Gott, wie dein Name, so ist auch dein Ruhm
Vorlage:Infobox Bach composition Gott, wie dein Name, so ist auch dein Ruhm (God, as Your name is, so is also Your praise),[1] BWV 171,Vorlage:Efn is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach, written for New Year's Day. It was probably first performed on 1 January 1729.
Scoring, words and structure
The prescribed readings for the feast day were from the Epistle to the Galatians, "by faith we inherit" (Vorlage:Sourcetext), and from the Gospel of Luke, the Circumcision and naming of Jesus (Vorlage:Sourcetext). The words for the first movement are taken from Vorlage:Sourcetext, movements 2 to 5 were written by Picander (published 1728), and the final chorale is by Johannes Hermann, the second verse of his hymn "Jesu, nun sei gepreiset".[2]
The cantata in six movements is written for soprano, alto, tenor and bass soloists, a four-part choir, three trumpets, timpani, two oboes, two violins, viola and basso continuo.
- Chorus: Gott, wie dein Name, so ist auch dein Ruhm
- Aria (tenor): Herr, so weit die Wolken gehn
- Recitative (alto): Du süßer Jesus-Name du
- Aria (soprano): Jesus soll mein erstes Wort
- Recitative (bass): Und da du, Herr, gesagt
- Chorale: Laß uns das Jahr vollbringen
The first movement dealing with the universal praise of God's name is a choral fugue with independent trumpets, the first trumpet also playing the fugue theme.[2] Bach reworked this music to the Patrem omnipotentem, factorem coeli et terrae of his Mass in B minor. The reflection of the name of Jesus is close to the reading of the day and similar to part IV of Bach's Christmas Oratorio, written for New Year's Day of 1734. The tenor aria is accompanied by two instruments not specified in the manuscript score, perhaps violins. The soprano aria is a parody of an aria from Zerreißet, zersprenget, zertrümmert die Gruft, BWV 205, with a virtuoso violin solo. The bass recitative begins as an arioso, only accompanied by the continuo, leading to prayer and a recitative accompanied by two oboes, concluding in an arioso with the oboes. The final chorale is taken from Jesu, nun sei gepreiset, BWV 41, and its instrumentation is similar to the opening chorus here.[2]
Bach possibly first performed the cantata on 1 January 1729.[3]
Recordings
- Bach Cantatas Vol. 1 – Advent and Christmas, Edith Mathis, Hertha Töpper, Peter Schreier, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchener Bach-Orchester, conductor Karl Richter, Archiv Produktion 1971
- J.S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 19, Sandrine Piau, Bogna Bartosz, Christoph Prégardien, Klaus Mertens, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, conductor Ton Koopman, Antoine Marchand 2003
Notes
References
Sources
- Gott, wie dein Name, so ist auch dein Ruhm, BWV 171: Noten und Audiodateien im International Music Score Library Project
- Gott, wie dein Name, so ist auch dein Ruhm BWV 171; BC A 24 / Cantata Leipzig University
- Cantata BWV 171 Gott, wie dein Name, so ist auch dein Ruhm: history, scoring, sources for text and music, translations to various languages, discography, discussion, Bach Cantatas Website
- Gott, wie dein Name, so ist auch dein Ruhm: history, scoring, Bach website Vorlage:De icon
- BWV 171 Gott, wie dein Name, so ist auch dein Ruhm: English translation, University of Vermont
- BWV 171 Gott, wie dein Name, so ist auch dein Ruhm: text, scoring, University of Alberta
- Chapter 39 BWV 171 Gott, wie dein Name, so ist auch dein Ruhm / God, as is Your Name, so is Your Renown. Julian Mincham, 2010
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