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Seven cantatas by Bach, once owned by Mendelssohn : copyist's manuscript, [1700-1750].

Record ID
114166
Accession number
MA 9
Creator
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750.
Biographical Data
German composer.
Object title

Seven cantatas by Bach, once owned by Mendelssohn : copyist's manuscript, [1700-1750].

Uniform title
Cantatas. Selections
Date
[1700-1750].
Notes

Copyist's manuscripts of seven cantatas, once owned by Felix Mendelssohn, with occasional annotations in his hand. Mendelssohn has signed the volume on a preliminary leaf, and a list of the cantatas, in his hand, has been laid in.

Contents

Unser Mund sei voll Lachens, BWV 110 / libretto by Lehms -- Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot, BWV 39 -- Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes, BWV 76 -- Es wartet alles auf dich, BWV 187 -- Ärgere dich, o Seele, nicht, BWV 186 / libretto by Franck -- Es ist dir gesagt, Mensch, was gut ist, BWV 45 -- Du sollst Gott, deinen Herren, lieben, BWV 77 / libretto by Knauer.

Associated names

Lehms, Georg Christian, 1684-1717, librettist.
Franck, Salomo, 1659-1725, librettist.
Knauer, Oswald, b. 1680, librettist.
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847, former owner.
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Unser Mund sei voll Lachens.
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes.
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Es wartet alles auf dich.
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Ärgre dich, o Seele nicht.
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Es ist dir gesagt, Mensch, was gut ist.
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Du sollt Gott, deinen Herren, lieben.

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