Index to References - Bach Compendium - Work Group B: Sacred Works for Special Occasions

Index to References to Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works Bach Compendium Work Group B: Sacred Works for Special Occasions
Group Description
Work Group B consists of sacred works (principally cantatas) for special occasions outside of the Sundays and feast days of the liturgical year (annual cycles of cantatas → Work Group A). The compositions in this work group are organized primarily according to their known or probable function. Within each of these categories, the works are arranged chronologically, whenever possible. According to the available evidence concerning his estate (Obituary, Dok IIIl, p.86; Bach Reader, p.221), Bach is reported to have left behind »many works for burial services and for wedding Masses...« This vague account mentions only two of the many kinds of occasions for which appropriate sacred music would have been required. Others include occasions of state (Election of the Town Council → B 3 - B 10, Jubilee → B 27 - B 29) and events calling for specific commissions (→ B l - B 2, B 11 - B 23, B 30 -B 32, perhaps also B 24 - B 26). It is difficult to say what the extent of our losses are in this repertoire: the works that have survived extend from the Mühlhausen period, from 1707 at the latest (→ B 1, B 25), into the last Leipzig years (→ B 26, arrangement of another composer's work). In contrast to the cantata cycles, the compositions in Work Group B do not belong to a unified musical genre. The spectrum ranges from »state music« of an oratorio-like character (→ B 21 - B 22) to simple chorale-like compositions (→ B 17); in one case (→ B 23a/b) it borders on the motet (→ Work Group C, funeral motets).

Synopsis - List by Group and BC Number - Work Group B
BC	BWV	BGA	NBA	Year	Title / Comments
					Town Council Election
B 1	71	XVIII	I/32.1	1708	Gott ist mein König
[B 2]	Vorwort Nr. 10 [?]	-			2^nd cantata for the Mühlhäusen Town Council (text & music lost)
B 3	119	XXIV	I/32.1	1723	Preise, Jerusalem, den Herrn
[B 4a]	Anh 4	-		1726/1727	Wünschet Jerusalem Glück (earlier version, music lost) → B 29
[B 4b]	Anh 4	-		1741	Wünschet Jerusalem Glück (later version, music lost) → B 29
B 5	193	XLI	I/32.1	1726	Ihr Tore zu Zion (incomplete) → G 15
B 6	120	XXIV	I/32.2	1728	Gott, man lobet dich in der Stille → B 15, B 28
[B 7]	Anh 3	-		1730	Gott, gieb Dein Gerichte dem Könige (music lost)
B 8	29	V/1	I/32.2	1731	Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir
[B 9]	Deest				Herrscher des Himmels, König der Ehren (music preserved only in the prototype of G 1)
B 10	69	XVI	I/32.2	1747-49	Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele [II] → A 123

					Wedding Mass
B 11	196	XIII/1	I/33	1708	Der Herr denket an uns
[B 12]	Anh 14	-		1725	Sein Segen fließt daher wie ein Strom (music lost)
B 13	34a	XLI	I/33	1726	O ewiges Feuer, o Ursprung der Liebe (incomplete) → A 84
[B 14a]	195	XIII/1	I/33	1727-1731	Dem Gerechten muß das Licht immer wieder aufgehen (1^st version)
B 14b	195	XIII/1	I/33	1742	Dem Gerechten muß das Licht immer wieder aufgehen (2^nd version)
B 14c	195	XIII/1	I/33	1748-1749	Dem Gerechten muß das Licht immer wieder aufgehen (latest version)
B 15	120a	XLI	I/33	1729?	Herr Gott, Beherrscher aller Dinge (incomplete) → B 9, B 28
B 16	197	XIII/1	I/33	1736-1737	Gott ist unsre Zuversicht
B 17	250-252				Three Wedding Chorales: 1. Was Gott tut das ist wohlgetan 2. Sei Lob und Ehr' Dem höchsten Gut 3. Nun danket alle Gott
A 187	117	XXIV	I/34	1728-1731	Sei Lob und Ehr dem höchsten Gut
A 188	192	XLI	I/34	1730	Nun danket alle Gott
A 189	97	XXII	I/34	1734	In allen meinen Taten
A 191	100	XXII	I/34	1732-1735	Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan (III)

					Funeral and Memorial Service
B 18	106	XXIII	I/34	1707	Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit
[B 19]	-				Was ist, das wir Leben nennen (music lost)
B 20	157	XXXII	I/34	1727	Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit → A 170
[B 21]	-	-			1^st Köthen Funeral Music (text & music lost)
[B 22]	244a	XX	I/34 II/5a	1729	Klagt, Kinder, klagt es aller Welt
B 23a	118	XXIV	III/1	1736-1737	O Jesu Christ, mein’s Lebens Licht (earlier version)
B 23b	118	XXIV	III/1	1746-1747	O Jesu Christ, mein’s Lebens Licht (later version)

					Penitenial Service (Psalm Cantatas)
B 24	150	XXX	I/41	1704-1707	Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich
B 25	131	XXVIII	I/34	1707	Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir
B 26	-	-			Tilger, Höchster, meine Sünden
A 186	223			1707-1708	Meine Seele soll Gott loben
B 11	196	XIII/1	I/33	1707-1708	Der Herr denket an uns
[A 99a]	[21]	V/1	I/16	1713	Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis (earliest version; Mvts. 2, 6, 9)

					Jubille of the Augsburg Confession 1730
[B 27]	190a	-	I/34	1730	Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied (music lost) → A 21
[B 28]	120b	-	I/34	1730	Gott, man lobet dich in der Stille (music lost) → B 9, B 15
[B 29]	Anh 4	-	I/32	1730	Wünschet Jerusalem Glück (music lost) → B 4a/b

					Princely Birthday, Organ Dedication, Day of Glory
[B 30]	Anh 5	-	I/34	1718	Lobet den Herrn, alle seine Heerscharen (music lost)
B 31	194	XXIX	I/31	1723	Höchsterwünschtes Freudenfest → A 91a/b, G 11
[B 32]	Anh 15	-	I/34	1724?	Siehe, der Hüter Israel (text incipit extant)
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Source: Volume 1, Part 3: Vocal Works III (contains the works of groups B, C and D), Leipzig 1988, ISBN 3-369-00033-4 or Frankfurt / M. 1988, ISBN 3-876-26083-3, pp 828, 830-831 Prepared by Aryeh Oron & David O. Berger [Concordia Seminary Library, St. Louis, MO, USA] (September 2009)

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