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Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe, BWV 197a

BWV 197a ; BC A 11 Glory to God in the highest
Baroque D major
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Composed
1728 in Leipzig (Revised as a Wedding Cantata, BWV 197)
First published
1894 (BGA)
Period
Baroque
Catalogue
BWV 197a ; BC A 11
Dedication
Movements
7

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7 movements (incomplete):; (Chorus): Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe (missing); Aria: Erzählet, ihr Himmel, die Ehre Gottes (missing); (Recitativo): O! Liebe, der kein Lieben gleich (missing); Aria (alto): O du angenehmer Schatz; Recitativo (bass): Das Kind ist mein, und ich bin sein; Aria (bass): Ich lasse dich nicht; Chorale: Wohlan! so will ich mich an dich, o Jesu, halten

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