Mein Gott, wie lang, ach lange, BWV 155 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 5 movements
Composition Year 1716 in Weimar
Genre Categories Sacred cantatas; Cantatas; Religious works; For 4 voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the soprano voice; Scores featuring the alto voice; Scores featuring the tenor voice; Scores featuring the bass voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; German language; For 2 violins, 2 violas (arr); For 4 players (arr); Scores featuring the violin (arr); Scores featuring the viola (arr); For 2 violins, viola, cello (arr); Scores featuring the cello (arr); For 2 violins, 2 cellos (arr); For bassoon, 2 violins, viola (arr); Scores featuring the bassoon (arr); For bassoon, 2 violins, cello (arr); For 4 violas (arr); For 3 violas, cello (arr); For 2 violas, 2 cellos (arr); For bassoon, 3 violas (arr); For bassoon, 2 violas, cello (arr); For viola, 3 cellos (arr); For 4 cellos (arr); For bassoon, viola, 2 cellos (arr); For bassoon, 3 cellos (arr); For violin, 3 violas (arr); For violin, 2 violas, cello (arr); For violin, viola, 2 cellos (arr); For bassoon, violin, 2 violas (arr); For bassoon, violin, viola, cello (arr); For violin, 3 cellos (arr); For bassoon, violin, 2 cellos (arr); For 3 violins, viola, cello (arr); For 5 players (arr); For 2 violins, 2 violas, cello (arr); For 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos (arr); For violin, 3 violas, cello (arr); For violin, 2 violas, 2 cellos (arr); For 4 bassoons (arr); For trumpet, organ (arr); Scores featuring the trumpet (arr); Scores featuring the organ (arr); For 2 players (arr)

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Performances

Naxos

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Aria: 'Du mußt glauben, du mußt hoffen' (No.2)

For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)

 Synthesized Performance
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Sheet Music

Full Scores

 Complete Score
#360560 - 17.11MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 575×⇩ - Jun T

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Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, n.d.(ca.1716)..
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Misc. Notes D-B Mus. ms. Bach P 129.
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 Complete Score
#01417 - 0.99MB, 14 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2870×⇩ - Feldmahler

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Editor Ernst Naumann (1832-1910)
First edition
Publisher. Info. Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 32 (pp.83-96)
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1886. Plate B.W. XXXII.
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 Complete Score
#725193 - 0.78MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 49×⇩ - Sallen112

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Editor Ernst Naumann (1832-1910)
First edition (reprint)
Publisher. Info. Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 32 (pp.83-96)
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1886. Plate B.W. XXXII.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70). Catalog A2536.
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 Complete Score (EU)
#458654 - 0.93MB, 16 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - C*/71*/V* - 2288×⇩ - Sallen112

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Editor Marianne Helms (b. 1936)
Publisher. Info. Neue Bach-Ausgabe, Serie I, Band 5 (pp.173-88)
Kassel: Bärenreiter Verlag, 1975. Plate BA 5043.
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 1. Recitative: 'Mein Gott, wie lang, ach lange?'
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⇒ 5 more: 2. Aria: 'Du mußt glauben, du mußt hoffen' • 3. Recitative: 'So sei, o Seele, sei zufrieden' • 4. Aria: 'Wirf, mein Herze, wirf dich noch' • 5. Chorale: 'Ob sich's anließ, als wollt er nicht' • Engraving files (MuseScore)

 2. Aria: 'Du mußt glauben, du mußt hoffen'
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 3. Recitative: 'So sei, o Seele, sei zufrieden'
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 4. Aria: 'Wirf, mein Herze, wirf dich noch'
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 5. Chorale: 'Ob sich's anließ, als wollt er nicht'
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Parts

 Bassoon
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⇒ 6 more: Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos/Basses • Harpsichord • Organ

 Violins I
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 Violins II
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 Violas
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 Cellos/Basses
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 Harpsichord
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 Organ
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Editor Ernst Naumann (1832-1910)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.(ca.1895).
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70). Catalog A2536.
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Vocal Scores

 Complete Score
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Arranger Bernhard Todt (1822-1907) [?]
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 Complete Score (Annotated)
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Arranger Bernhard Todt (1822-1907) [?]
Editor Melvin P. Unger
Publisher. Info. Melvin P. Unger, after
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1895].
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Aria: 'Du mußt glauben, du mußt hoffen' (No.2)

For Quartets: Bassoon ad lib. and Strings (Lang)

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For 4 Bassoons (Perrinjaquet)

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⇒ 4 more: Bassoon 2 • Bassoon 3 • Bassoon 4 • Complete Score

 Bassoon 2
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 Bassoon 3
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 Bassoon 4
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For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)

 Complete Score and Trumpet Part
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 Engraving files (Finale & XML)
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Arranger Michel Rondeau
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Aria: 'Wirf, mein Herze, wirf dich noch' (No.4)

For String Quintets (Lang)

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Other

Chorale: 'Ob sich's anließ, als wollt er nicht' (No.5)

 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.194)
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.
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5. As "Es ist das Heil uns kommen her" (More details) (No.334)
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General Information

Work Title Mein Gott, wie lang, ach lange
Alternative. Title My God, how long, ah! How long?
Name Translations Mein Gott, wie lang, ach lange?; Mein Gott, wie lang, ach lange? BWV 155; Mein Gott; Mein Gott, wie lang, ach lange, רי"ב 155; Mein Gott, wie lang, ach lange?, BWV 155
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 179881543; LCCN: no90014827; GND: 300008562; BNF: 139095073; NLA: 35674220; BNE: XX4620640
Composer Bach, Johann Sebastian
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. BWV 155 ; BC A 32
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IJB 393
Key D minor
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 5 movements:
  1. Recitative (soprano): Mein Gott, wie lang, ach lange?
  2. Aria (alto, tenor): Du mußt glauben, du mußt hoffen
  3. Recitative (bass): So sei, o Seele, sei zufrieden
  4. Aria (soprano): Wirf, mein Herze, wirf dich noch
  5. Chorale: Ob sich's anließ, als wollt er nicht
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1716 in Weimar
First Performance. 1716-01-19 in Weimar (1st Performance)
1724-01-16 in Leipzig (2nd Performance)
First Publication. 1886 (BGA)
Librettist see below
Salomo Franck (1659–1725) (Nos.1-4)
Paulus Speratus (1484–1541) (No.5)
Language German
Dedication 2nd Sunday after Epiphany
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation soprano, alto, tenor, bass; mixed chorus (SATB), orchestra
InstrDetail bassoon, 2 violins, viola, continuo (harpsichord and/or organ)
Manuscript Sources Bach Digital (source list)
External Links Wikipedia article
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Extra Information Re librettist: title taken from Psalm 13 (or others)? Libretto also in part?

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