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Cantata BWV 197a
Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe

German Title

Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe

English Title

Glory to God in the highest (by Z. Philip Ambrose)

Event

Cantata for Christmas Day [fragment, incomplete]
Readings: Epistle: Titus 2: 11-14 / Isaiah 9: 2-7; Gospel: Luke 2: 1-14

Composed

Leipzig, 1728; Revised as a Wedding Cantata BWV 197: Leipzig, 1736-1737
1^st performance: December 25, 1728 ? or the following year - Leipzig; 2^nd performance: 1736-1737 - Leipzig

Text

Lukas 2: 14 (Mvt. 1); Christian Friedrich Henrici (Picander) (Mvts. 2-6); Kaspar Ziegler (Mvt. 7)

German Text | Translations: Dutch | English-1 | English-3 | French | Hebrew | Italian | Spanish
Chorale Text: Ich freue mich in dir

Scoring

Soloists: Alto, Bass; Four-part chorus
Orchestra: 2 transverse flutes, oboe d’amore, 2 violins, viola, violoncello, bassoon, continuo
[The music for Mvts. 1-3 & the beginning of Mvt. 4 is missing]
Mvt. 1: Chorus | Mvt. 2: Aria | Mvt. 3: Recitative | Mvt. 4: Aria | Mvt. 5: Recitative | Mvt. 6: Aria | Mvt. 7: Chorus

Score BGA [0.98 MB]
Chorale Melody: O Gott, du frommer Gott - Melody 3

References

BGA: XLI | NBA: I/2 | BC: A 11 | Zwang: K 170 | First Published: BG, 1894

Commentary

Crouch

Music

Music Examples

Discussioons

Week of February 24, 2002; Week of May 11, 2008

Contents

Complete Recordings of Cantata BWV 197a
Recordings of Individual Movements
Complete Recordings of Cantata BWV 197
Recordings of Individual Movements from Cantata BWV 197

Discussions

Recordings

Complete Recordings

1

Edition Bachakademie Vol. 140 - Sacred Vocal Works / Magnificat BWV 243a

Helmuth Rilling

Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

Bass: Michael Volle

Hänssler

Apr-June 1999

TT: 5:42

Mvts. 5-7. Recorded at Stadthalle Sindelfingn & Leonberg, Germany.
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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (November 2002 - January 2006)

Cantatas BWV 197 & BWV 197a: Complete Recordings of BWV 197 | Recordings of Individual Movements from BWV 197 | Recordings of BWV 197a | Discussions

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