Ich lebe, mein Herze, zu deinem Ergötzen, BWV 145 (Johann Sebastian Bach)

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• (Posted 2019-12-23)  CPDL #56392:     

Editor: Johannes Becker (submitted 2019-12-23).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 115 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Choir parts only, Lilypond source files attached to PDF

• (Posted 2017-05-07)  CPDL #44412: 

Contributor: Paolo Pandolfo (submitted 2017-05-07).  Score information: A4, 24 pages, 1.46 MB   Copyright: CPDL

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

General Information

Title: Ich lebe, mein Herze, zu deinem Ergötzen, BWV 145
Composers: Johann Sebastian Bach and Georg Philipp Telemann
Lyricist: Picander

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Cantata

Language: German
Instruments: Orchestra: transverse flute, trumpet, 2 oboes d’amore, 2 violins, violas, continuo

First published: 1884 in Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 30
Opus: BWV 145, 5 movements
Description: A likely first performance on 19 April 1729 (Easter Tuesday) is based on the libretto's 1728 publication. The 2nd movement So du mit deinem Munde is by Telemann; it is thought that C. P. E. Bach may have added movements as well.

External websites:

• Ich lebe, mein Herze, zu deinem Ergötzen at the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)

• View the Wikipedia article on BWV 145.

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

Original text and translations

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