Non sa che sia dolore, BWV 209 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 5 movements
Composition Year 1729? (or 1708-17) in Leipzig
Genre Categories Secular cantatas; Cantatas; For voice, flute, strings, continuo; [28 more...]For voices with strings; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the soprano voice; Scores featuring the flute; Scores featuring the violin; Scores featuring the viola; Scores with basso continuo; Italian language; For 3 violins, viola, cello (arr); For 5 players (arr); Scores featuring the violin (arr); Scores featuring the viola (arr); Scores featuring the cello (arr); For 2 violins, 2 violas, cello (arr); For flute, 2 violins, viola, cello (arr); Scores featuring the flute (arr); For flute, violin, 2 violas, cello (arr); For female chorus, piano (arr); Scores featuring female chorus (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For chorus with keyboard (arr); For trumpet, organ (arr); Scores featuring the trumpet (arr); Scores featuring the organ (arr); For 2 players (arr); For flute, strings (arr); Scores featuring string ensemble (arr); For strings with soloists (arr)

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Performances

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 1. Sinfonia
#184457 - 0.02MB - 3:33 -  0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - 401×⇩ - MID - Reccmo

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Reccmo (2012/3/6)

Publisher Info. Trent Johnston
Performers Synthesized MIDI
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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Aria: 'Ricetti gramezza e pavento' (No.5)

For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)

 Synthesized Performance
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Michrond (2016/5/14)

Publisher Info. Michel Rondeau
Performers MIDI
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Sheet Music

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 Complete Score
#891076 - 52.28MB, 26 pp. -  0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 19×⇩ - Jun T

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Jun T (2023/12/30)

Copyist Johann Nikolaus Forkel (1749–1818) (title page and lyrics)
Unidentified copyist (music notation)
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.
Copyright
Public Domain
Misc. Notes Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (D-B): Mus.ms. Bach P 135
Manuscript copy by Johann Nikolaus Forkel's copyist.
Possibly a copy of the lost holograph score.
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 Complete Score
#03353 - 1.29MB, 24 pp. -  6.1333333333333/10 2 4 6 8 10 (15) - V/V/V - 7782×⇩ - Peter

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Peter (2007/1/19)

Editor Paul Waldersee (1831–1906)
First edition
Publisher. Info. Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 29 (pp.43-66)
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1881. Plate B.W. XXIX.
Copyright
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Editor Paul Waldersee (1831–1906)
First edition (reprint)
Publisher. Info. Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 29 (pp.1-24)
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1881. Plate B.W. XXIX.
Reprinted Miami: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(1971-87). Catalog A4531.
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 Complete Score
#184437 - 0.45MB, 44 pp. -  8/10 2 4 6 8 10 (9) - !N/!N/!N - 7796×⇩ - Reccmo

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Reccmo (2012/3/6)

Editor Trent Johnston
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 Complete Score
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Hhrr (2024/8/19)

Editor Hans-Jörg Rechtsteiner (b. 1952)
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 Complete Score
#928648 - 0.59MB, 43 pp. -  0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 124×⇩ - Hhrr

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Editor Hans-Jörg Rechtsteiner (b. 1952)
Language German
Publisher. Info. Hans-Jörg Rechtsteiner
Copyright
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Misc. Notes A parody of BWV 209 into a sacred cantata with German libretto by Hans-Jörg Rechtsteiner (b. 1952).
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Parts

⇒ 4 more: Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos/Basses

Editor Paul Waldersee (1831–1906)
Publisher. Info. Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 29
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1881. Plate B.W. XXIX.
Reprinted Miami: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(1971-87). Catalog A4531.
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 Flute
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⇒ 5 more: Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Continuo (Cellos/Basses/Keyboard) • Engraving files (M-Tx,PMX,TeX)

 Violins I
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 Violins II
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 Violas
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 Continuo (Cellos/Basses/Keyboard)
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 Complete Parts
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Editor Hans-Jörg Rechtsteiner (b. 1952)
Publisher. Info. Hans-Jörg Rechtsteiner
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Vocal Scores

Arranger Bernhard Todt (1822–1907)
Language Italian / German
Translator Unknown, German text
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.(ca.1890s).
Reprinted Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, No.7209, 1981.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Based on the Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Sinfonia (No.1)

For Quintets: Flute ad lib. and Strings (Lang)

 Complete Score and Parts
#500604 - 0.31MB, 24 pp. -  0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 510×⇩ - FP23

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Arranger Peter Lang
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For Flute, Strings and Continuo (as the 1st movement of a "pasticcio" flute concerto; Tamura)
See: Flute Concerto in B minor

Aria: 'Parti pur, e con dolore' (No.3)

For Quintets: Flute ad lib. and Strings (Lang)

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#500605 - 0.37MB, 21 pp. -  0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 338×⇩ - FP23

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Aria: 'Ricetti gramezza e pavento' (No.5)

For Female Chorus and Piano (Diack)
Arranger John Michael Diack (1869–1946)
Publisher. Info. The Lyric Collection of Choral Music, No.1594.
London: Paterson's Publications Ltd., 1932. Plate L.C. 1594.
Copyright
Public Domain - Non-PD US
Misc. Notes From uploader's collection. For SA. With new English words (by arranger?) under title 'Away now with lessons'.
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For Quintets: Flute ad lib. and Strings (Lang)

 Complete Score and Parts
#500606 - 0.30MB, 21 pp. -  0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 263×⇩ - FP23

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Arranger Peter Lang
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For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)
Arranger Michel Rondeau
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For Flute and Strings (Kichelmann)

 Complete Score
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Arranger Juri Kichelmann
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Misc. Notes Concert suite consisting of the opening sinfonia combined with instrumental arrangements of the two arias.
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General Information

Work Title Non sa che sia dolore
Alternative. Title He knows not what sorrow is
Name Aliases Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Cantatas, BWV 209; Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Cantatas, no. 209; Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Was Schmerz sei und was Leiden; BWB 209
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 174168242; LCCN: n82024079; GND: 300009194; [3 more...]BNF: 13909545n; NLA: 35719901; BNE: XX2447502
Composer Bach, Johann Sebastian
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. BWV 209 ; BC G 50
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IJB 411
Key B minor
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 5 movements:
  1. Sinfonia (B minor)
  2. Recitative (soprano): Non sa che sia dolore
  3. Aria (soprano): Parti pur, e con dolore
  4. Recitative (soprano): Tuo saver al tempo e l'eta contrasta
  5. Aria (soprano): Ricetti gramezza e pavento
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1729? (or 1708-17) in Leipzig
First Performance. 1729 (Spring) in Leipzig
First Publication. 1881 (BGA)
Librettist Anonymous
Language Italian
Dedication Farewell Cantata for Johann Matthias Gesner on his posting to Ansbach?
Average DurationAvg. Duration 23 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation soprano, flute, strings, continuo
Manuscript Sources Bach Digital (source list)
External Links Wikipedia article
Bach-Cantatas.com

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