Rest thy faith on God the Lord BWV 197 was probably written in the second half of the 1730s for a wedding, no further details of which are known. In the opening chorus in particular, it features quite a sizeable orchestra. The text of the cantata has one major theme: trust in God! In a magnificent lullaby (the third movement) all cares are sung to sleep. The other arias, with their exceptionally exquisite combinations of scorings, make the cantata into a quite special work, albeit one which is associated with a particular occasion.
The wedding cantata BWV 197 draws on older material for some of its movements. Two movements are parodies on arias from the fragmentary Christmas cantata Glory to God in the highest, BWV 197a (Carus 31.402/00), including the lullaby “O you sweet delightful pair”, of which only the last quarter survives from the Christmas cantata, where it is called “O you admirable treasure” (a reconstruction of this single aria is available under Carus 31.197/00).
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Digital text (without sheet music) incl. printing licence, html file, singing text, english translationhtml file, singing text, english translation (Sample)1 Coro Rest thy faith on God the Lord,
trust his mercy all prevailing.
He will lead us on our way,
guide our footsteps lest we stray,
give his blessing neverfailing.
2 Recitativo (Basso) Our God provides with open hand
for each who is his guest.
At times his way with us is hard to understand,
but always for the best.
We may not fathom his intent,
but see develop each event
as he has planned.
His children’s happinesss is his endeavor,
from childhood on
his care will fail them never.
3 Aria (Alto)...
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Digital text (without sheet music) incl. printing licence, html file, singing text, originalhtml file, singing text, original (Sample)1 Coro Gott ist unsre Zuversicht,
wir vertrauen seinen Händen.
Wie er unsre Wege führt,
wie er unser Herz regiert,
da ist Segen aller Enden.
2 Recitativo (Basso) Gott ist und bleibt der beste Sorger,
er hält am besten Haus.
Er führet unser Tun zuweilen wunderlich,
jedennoch fröhlich aus.
Wohin der Vorsatz nicht gedacht,
was die Vernunft unmöglich macht,
das füget sich.
Er hat das Glück der Kinder, die ihn lieben,
von Jugend an in seine Hand geschrieben.
3 Aria (Alto) Schläfert allen Sorgenkummer
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Digital text (without sheet music) incl. printing licence, html file, Introductory text, englishhtml file, Introductory text, english (Sample)Abridged foreword of the Edition Carus 31.197/50 Uwe Wolf
The cantata Gott ist unsre Zuversicht (Rest thy faith on God the Lord) BWV 197 was presumably composed in the latter half of the 1730s for a wedding about which nothing more is known. The content of the text is so general that it allows for no deductions regarding the bridal couple and thus the exact occasion of the composition. The unknown author of the text constructed at least parts of the cantata text to correspond to other cantatas by Bach, so that these could be underlaid as parody texts for the respective movements. This is certainly the case in movements 3, 6 and 8. Movement 3 corresponds textually to movement 7 of the “Schäferkantate” BWV 249a (or respectively, its parodies BWV 249 and BWV 249b); however, Bach decided to compose a new movement after all. Movements 6 and 8, on the other hand, are in fact parodies of movements 4 and 6 of the Christmas cantata “Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe” BWV 197a which has only survived in fragmentary form. The text of the cantata focuses on one major topic: trust in God. Movements 1 – 3 deal with having trust in God; movement 4 contains the summons to also follow God. In the second part – after the marriage
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Digital text (without sheet music) incl. printing licence, html file, Introductory text, germanhtml file, Introductory text, german (Sample)Gek?rztes Vorwort der Ausgabe Carus 31.197/50 Uwe Wolf
Die Kantate Gott ist unsre Zuversicht BWV 197 entstand vermutlich in der 2. Hälfte der 1730er Jahre für eine nicht näher bekannte Trauung. Der Text ist so allgemein gehalten, dass er keine Rückschlüsse auf das Brautpaar und damit auf den genauen Anlass der Komposition zulässt. Der ungenannte Textdichter formte zumindest Teile des Kantatentextes Sätzen anderer Kantaten Bachs nach, so dass diese sich der jeweiligen Musik als Parodietext unterlegen ließen; dies ist zumindest für Satz 3, 6 und 8 der Fall. Während Satz 3 zwar textlich Satz 7 der Schäferkantate BWV 249a (bzw. deren Parodien BWV 249 und BWV 249b) entspricht, Bach sich aber dann dennoch für Neukomposition entschloss, handelt es sich bei den Sätzen 6 und 8 tatsächlich um Parodien der Sätze 4 und 6 der nur fragmentarisch erhaltenen Weihnachtskantate Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe BWV 197a.
Der Text der Kantate hat ein großes Thema: Gottvertrauen. Auf die Schilderung des Gottvertrauens in Satz 1 – 3 folgt in Satz 4 der Aufruf, ebenfalls Gott zu folgen. Im zweiten Teil nach der Trauung wird dem Paar Gottes Güte und Segen als
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Johann Sebastian Bach
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