Johann Sebastian Bach :: Cantata No.190a (Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied!)


 

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Bach, Johann Sebastian
1685-1750
(b Eisenach, 21 March 1685; d Leipzig, 28 July 1750). German
Cantata No.190a (Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied!) <1724;
rev 1730>
chorus solos ATB
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A version of Cantata No.190 prepared for the 200-year celebration of the Augsburg Confession. Mvts 1-3 were taken over exactly. Mvt 5 uses a new text. The recitatives mvts 4 & 6 were new, and the music has not survived. Mvt 7 is a different chorale from that of the source cantata.
Breitkopf reconstruction by Diethard Hellmann; Carus reconstruction by Masato & Masaaki Suzuki (listed by Carus as Cantata No.190).

Source of text: Anon. (Picander?); no.1, Psalm 149:1, 150:4&6; no.7, Martin Luther, 1524. Language: German
I. Chorus: "Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied!"
II. Chorus and Recit.: "Herr Gott, dich loben wir!"
III. Aria: "Lobe, Zion, deinen Gott"
IV. Recit.: "Herr, wenn dein Evangelium" [Lost]
V. Duet: "Selig sind wir durch das Wort"
VI. Recit.: "Nun, Gott, dir opfern wir" [Lost]
VII. Chorus: "Es danke Gott und lobe dich"