Nun danket alle Gott, BWV 192

*Nun danket alle Gott*
Nun danket alle Gott
BWV 192
Chorale cantata by J. S. Bach
	Martin Rinckart, author of the text
Occasion	Trinity Sunday
Chorale	"Nun danket alle Gott"
Performed	8 June 1727: Leipzig
Movements	5
Vocal	SATB choir; solo: soprano and bass;
Instrumental	2 flauto traverso; 2 oboes; 2 violins; viola; continuo;

Nun danket alle Gott (Now thank ye all our God), BWV 192, is a church cantata for Trinity Sunday composed by Johann Sebastian Bach in Leipzig in 1730. It is an incomplete cantata, because its tenor part is missing. It is a chorale cantata, setting the unmodified three stanzas of Martin Rinckart's "Nun danket alle Gott" ("Now Thank We All Our God"). It has been regarded as an expansion of Bach's chorale cantata cycle.

History and text[]

Bach composed Nun danket alle Gott as a chorale cantata for Trinity, setting the unmodified text of the three stanzas of Martin Rinckart's hymn of thanksgiving "Nun danket alle Gott".^[1]^[2] It was first performed on 4 June 1730.^[1]^[3] Alfred Dürr assumed that it could have been written for a wedding.^[4] It has also been regarded as a cantata for Reformation Day.^[5]

The cantata is not always seen as included in Bach's chorale cantata cycle.^[2]^[6] The original score is held by the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin.^[1] The tenor part was lost^[1] and has been reconstructed by several scholars; e.g., Günter Raphael^[7] and Alfred Dürr.^[3]

Scoring and structure[]

The cantata is scored for soprano and bass soloists, a four-part choir, two flutes, two oboes, two violins, viola, and basso continuo.^[1]^[5]

The work has three movements:^[4]

Chorus: Nun danket alle Gott
Duet aria (soprano and bass): Der ewig reiche Gott
Chorus: Lob, Ehr und Preis sei Gott

Music[]

The cantata begins with a chorale fantasia.^[4] Unusually, the ritornello is not immediately followed by the chorale melody, but by a three-part or even four-part imitative preparation. The first phrase of the chorale melody appears in the soprano over further imitation in the lower voices and by staccato chords in the accompaniment.^[4]^[8] The other lines of the chorale are handled similarly.^[4]

The duet aria is introduced by a ritornello "with a double hiatus suggestive of modesty or diffidence". The movement is structurally like a da capo aria but lacks a contrasting middle section.^[8]

Unusually, the work ends not with a closing chorale, but with another chorale fantasia^[4] with a "rollicking gigue melody". Again, the soprano carries the chorale melody.^[8] As in the first movement, the lower voices sing imitative lines.^[4]

Recordings[]

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Ton Koopman. J. S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 20. Antoine Marchand, 2002.
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki. J. S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 51. BIS, 2011.
Frankfurter Kantorei / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Helmuth Rilling. Die Bach Kantate Vol. 12. Hänssler, 1974.
Holland Boys Choir / Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink. Bach Edition Vol. 12. Brilliant Classics, 1999.
Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner. Bach Cantatas Vol. 10. Soli Deo Gloria, 2000.

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Nun danket alle Gott BWV 192; BC A 188 / Chorale cantata (Trinity Sunday)". Bach Digital. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Zedler, G (2011). Die Kantaten von Johann Sebastian Bach: Eine Einführung in die Werkgattung (in German). Books on Demand. p. 37. ISBN 9783842357259.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Cantata BWV 192 Nun danket alle Gott". Bach Cantatas Website. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Dürr, Alfred; Jones, Richard D. P. (2005). Nun danket alle Gott. The Cantatas of J.S. Bach: With Their Librettos in German-English Parallel Text. Oxford University Press. pp. 780–787. ISBN 978-0-19-816707-5.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "BWV 192". University of Alberta. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
^ Dörffel, Alfred (1878). "Introduction". Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe Volume 27: Thematisches Verzeichniss der Kirchencantaten No. 1–120 (in German). Breitkopf & Härtel. p. VII.
^ Smith, Craig. "BWV 192". Emmanuel Music. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Mincham, Julian. "Chapter 53 BWV 192". jsbachcantatas. Retrieved 5 June 2013.

External links[]

Literature by and about Nun danket alle Gott, BWV 192 in the German National Library catalogue
Nun danket alle Gott, BWV 192: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
BWV 192 Nun danket alle Gott: English translation, University of Vermont
Leonard, James. "Johann Sebastian Bach / Cantata No. 192, "Nun danket alle Gott" (incomplete), BWV 192 (BC A188)". Allmusic. Retrieved 5 June 2013.

[bd-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Nun danket alle Gott BWV 192; BC A 188 / Chorale cantata (Trinity Sunday)". Bach Digital. Retrieved 27 May 2018.

[ZedlerP37-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Zedler, G (2011). Die Kantaten von Johann Sebastian Bach: Eine Einführung in die Werkgattung (in German). Books on Demand. p. 37. ISBN 9783842357259.

[bc-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Cantata BWV 192 Nun danket alle Gott". Bach Cantatas Website. Retrieved 14 December 2012.

[Dürr-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Dürr, Alfred; Jones, Richard D. P. (2005). Nun danket alle Gott. The Cantatas of J.S. Bach: With Their Librettos in German-English Parallel Text. Oxford University Press. pp. 780–787. ISBN 978-0-19-816707-5.

[Alberta-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b "BWV 192". University of Alberta. Retrieved 5 June 2013.

[bga-6] Dörffel, Alfred (1878). "Introduction". Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe Volume 27: Thematisches Verzeichniss der Kirchencantaten No. 1–120 (in German). Breitkopf & Härtel. p. VII.

[7] Smith, Craig. "BWV 192". Emmanuel Music. Retrieved 5 June 2013.

[min-8] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Mincham, Julian. "Chapter 53 BWV 192". jsbachcantatas. Retrieved 5 June 2013.

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show v t Church cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach
Before Leipzig	Early: BWV 4 131 71 1138.1 & .2 106 196 150 143 Weimar: BWV 61 70a 186a 132 147a 63 152 155 18 54 80a 182 31 12 172 165 21 185 199 161 162 163 Köthen: BWV Anh. 5
First cycle (1723–24)	Between Trinity and Advent: BWV 75 76 24 167 147 186 136 105 46 179 69a 77 25 138 95 148 48 109 89 60 90 70 From Advent to Trinity: BWV 40 64 190 153 65 154 73 81 83 144 181 22 23 66 134 67 104 166 86 37 44 59 184
Second cycle (& chorale cantatas)	Chorale cantatas between Trinity and Easter: BWV 20 2 7 135 10 93 107 178 94 101 113 33 78 99 8 130 114 96 5 180 38 115 139 26 116 62 91 121 133 122 41 123 124 3 111 92 125 126 127 1 Continuation of the second cycle: BWV 6 42 85 103 108 87 128 183 74 68 175 176 Later additions to the chorale cantata cycle: BWV 80 137 129 58 112 140 177 9 14 Other late chorale cantatas: BWV 117 192 100 97
Third cycle	After Trinity 1725: BWV 168 164 79 Liturgical year 1725–26: BWV 110 57 151 28 16 32 13 72 146 43 39 88 170 187 45 102 35 17 19 27 47 169 56 49 98 55 52 1727: BWV 82 84 34 173
Later and other	Picander cycle: BWV 149 188 197a 171 156 159 145 174 Late parodies: BWV 36 30 191 200 248 I 248 II 248 III 248 IV 248 V 248 VI 1083 Council election (Leipzig): BWV 119 193 29 120 69 (lost: 1139.1, 1140–1141) Wedding: BWV 34a 195 120a 197 Funeral: 157 244a Other: 194 190a 120b 51 158 50 Doubtful: 53 142 189 217 220 221 223 224
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