Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir, BWV 29 (Johann Sebastian Bach)

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(Posted 2016-11-26) CPDL #42071:

Contributor: Paolo Pandolfo (submitted 2016-11-26). Score information: A4, 35 pages, 1.46 MB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Scan of Kalmus reprint of vocal score by Bernhart Todt

Simphonia only

(Posted 2004-01-16) CPDL #06513:

Editor: Martin Straeten (submitted 2004-01-16). Score information: A4, 16 pages, 182 kB Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Opening orchestral movement, full score and PMX/TEX files also available. Scroll down to Sinfonia (No.1).

General Information

Title: Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir, BWV 29
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Cantata for Installation of the Town Council

Language: German
Instruments: Orchestra: 2 oboes, 3 trumpets, timpani, organ (obbligato), strings, continuo

First published: 1855 in Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 5
Opus: BWV 29, 8 movements
Description: First performed 27 August 1731. The opening chorus is parodied in the Gratias animus and Dona nobis of the Mass in B minor.

External websites:

Free choir training aids for this work are available at Choralia.
BWV 29 at the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)
German libretto at U. Alberta
View the Wikipedia article on BWV 29.

Original text and translations

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