Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe, BWV 197a (Bach, Johann Sebastian)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 7 movements (incomplete)
Composition Year 1728 in Leipzig (Revised as a Wedding Cantata, BWV 197)
Genre Categories Secular cantatas; Cantatas; For 2 voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the alto voice; Scores featuring the bass voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; German language
Related Works Gott ist unsre Zuversicht, BWV 197 (Revised)

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 Complete Score
#739923 - 6.04MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 31×⇩ - Feduol

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Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, n.d.[1728?].
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Submission Project.
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 Complete Score (Preview)
#04186 - 0.38MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3317×⇩ - Peter

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Editor Alfred Dörffel (1821-1905)
Publisher. Info. Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 41 (pp.109-114)
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1894. Plate B.W. XLI.
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 Complete Score (EU)
#455917 - 0.58MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - C*/53*/V* - 1410×⇩ - Sallen112

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Editor Alfred Dürr (1918-2011)
Publisher. Info. Neue Bach-Ausgabe, Serie I, Band 2 (pp.63-70)
Kassel: Bärenreiter Verlag, 1957. Plate BA 5007.
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Misc. Notes 600 dpi. Page size is 10.00 x 12.688 inches.
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 4. Aria: 'O du angenehmer Schatz'
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⇒ 4 more: 5. Recitativo: 'Das Kind ist mein, und ich bin sein' • 6. Aria: 'Ich lasse dich nicht' • 7. Chorale: 'Wohlan! so will ich mich an dich, o Jesu, halten' • Engraving files (MuseScore)

 5. Recitativo: 'Das Kind ist mein, und ich bin sein'
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 6. Aria: 'Ich lasse dich nicht'
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 7. Chorale: 'Wohlan! so will ich mich an dich, o Jesu, halten'
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 Engraving files (MuseScore)
#754001 - 0.17MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 20×⇩ - Casadesus

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Editor Ramon Casadesus-Masanell
Publisher. Info. Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, 2021.
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Chorale: 'Wohlan! so will ich mich an dich, o Jesu, halten' (No.7)

 Study Chorale Score (Textless) (EU)
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Editor Frieder Rempp (b. 1942)
Publisher. Info. Neue Bach-Ausgabe, Serie III, Band 2.2
Choräle und geistliche Lieder, Teil 2 (pp.182)
Kassel: Bärenreiter Verlag, 1996. Plate BA 5076.
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Misc. Notes From Chorale der Sammlung C.P.E. Bach nach dem Druck von 1784-1787.
600 dpi. Page size is 10.00 x 12.688 inches.
7. As "O Gott, du frommer Gott" (More details) (No.311)
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General Information

Work Title Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe (fragment)
Alternative. Title Glory to God in the highest
Name Translations Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 200793233; GND: 300654308; BNF: 16303029z
Composer Bach, Johann Sebastian
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. BWV 197a ; BC A 11
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IJB 105
Key D major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 7 movements (incomplete):
  1. (Chorus): Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe (missing)
  2. Aria: Erzählet, ihr Himmel, die Ehre Gottes (missing)
  3. (Recitativo): O! Liebe, der kein Lieben gleich (missing)
  4. Aria (alto): O du angenehmer Schatz
  5. Recitativo (bass): Das Kind ist mein, und ich bin sein
  6. Aria (bass): Ich lasse dich nicht
  7. Chorale: Wohlan! so will ich mich an dich, o Jesu, halten
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1728 in Leipzig (Revised as a Wedding Cantata, BWV 197)
First Performance. 1728?-12-25 in Leipzig
First Publication. 1894 (BGA)
Librettist see below
Lukas 2:14 (No.1)
Christian Friedrich Henrici (1700-1764) [as Picander] (Nos.2-6)
Caspar Ziegler (1621-1690) (No.7)
Language German
Dedication Christmas Day
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation alto, bass; mixed chorus (SATB), orchestra
InstrDetail 2 flutes, oboe d'amore, [bassoon], 3 trumpets, timpani, strings, continuo
Related Works Gott ist unsre Zuversicht, BWV 197 (Revised)
Primary Sources Bach Digital (source list)
External Links Wikipedia article
Bach-Cantatas.com
Extra Information No.7 is identical to O Gott, du frommer Gott, BWV 398

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