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Cantata BWV 8
Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben? |
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Ref. |
BWV 8 |
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German Title |
Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben? |
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English Title |
Dearest God, When will my Death be? (by Z. Philip Ambrose) |
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Event |
Cantata for the 16th Sunday after Trinity
Reading: Epistle: Ephesians 3: 13-21; Gospel: Luke 7: 11-17
Musical Context: Motets & Chorales for 16th Sunday after Trinity |
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Composed |
Leipzig, 1724
1st performance: September 24, 1724 - Leipzig
2nd performance: 1735-1740 - Leipzig
3rd performance (Late version in D): 1746-1747 - Leipzig |
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Text |
Caspar Neumann (Mvts. 1, 6); Anon (Mvts. 2-5) |
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German Text | German-2 | Translations: Arabic-1 | Catalan-1 | Chinese-2 | Dutch-2 | Dutch-3 | English-1 | English-3I | English-3P | English-6 | English-10 | French-1 | French-4 | French-6 | Hebrew-1 | Indonesian | Italian-2 | Japanese-6 | Portuguese-2 | Russian-1 | Spanish-2 | Spanish-7
Chorale Text: Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben |
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Scoring |
Soloists: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass; 4-part Chorus
Orchestra: transverse flute, 2 oboes d’amore, strings, continuo; horn features in the continuo for the 1st movement
Mvt. 1: Chorus | Mvt. 2: Aria | Mvt. 3: Recitative | Mvt. 4: Aria | Mvt. 5: Recitative | Mvt. 6: Chorale |
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Score Vocal & Piano [1.65 MB] | Score BGA [2.97 MB]
Chorales: Mvt. 6
Capella: Mvt. 6 [cap]
Chorale Melody: Liebster Gott, wann werd ich sterben |
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References |
BGA: I | NBA: I/23 | BC: A 137 | Zwang: K 88 | First Published: BG, 1851| Autograph score (facsimile): ? |
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Commentary |
Crouch | AMG | Emmanuel Music | Mincham | EvH [Dutch] | HT [Dutch] | Role [French] | Reyes [Spanish] |
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Music |
Music Examples |
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Discussions |
Week of December 9, 1999; Week of September 3, 2006; Week of March 18, 2012 |
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