Johann Sebastian Bach :: Cantata No.197a (Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe)


 

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Bach, Johann Sebastian
1685-1750
(b Eisenach, 21 March 1685; d Leipzig, 28 July 1750). German
Cantata No.197a (Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe) <1728>
solos AB chorus only in final chorale
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Mvts 1-3 lost; mvts 4-7 reconstructed by Diethard Hellmann.
Source of text: Picander, 1728)/1729; no.1, Luke 2:14; no.7, Kaspar Ziegler, 1697. Language: German
I. [Chorus: "Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe"] Lost
II. [Aria: "Erzählet; ihr Himmel; die Ehre Gottes"]
Lost
III. [Recit.: "O Liebe, der kein Lieben gleich"] Lost
IV. Aria: "O du angenehmer Schatz"
V. Recit.: "Das Kind ist mein und ich bin sein"
VI. Aria: "Ich lasse dich nicht"
VII. Chorus: "Wohlan! so will ich mich"