Herr Gott, dich loben wir, BWV 16
| Herr Gott, dich loben wir | |
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| BWV 16 | |
| Church cantata by J. S. Bach | |
Thomaskirche, Leipzig
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| Occasion | New Year's Day |
| Performed | 1 January 1726: Leipzig |
| Movements | 6 |
| Cantata text | Georg Christian Lehms |
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Herr Gott, dich loben wir (Lord God, we praise You),BWV 16, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in Leipzig for New Year's Day and first performed it on 1 January 1726 as part of his third cantata cycle. The beginning of the text is based on "Herr Gott, dich loben wir", Luther's German Te Deum,
Bach wrote the cantata in 1726, his third year as Thomaskantor in Leipzig, for New Year's Day, which is also the feast of the circumcision and naming of Jesus. The prescribed readings for the feast day were taken from the Epistle to the Galatians, by faith we inherit (), and from the Gospel of Luke, the Circumcision and naming of Jesus (). The cantata text is taken from a 1711 publication by Georg Christian Lehms, it centers on praise and thanksgiving without being related to the readings. The poet began with four lines from Martin Luther's German Te Deum, "Herr Gott, dich loben wir" (Lord God, we praise you). The following pair of recitative and aria deal with thanks for past gifts, while a further pair deal with a prayer for further blessings. The poet did not supply a closing chorale, but Bach chose the final stanza of Paul Eber's "Helft mir Gotts Güte preisen" (Help me to praise God's goodness) (c. 1580).
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