BWV 12.7
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Original source: Cantata, Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen , BWV 12 (bach–digital page )
Chorale Text: Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan (verse 6), by Samuel Rodigast (1674)
Tune: Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan , by Severus Gastorius (1681) (Zahn 5629)
First Performance: 22 April 1714, Jubilate (3rd Sunday after Easter)
Appearance in Early Collections (Key ): None. However, the slightly reworked version that served as BWV 69a.6 does appear in early collections.
Other Harmonizations: BWVs 69a.6* (see note below), 75.7=75.14 , 99.6 , 100.6 , 144.3 , 250
Instrumentation: Colla parte — S: violin 1. A: violin 2. T: viola. B: bassoon, continuo. Obbligato — trumpet, oboe.
Original manuscripts
Score: D–B Mus. ms. Bach P 44, Faszikel 7
Parts: D–B Mus. ms. Bach St 109, Faszikel 1
Notes
This early 1714 setting reappeared in slightly reworked form as the closing chorale in the 1723 Leipzig cantata Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele , BWV 69a. The later setting appears in the key of G major and without obbligato instruments.
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