(Sing a new song to the Lord),

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90.2, BWV190a, is a

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. The work was written in 1730 in commemoration of the

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History and text

Bach adapted this cantata from , for the 200th anniversary of the

. It uses a text by

Picander Christian Friedrich Henrici (January 14, 1700 – May 10, 1764), writing under the pen name Picander, was a German poet and librettist for many of the cantatas which Johann Sebastian Bach composed in Leipzig. Henrici was born in Stolpen. He studi ...

, published in 1732 in part 3, in Leipzig. The first movement adapts words from Psalms 149 and

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. The second movement is based on the beginning of

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's German Te Deum, "". The closing chorale was the third stanza of Luther's "" (1523). The cantata's music is lost.

Diethard Hellmann Diethard Hellmann (28 December 1928 – 14 October 1999) was a German Kantor and an academic in Leipzig, Mainz and Munich. Professional career Born in Grimma, Dietmann Hellmann was a member of the Thomanerchor. He studied church music in Leipzig ...

wrote a reconstruction in 1972.

Structure

The work has seven movements: # Chorus: # Chorale and recitative (alto, tenor, bass): # Aria (alto): # Recitative (bass): # Aria (tenor, bass): # Recitative (tenor): # Chorale:

Recordings

*Bachchor und Bachorchester Mainz, Diethard Hellmann. ''Bach Kantaten, Vol. 1: BWV 190a, BWV 84, BWV 89, BWV 27''. DdM-Records Mitterteich, 1998.

References

{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied'', BWV 190a 1730 compositions Church cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach Psalm-related compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach