Gott ist unsre Zuversicht, BWV 197 (Johann Sebastian Bach)

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All movements

(Posted 2017-07-30) CPDL #45707:

Contributor: Paolo Pandolfo (submitted 2017-07-30). Score information: A4, 36 pages, 2.15 MB Copyright: CPDL

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

Separate movements

5. Chorale: Du süße Lieb, schenk uns deine Gunst

(Posted 2012-08-27) CPDL #27020:

Editor: Johannes Becker (submitted 2012-08-27). Score information: A4, 1 page, 60 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Other verses of "Nun bitten wir den heiligen Geist" included.

10. Chorale: So wandelt froh auf Gottes Wegen

(Posted 2003-01-24) CPDL #04540:

Editor: Marco Gallo (submitted 2003-01-24). Score information: A4, 1 page, 22 kB Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: SATB a cappella.

General Information

Title: Gott ist unsre Zuversicht, BWV 197
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

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

Language: German
Instruments: Orchestra: 2 transverse flutes, 2 oboes, oboe d’amore, 2 bassoons, 3 trumpets, timpani, strings, continuo

First published: 1864 in Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 13
Opus: BWV 197, 10 movements
Description: Wedding cantata c1736-7, parodied from Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe, BWV 197, a now fragmentary cantata for Christmas 1728

External websites:

Gott ist unsre Zuversicht at the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)
View the Wikipedia article on BWV 197.
View the Wikipedia article on BWV 197a.
Bach-cantatas site, with links to libretto and translations.

Original text and translations

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