Der Herr denket an uns, BWV 196 (Johann Sebastian Bach)

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• (Posted 2017-07-29)  CPDL #45703: 

Contributor: Paolo Pandolfo (submitted 2017-07-29).  Score information: A4, 20 pages, 1.46 MB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: A scan of the piano-vocal score by Berhard Todt.

General Information

Title: Der Herr denket an uns, BWV 196
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred, Cantata

Language: German
Instruments: Strings & continuo

First published: 1864 in Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 13
Opus: BWV 196, 5 movements

Description: Possibly a Wedding cantata; one conjecture is that it was written for Johann Lorenz Stauber and Regina Wedemann, an aunt of Bach's wife, who were married on 5 June 1708.

External websites:

• 'Der Herr denket an uns at the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)

• View the Wikipedia article on BWV 196.

• Bach-cantatas site, with links to libretto and translations.

Original text and translations

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