Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz? BWV 138 (Johann Sebastian Bach)

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• (Posted 2017-04-27)  CPDL #44238: 

Contributor: Paolo Pandolfo (submitted 2017-04-27).  Score information: A4, 34 pages, 938 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: A scan of the piano-vocal score by Berhard Todt. English and German text

General Information

Title: Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz, BWV 138
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
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Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred, Cantata

Language: German
Instruments: Orchestra: 2 oboes d’amore, strings, continuo

First published: 1881 Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 28
    2nd published: 1915 in Volksliederbuch für gemischten Chor, no. 40
Opus: BWV 138, 7 movements

Description: First performed 5 September 1723, the 15th Sunday after Trinity. The aria reappears as the Gratias of the Missa brevis in G, BWV 236

External websites:

• Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz at the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)

• View the Wikipedia article on BWV 138.

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

Original text and translations

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