Fret thee not, thou mortal soul
Cantata for the 3rd Sunday in Advent. Reconstruction Diethard Hellmann BWV 186a, 1716
Bach was not able to use his Weimar Advent cantata Fret thee not, thou mortal soul BWV 186a in Leipzig, as there was no performance of church music there between the first Sunday of Advent and Christmas. So he expanded and revised the cantata during his first year in Leipzig and performed it for the first time in its new form on the seventh Sunday after Trinity 1723.
Only a libretto survives from the original Weimar form of the work. Starting from the Weimar text and Bach’s Leipzig score, Diethard Hellmann has created a reconstruction of Bach’s sole known cantata for the 3rd Sunday of Advent.
Bach’s Leipzig version of the cantata is available separately (Carus 31.186/50).
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Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach
| 1685-1750Johann Sebastian Bach is one of the most important composers of Western music history. He came from a widely ramified musical dynasty, which produced numerous musicians and organists in the Thuringian-Saxon area.
Bach vocal
Ever since Carus-Verlag was founded in 1972, publishing the music of Johann Sebastian Bach has been a special focus for us. In the 2017 Reformation anniversary year we completed the Bach vocal project. Bach's complete sacred vocal works are now available in modern Urtext editions, together with performance material. A complete edition of all the full scores is also available in a high quality box set. Personal details
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Editor
Diethard Hellmann
| 1928-1999
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Songwriter / Librettist
Salomon Franck
| 1659-1725
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Arranger
Diethard Hellmann
| 1928-1999
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