P. Graf Waldersee, 1884)

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BachDigitalWork_work_00000183

Static URL

https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000183

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2024-06-13 : 03:57:30