See that your fear of God is not hypocrisy
| Bach cantata | |
|---|---|
| See that your fear of God is not hypocrisy | |
| BWV: | 179 |
| Occasion: | 11th Sunday after Trinity |
| Year of origin: | 1723 |
| Place of origin: | Leipzig |
| Genus: | cantata |
| Solo : | S, T, B |
| Choir: | S, A, T, B |
| Instruments : | If; Str; BC |
| text | |
| unknown | |
| List of Bach cantatas | |
See to it that your fear of God is not hypocrisy , BWV 179, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach , written in Leipzig in 1723 for the eleventh Sunday after Trinity , August 8, 1723.
Story and text
Bach wrote the cantata in his first year in Leipzig, which he started on the first Sunday after Trinity, for the eleventh Sunday after Trinity, August 8, 1723. Alfred Dürr suspects that My Heart is in the blood in the same service , composed for the same occasion in Weimar . The prescribed readings are 1 Cor 15.1–10 LUT and Lk 18.9–14 LUT , the parable of the Pharisee and tax collector. The unknown cantata poet adhered closely to the reading and showed erudition by alluding to many passages in the Bible. The opening choir sets Sir 1.29 LUT to music . The final chorale is the first stanza of I poor man, I poor sinner by Christian Tietze (1663).
Cast and structure
The cantata is composed for three soloists, soprano , tenor and bass , a four-part choir, two oboe da caccia , two violins , viola and basso continuo .
- Coro: See that your fear of God is not hypocrisy
- Recitativo (tenor): Today's Christianity is unfortunately bad
- Aria (tenor, oboe, violin): False hypocrite image
- Recitativo (bass): Who is inside and outside
- Aria (soprano, oboes): Dearest God, have mercy
- Chorale: I poor man, I poor sinner
music
In the opening choir, the instruments double the voices in a motet-like manner. The words are set in a strict counterfugue, and each topic is followed by one in reverse. The sequence ends with a canon of fifths on a new theme that chromatically interprets the words and do not serve God with a false heart . There follows a second joint section with narrow guides.
A secco recitative prepares the first aria. The two oboes da caccia and the first violin accompany the tenor in syncopated motifs, which the singing voice takes up in the first part. It is not a da capo aria, only the opening ritornello is repeated at the end. The last words of the second recitative end like an arioso to emphasize: This is how you can find grace and help! . The soprano aria is a prayer, Dearest God, have mercy , accompanied by the two oboes da caccia in pleading gestures.
The final chorale is sung to the melody of Wer only den liebe Gott lets walten , which Bach also used in his chorale cantata of the same name , BWV 93.
Bach later used the music of the opening choir for the Kyrie of his Missa in G major . He used the two arias for Quoniam and Qui tollis in the Gloria of his Missa in A major .
Recordings
- The Bach Cantata Vol. 46 , Helmuth Rilling , Gächinger Kantorei , Bach-Collegium Stuttgart , Arleen Augér , Kurt Equiluz , Wolfgang Schöne , Hänssler 1974
- Bach Cantatas Vol. 4 - Sundays after Trinity I , Karl Richter , Munich Bach Choir , Munich Bach Orchestra , Edith Mathis , Peter Schreier , Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau , archive production 1977
- JS Bach: Das Kantatenwerk - Sacred Cantatas Vol. 9 , Nikolaus Harnoncourt , Tölzer Knabenchor , Concentus Musicus Wien , soloist of the Tölzer Knabenchor, Kurt Equiluz , Robert Holl , Teldec 1988
- JS Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 6 , Ton Koopman , Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir , Ruth Ziesak , Paul Agnew , Klaus Mertens , Antoine Marchand 1997
- JS Bach: Cantatas Vol. 10 , Masaaki Suzuki , Bach Collegium Japan , Miah Persson , Makoto Sakurada , Peter Kooij , BIS 1999
- JS Bach: Trinity Cantatas II , John Eliot Gardiner , Monteverdi Choir , English Baroque Soloists , Magdalena Kožená , Mark Padmore , Stephan Loges , archive production 2000
- JS Bach: Cantatas for the Complete Liturgical Year Vol. 5 , Sigiswald Kuijken , La Petite Bande , Gerlinde Sämann , Jan Kobow , Jan van der Crabben , Accent 2006
literature
- Dürr, Alfred : Johann Sebastian Bach: The cantatas. Bärenreiter, Kassel 1999, ISBN 3-7618-1476-3
- Neumann, Werner : Handbook of JS Bach's Cantatas , 1947, 5th edition 1984, ISBN 3-7651-0054-4
- Schulze, Hans-Joachim: The Bach Cantatas: Introductions to all of Johann Sebastian Bach's cantatas . Leipzig: Evangelical publishing company; Stuttgart: Carus-Verlag 2006 (Edition Bach-Archiv Leipzig) ISBN 3-374-02390-8 (Evang. Verl.-Anst.), ISBN 3-89948-073-2 (Carus-Verl.)
- Wolff, Christoph , Ton Koopman : The world of Bach cantatas . Verlag JB Metzler, Stuttgart, Weimar 2006, ISBN 978-3-476-02127-4
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Dürr, Alfred. 1971. "The cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach", Bärenreiter (in German)
- ↑ Simon Crouch: Cantata 179 ( English ) classical.net. 1998. Retrieved August 8, 2010.
- ^ A b John Greene: JS Bach Cantatas: Lord do not go to court BWV 105; See that your fear of God BWV 179; & Don't get angry, soul BWV 186 . classicstoday.com. Retrieved August 12, 2010.
Web links
- See that your fear of God is not hypocrisy, BWV 179 : Sheet Music and Audio Files in the International Music Score Library Project
- Cantata BWV 179 See that your fear of God is not hypocrisy on the bach-cantatas website
- See that your fear of God is not hypocrisy on the Bach website
- BWV 179 See that your fear of God is not hypocrisy Text, structure and composition on the personal homepage of Walter F. Bischof at the University of Alberta
