• [Collection] Drei Trauungschoräle

BWV 250‑252; BC B 17

Genre

• Chorale

Scoring

• S, A, T, B, Corno I, Corno II, Oboe I, Violine I (col Soprano), Oboe d'amore, Violine II (coll' alto), Viola (con Tenore), Basso continuo / Orgel (transponiert und beziffert)

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Date of origin, Work history

• Date of composition circa 1734–1738 (watermark autograph parts). It is not known for which wedding these parts were written. As is customary in the sequence of a half bridal mass, it was not Bach who directed the musicians, but a prefect

relation to other works:

is part of BWV diverse [o.Jg.]

relation from other works

has as part BWV 250BC B 17/1
has as part BWV 251BC B 17/2
has as part BWV 252BC B 17/3

Comment

• Choräle für eine sogenannte "halbe Brautmesse".
  Auch durch Quellen mit Choralsammlungen überlierfert.

Link to videos:

Drei instrumentierte Choräle (Halbe Brautmesse), BWV 250-252 (Amsterdam Baroque, T. Koopman)

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Libretto

• BWV 250: S. Rodigast (date of composition 1675; first print 1676/1677); BWV 251: J. J. Schütz (date of composition 1675); BWV 252: M. Rinckart (date of composition 1636)

Link to lyrics

Chorale

S. Rodigast, Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, Entstehungszeit 1675 in: Das Hannoverische ordentliche vollständige Gesangbuch, Göttingen, 1676 [erschienen 1677]

Chorale

J. J. Schütz, Sei Lob und Ehr dem höchsten Gut, 1675 in: J. J. Schütz, Christliches Gedenck-Büchlein Zu Beförderung eines anfangenden neuen Lebens, Franckfurt am Mayn 1675

Chorale

M. Rinckart, Nun danket alle Gott, 1636 in: M. Rinckart, Jesus Herzbüchlein in geistlichen Oden, Leipzig 1636

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Original sources

D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 123 [Part(s)]

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persistent ID

BachDigitalWork_work_00011149

Static URL

https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00011149

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2023-09-12 09:46:55