Composition: Bisher habt ihr nichts gebeten in meinem Namen, BWV 87 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)

Title Bisher habt ihr nichts gebeten in meinem Namen
Alternative title Hitherto, you have asked nothing in my Name
Creators Johann Sebastian Bach (composer) and Christiana Mariana von Ziegler (librettist) and Heinrich Müller (librettist)
Opus BWV 87
Instrumentation alto, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra
Number of movements 7
Keys D minor
Composed 1725
First published 1872
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Average duration (sec) 1320
Number of measures
Composition types Sacred cantatas
Language German
Period Baroque
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Arrangements

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view Arioso: 'Bisher habt ihr nichts gebeten' (No.1) 2 violins, 2 violas and cello
2 violins, viola and 2 cellos
Peter Lang
view Arioso: 'Bisher habt ihr nichts gebeten' (No.1) Peter Lang and Russ Bartoli
view Arioso: 'Bisher habt ihr nichts gebeten' (No.1) 2 violins, viola and cello Peter Lang and Russ Bartoli
view Arioso: 'Bisher habt ihr nichts gebeten' (No.1) trumpet and organ Michel Rondeau
view Aria: 'Vergib, o Vater! unsre schuld' (No.3) 3 violins and cello
2 violins, viola and cello
oboe, 2 violins and cello
oboe, violin, viola and cello
violin, 2 violas and cello
Peter Lang
view Arioso: 'In der Welt habt ihr Angst' (No.5) violin and viola
violin and cello
2 violas
viola and cello
2 cellos
Peter Lang
view Aria: 'Ich will leiden, ich will schweigen' (No.6) 2 violins, 2 violas and cello
2 violins, viola and 2 cellos
Peter Lang
view Aria: 'Ich will leiden, ich will schweigen' (No.6) 2 violins, viola and cello
2 violins and 2 cellos
violin, 2 violas and cello
violin, viola and 2 cellos
Peter Lang and Russ Bartoli

Scores

Details Section Type Publisher Date File
view Complete Manuscript 1725 Complete Score · view
view Complete Complete Score · view
Complete Score · view
view Complete Complete Score · view
view Complete Ramon Casadesus-Masanell 2021 1. Arioso: 'Bisher habt ihr nichts gebeten' · view
2. Recitativo: 'O Wort! das Geist und Seel erschreckt' · view
3. Aria: 'Vergib, o Vater! unsre schuld' · view
4. Recitativo: 'Wenn unsre Schuld bis an den Himmel steigt' · view
5. Arioso: 'In der Welt habt ihr Angst' · view
6. Aria: 'Ich will leiden, ich will schweigen' · view
7. Chorale: 'Muß ich sein betrübet?' · view
Engraving files (MuseScore) · view
view Complete vocal score Breitkopf und Härtel Complete Score · view
view Chorale: 'Muß ich sein betrübet?' (No.7) Study Choral Score (Textless) · view
view Chorale: 'Muß ich sein betrübet?' (No.7) Study Choral Score (Textless) · view
view Arioso: 'Bisher habt ihr nichts gebeten' (No.1) Arrangement for 2 violins, 2 violas and cello
2 violins, viola and 2 cellos
by Peter Lang
Peter Lang 2016 Complete Score and Parts · view
view Arioso: 'Bisher habt ihr nichts gebeten' (No.1) Arrangement
by Peter Lang and Russ Bartoli
Peter Lang 2016 Complete Score and Parts (revoiced) · view
view Arioso: 'Bisher habt ihr nichts gebeten' (No.1) Arrangement for 2 violins, viola and cello
by Peter Lang and Russ Bartoli
Peter Lang 2016 Complete Score and Parts · view
view Arioso: 'Bisher habt ihr nichts gebeten' (No.1) Arrangement for trumpet and organ
by Michel Rondeau
Complete Score and Trumpet Part · view
Engraving files (Finale & XML) · view
view Aria: 'Vergib, o Vater! unsre schuld' (No.3) Arrangement for 3 violins and cello
2 violins, viola and cello
oboe, 2 violins and cello
oboe, violin, viola and cello
violin, 2 violas and cello
by Peter Lang
Peter Lang 2017 Complete Score and Parts · view
view Arioso: 'In der Welt habt ihr Angst' (No.5) Arrangement for violin and viola
violin and cello
2 violas
viola and cello
2 cellos
by Peter Lang
Peter Lang 2015 Complete Score and Parts · view
view Aria: 'Ich will leiden, ich will schweigen' (No.6) Arrangement for 2 violins, 2 violas and cello
2 violins, viola and 2 cellos
by Peter Lang
Peter Lang 2015 Complete Score and Parts · view
view Aria: 'Ich will leiden, ich will schweigen' (No.6) Arrangement for 2 violins, viola and cello
2 violins and 2 cellos
violin, 2 violas and cello
violin, viola and 2 cellos
by Peter Lang and Russ Bartoli
Peter Lang 2016 Complete Score and Parts · view

Recordings/Performances

DetailsTypeSectionArranged forFiles
view Synthesized Synthesized Arioso: 'Bisher habt ihr nichts gebeten' (No.1) For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau) Synthesized Performance · file
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