BWV 68

Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt

Overview

OpeningChorus

ScoringCoro (SATB), Soprano solo, Alto solo, Tenor solo, Bass solo, Fl picc, Fl, Fl dolce, Ob, Ob d'am, Ob da c, Fg, Cor, Cor da c, Cor da tir, Tr, Tr da tir, Ctt, Trb, Timp, Vl solo, Vl picc, Vla d'am, Vlta, Vdg, Vc picc, Vc, Vlne, Org, Cemb

Structure5 movements: C · A · R · A · C

Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt, BWV 68, is a cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach, a church cantata for the second day of Pentecost. Bach composed the cantata in Leipzig and first performed it on 21 May 1725. It is one of nine cantatas on texts by Christiana Mariana von Ziegler, which Bach composed at the end of his second annual cycle of cantatas in Leipzig. In a unique structure among Bach's church cantatas, it begins with a chorale and ends with a complex choral movement on a quotation from the Gospel of John. Bach derived the two arias from his Hunting Cantata. He scored the cantata for two soloists, soprano and bass, a four-part choir, and a Baroque instrumental ensemble of a horn, cornett, three trombones, two oboes, taille, strings and basso continuo.

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Libretto

1. Chorus

Coro (SATB), Oboe, Oboe da caccia, Horn

Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt, Dass er uns seinen Sohn gegeben. Wer sich im Glauben ihm ergibt, Der soll dort ewig bei ihm leben. Wer glaubt, dass Jesus ihm geboren, Der bleibet ewig unverloren, Und ist kein Leid, das den betrübt, Den Gott und auch sein Jesus liebt.

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