Ärgre dich, o Seele, nicht, BWV 186 (Johann Sebastian Bach)

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• (Posted 2017-07-14)  CPDL #45430: 

Contributor: Paolo Pandolfo (submitted 2017-07-14).  Score information: A4, 44 pages, 2.93 MB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: A scan of the piano-vocal score by Berhard Todt.

General Information

Title: Ärgre dich, o Seele, nicht, BWV 186
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Lyricist: Salomon Franck

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Cantata

Language: German
Instruments: Orchestra: 2 oboes, taille, (bassoon), strings, continuo

First published: 1891 in Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 37
Opus: BWV 186, 11 movements
Description: First performed in its expanded version for the 7th Sunday after Trinity, 11 July 1723. The first version, a cantata for Advent III with a libretto entirely by Franck, is now known as BWV 186a and was first performed at Weimar 13 December 1716.

External websites:

• Free choir training aids for this work are available at Choralia.
• Ärgre dich, o Seele, nicht at the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)

• View the Wikipedia article on BWV 186.

• Bach-cantatas site, with links to libretto and translations.

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