Gott, wie dein Name, so ist auch dein Ruhm, BWV 171 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
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- (Posted 2017-06-21) CPDL #45070:
- Contributor: Paolo Pandolfo (submitted 2017-06-21). Score information: A4, 24 pages, 3.42 MB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: A scan of the piano-vocal score by Berhard Todt.
General Information
Title: Gott, wie dein Name, so ist auch dein Ruhm, BWV 171
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Lyricist: Picander
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Cantata
Language: German
Instruments: Orchestra: 2 oboes, 3 trumpets, timpani, strings, continuo)
First published: 1888 in Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 35
Opus: BWV 171, 6 movements
Description: for New Year's Day and probably first performed 1 January 1729 after the libretto was printed. The opening chorus is parodied in the B minor mass' Patrem omnipotentem and the soprano aria (No. 3) is from Zerreißet, zersprenget, zertrümmert die Gruft, BWV 205.
External websites:
- Gott, wie dein Name, so ist auch dein Ruhm at the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)
View the Wikipedia article on BWV 171.
- Bach-cantatas site, with links to libretto and translations.
Original text and translations
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