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[[File:1662 Wilhelm Ernst.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|[[William Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Weimar|Duke Wilhelm Ernst of Saxe-Weimar]], dedicatee of "Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn' ihn", BWV 1127]]
"'''Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn' ihn'''" (Everything with God and nothing without him), [[BWV]]&nbsp;1127, is [[Johann Sebastian Bach]]'s October 1713 setting of a poem in 12 stanzas by Johann Anton Mylius, [[Superintendent (ecclesiastical)|Superintendent]] of [[Buttstädt]], a town in the [[Duchy of Saxe-Weimar]].{{sfn|Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn' ihn (aria) BWV 1127 at Bach Digital}}{{sfn|Maul|2006|p=8}} The poem is an [[acrostic]] dedicated to [[William Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Weimar|Duke Wilhelm Ernst of Saxe-Weimar]], on his birthday (30 October).{{sfn|Ambrose|Maul}} Bach, at the time employed as court [[organist]] by the Duke, set Mylius's ode as an [[aria]] in [[strophic form]], that is a melody for [[soprano]] accompanied by [[basso continuo|continuo]] for the stanzas, alternated with a [[ritornello]] for [[String orchestra|strings]] and continuo.{{sfn|Maul|2005|pp=20, 25}} When all stanzas are sung, a performance of the work takes around 45 to 50 minutes.{{sfn|Maul|2005|p=20}}{{sfn|Van der Lint|2005}}
The work was likely first performed on the Duke's birthday.{{sfn|Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn' ihn (aria) BWV 1127 at Bach Digital}}<ref name="RISM">{{RISM|201003534}}. {{Access-date|13 March 2021}}</ref> The original print of Mylius's poem,{{sfn|Mylius|1713}} with Bach's composition written on two pages at the end,{{sfn|Bach|1713}} was archived in Weimar,{{sfn|Rettinghaus|2020}} where it remained unnoticed for nearly three centuries, accidentally twice escaping a devastating fire, in 1774 and in 2004,{{sfn|Maul|2005|pp=26–27}} until it was rediscovered in May 2005.{{sfn|Child|Ronish|2005}} After the discovery (in 1924){{sfn|Wollny|2008|p=125}} and publication (in 1935) of [[Bekennen will ich seinen Namen, BWV 200|''Bekennen will ich seinen Namen'', BWV&nbsp;200]], this was the first time an [[autograph (music)|autograph]] of a previously unknown vocal work by Bach had come to light.{{sfn|Wolff|2005}}{{sfn|Bach|2005}}
== Context ==
[[File:Orgel Buttstädt.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Johann Anton Mylius initiated a renovation of {{ill|Michaeliskirche (Buttstädt)|de|St. Michaelis (Buttstädt)|lt=St Michael's Church in Büttstadt}}, including its organ (loft pictured). A plaque on the parapet in front of the organ commemorates Duke Wilhelm Ernst's support to these endeavours, reading, "{{lang|de|Der theure Wilhelm Ernst ist selbst des Herren Tempel und baut viel Tempel auf zum hohen Ruhm Exempel}}" (The beloved Wilhelm Ernst is himself a temple of the Lord, and erects many temples as an example of high honour).{{sfn|Maul|2005|p=13}}]]
Wilhelm Ernst was born on ([[Old Style and New Style dates|O.S.]]) 19 October 1662.{{sfn|Maul|2005|p=17}} In 1683 he became [[Duke of Saxe-Weimar]], jointly with his younger brother [[Johann Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar|Johann Ernst]]. The elder brother had chosen {{lang|la|Omnia cum Deo et nihil sine eo}} (everything with God and nothing without him) as his [[motto]].{{sfn|Wolff|2005}}{{sfn|Maul|2006|p=16}}{{sfn|Maul|2005|pp=10, 13, 33}} In 1700, when the [[Adoption of the Gregorian calendar|Gregorian calendar was adopted]], Wilhelm Ernst decided that his birthday would henceforth be celebrated on 30 October.{{sfn|Maul|2005|p=17}} In 1703 Johann Sebastian Bach worked for some months at the ducal court in Weimar. In 1708, a year after the death of the younger duke, Bach came to work for the ducal court again, this time in the capacity of organist.
At the time, [[Johann Samuel Drese]] and his son [[Johann Wilhelm Drese|Johann Wilhelm]] were the court composers ({{lang|de|[[Hofkapellmeister]]}}) at Weimar, and composition of new pieces was no part of Bach's assignment as court organist.{{sfn|Maul|2006|p=8}}{{sfn|Maul|2005|p=14}} In 1713 Bach composed the ''[[Hunting Cantata]]'' (''Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd'', BWV 208, first performed on 27 February in [[Weißenfels]]) and the [[BWV 1073|''Canon a 4 perpetuus'', BWV 1073]] (2 August).{{sfn|Maul|2005|p=10}} Also from around this time are several entries in the ''[[Orgelbüchlein]]'',{{sfn|Maul|2005|p=10}} and likely the bulk of [[Weimar concerto transcriptions (Bach)|his Weimar concerto transcriptions]].
Johann Anton Mylius's life is relatively well-documented: in 1751–52 one of his sons published an extended chronicle of the Mylius family,{{sfn|Mylius|1751–1752}} and the family was later also subject to detailed historical research.{{sfn|Maul|2005|p=12}} After studies in [[Erfurt]] and [[Leipzig]] in the 1680s, Johann Anton became a theologian working in Erfurt and [[Niederroßla]], and, having become Superintendent in 1674, he was from 1697 stationed in Buttstädt, a town some {{convert|20|km|mi}} north of Weimar.{{sfn|Maul|2006|p=8}}{{sfn|Maul|2005|p=12}}<ref>[https://data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cnp01389929 Mylius, Johann Anton] at [[CERL Thesaurus]]. 14 September 2020.</ref> There, he initiated reforms of the liturgical music, and grand renovation works to the town church (St Michael's), including its organ.{{sfn|Maul|2005|pp=12–13}} Duke Wilhelm Ernst supported Mylius in these endeavours, and even organised a fund-raiser in his realm to finance the renovation works.{{sfn|Maul|2005|p=13}}
Every year Duke Wilhelm Ernst would typically receive over a dozen of written congratulatory tributes.{{sfn|Maul|2006|p=7}}{{sfn|Maul|2005|p=9}} The copies of these tributes which were presented to the Duke were mostly bound in luxurious [[marbled paper]], and conserved in the court library.{{sfn|Maul|2006|p=7, 10}}{{sfn|Maul|2005|pp=10–11, 26}} One of these, published by Mumbachische Schrifften, was by the court preacher {{ill|Johann Kless|de}}, and congratulated the duke on his 52nd [sic] birthday on 30 October 1713 (that date was in fact the Duke's 51st birthday).{{sfn|Maul|2005|p=18}} Mylius and Bach convened to produce a tribute for the same occasion.{{sfn|Maul|2005|pp=10–11}} The title page of that tribute, also printed by Mumbachische Schrifften, reads in part:{{sfn|Mylius|1713}}
{| style="text-align: center"
|-
| {{lang|de|den XXX. Octobr. MDCCXIII. ... des}}
| on 30 October 1713. ... the
|-
| ...
| ...
|-
| {{lang|de|Hochfürstl. Geburths-Tage}}
| birthday of the sovereign,
|-
| &nbsp;&nbsp;{{lang|de|und gesegnetem Antritt Dero 53sten Lebens-Jahres}}&nbsp;&nbsp;
| &nbsp;&nbsp;and blessed start of the 53rd year of his life&nbsp;&nbsp;
|}
The title page of Mylius's ode contains the same miscalculation of the Duke's age, which, according to [[Michael Maul]], would not be down to any of the individual authors using the services of the Mumbachische Schrifften publishing house, but was likely a more widespread misapprehension.{{sfn|Maul|2005|p=18}} Several composers could have been Mylius's choice for this collaboration: there were not only father and son Drese, but also the musicians with whom he collaborated in Büttstadt – whatsoever, the one with whom he embarked on the project was the 28-year old Bach.{{sfn|Maul|2005|p=14}} The theme of Mylius's congratulatory poem is the Duke's motto, announced thus on the tribute's title page:{{sfn|Mylius|1713}}{{sfn|Maul|2005|p=10}}
{| style="text-align: center"
|-
| &nbsp;&nbsp;{{lang|de|Unsers gnädigst-regierenden Landes-Fürsten}}&nbsp;&nbsp;
| Our benevolent sovereign's
|-
| {{lang|de|und Herrns}}
| and lord's
|-
| {{lang|de|Christ-Fürstlicher Wahl-Spruch}}
| christian-princely motto
|-
| {{lang|de|Oder}}
| or
|-
| {{lang|la|SYMBOLUM|italic=no}},
| creed:
|-
| {{lang|la|Omnia cum DEO, & nihil sine eo|italic=no}}.
| {{lang|la|Omnia cum Deo et nihil sine eo}}.
|-
| {{lang|de|Alles mit GOTT und nichts ohn Ihn.}}
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Everything with God and nothing without him.&nbsp;&nbsp;
|}
Notwithstanding that the occasion, a birthday, was of a secular nature—usually [[List of secular cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach#Chronological and by occasion|Bach composed secular odes or cantatas]] for such occasions—, the result was a [[sacred music|sacred work]], not in the least because of the religious nature of the motto that became the topic of Mylius's exegetic poem.{{sfn|Maul|2005|p=16}} Bach set it as a strophic aria, a genre that had been widely practised in Germany by the end of the 17th century, but was considered old-fashioned by the second decade of the 18th century.{{sfn|Wolff|2005}} In 1713, Duke Wilhelm Ernst's birthday was officially celebrated on Sunday 5 November, a day before he consecrated the newly finished {{ill|Jakobskirche (Weimar)|de|lt=St Jacob's Church}}.{{sfn|Maul|2005|p=18}}<ref>[https://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:3:1-390077 Als der Durchlauchtigste Fürst und Herr, Herr Wilhelm Ernst, Hertzog zu Sachsen, Jülich, Cleve und Berg ... Seinen Höchst-erfreulichsten Geburths-Tag Welcher den Lande zu allem Trost d. 30. Octobr. 1713. glücklich angeschienen, Den 5. Nov. celebrirte, Und den Tag darauf Die neu-erbaute S. Jacobs-Kirche Feyerlich einweihete (etc)] at the website of [[Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg]]. {{Access-date|13 March 2021}}</ref> It is unlikely that "Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn' ihn", BWV 1127, was first performed on either of these days, a weekday service in the court chapel on Monday 30 October, the Duke's actual birthday, seeming more likely for that first performance.{{sfn|Maul|2005|pp=18–19}}
== Music and lyrics ==
The printed text of Mylius's ode takes five pages in the dedication copy, while Bach's handwritten setting, titled "{{lang|it|Aria Soprano Solo è Ritornello|italic=no}}" (aria for solo soprano and ritornello), takes the last two pages of the pamphlet.{{sfn|Rettinghaus|2020}}{{sfn|Maul|2005|p=10}}
=== Mylius's ode ===
[[File:ButtstädtStadtkirche4.JPG|thumb|upright=1.2|St Michael's Church in Büttstadt: the leftmost portrait on the right wall is that of Johann Anton Mylius.{{sfn|Maul|2005|pp=12–13, 33}}]]
Mylius's poem is an acrostic in 12 stanzas of eight lines.{{sfn|Maul|2005|p=21}}{{sfn|Mylius|1713|pp=[https://haab-digital.klassik-stiftung.de/viewer/resolver?urn=urn:nbn:de:gbv:32-1-10012629728 6]–[https://haab-digital.klassik-stiftung.de/viewer/resolver?urn=urn:nbn:de:gbv:32-1-10012629768 10]}} The motto of Duke Wilhelm Ernst, in Latin and German, is given as the title of the poem on the page that holds its first stanza in the 1713 print.{{sfn|Maul|2005|p=31}}{{sfn|Mylius|1713|p=[https://haab-digital.klassik-stiftung.de/viewer/resolver?urn=urn:nbn:de:gbv:32-1-10012629728 6]}} The first and last line of each stanza is the German version of the Duke's motto.{{sfn|Maul|2005|p=21}}{{sfn|Mylius|1713|pp=[https://haab-digital.klassik-stiftung.de/viewer/resolver?urn=urn:nbn:de:gbv:32-1-10012629728 6]–[https://haab-digital.klassik-stiftung.de/viewer/resolver?urn=urn:nbn:de:gbv:32-1-10012629768 10]}} In a footnote to the first line of the first stanza, Mylius gives these biblical references for the sovereign's motto ({{lang|la|Symb. regium}}):{{sfn|Maul|2005|p=31}}{{sfn|Mylius|1713|p=[https://haab-digital.klassik-stiftung.de/viewer/resolver?urn=urn:nbn:de:gbv:32-1-10012629728 6]}}
* [[Psalm 18]]:30, "For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall."<ref>{{Sourcetext|source=Bible|version=King James|book=Psalms|chapter=18|verse=29}} in [[King James Version|KJV]], translation of [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&hl=nl&pg=RA37-PA4 Ps. 18:30] in [[Luther Bible]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&pg=PP9 1704 edition (Kelp)].</ref>
* [[Psalm 60]]:14, "Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies."<ref>{{Sourcetext|source=Bible|version=King James|book=Psalms|chapter=60|verse=12}} in [[King James Version|KJV]], translation of [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&hl=nl&pg=RA39-PA22 Ps. 60:14] in [[Luther Bible]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&pg=PP9 1704 edition (Kelp)].</ref>
* [[1 Chronicles]] 30:14, 16, "But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee. ... O LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own."<ref>{{Sourcetext|source=Bible|version=King James|book=1 Chronicles|chapter=29|verse=14|range=, 16}} in [[King James Version|KJV]], translation of [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&hl=nl&pg=RA30-PA22 I. Chron. 30:14, 16] in [[Luther Bible]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&pg=PP9 1704 edition (Kelp)].</ref>
The second line of the first stanza reads:{{sfn|Maul|2005|pp=21, 31}}{{Verse translation|lang=de|'''W'''ird '''E'''in-'''H'''er '''W'''under-'''S'''eegen '''Z'''iehn|Will draw wondrous blessings here|attr1=Mylius 1713 (original emphasis){{sfn|Mylius|1713|p=[https://haab-digital.klassik-stiftung.de/viewer/resolver?urn=urn:nbn:de:gbv:32-1-10012629728 6]}}|attr2=translation}}To which Mylius adds this footnote:{{sfn|Maul|2005|p=31}}{{Verse translation|lang=la|Continent litteræ ut & mediales illustrissimum nomen serenissimi Regentis nostri.|Contain the initial and middle letters of the most illustrious name of our most serene Sovereign.|attr1=Mylius 1713{{sfn|Mylius|1713|p=[https://haab-digital.klassik-stiftung.de/viewer/resolver?urn=urn:nbn:de:gbv:32-1-10012629728 6]}}|attr2=translation}}The footnote indicates the scheme of the acrostic:{{sfn|Maul|2005|p=21}}
* The emphasized letters (W, E, H, W, S, and Z) are the initials of the Duke's name, i.e. {{lang|de|Wilhelm Ernst Herzog Zu Sachsen-Weimar}} (Wilhelm Ernst Duke of Saxe-Weimar).
* The third word, {{lang|de|Wunder}} (wondrous), starts with the same letter as Wilhelm Ernst's name. The second line of each stanza starts with {{lang|de|Wird Ein-Her}} and ends on {{lang|de|Seegen Ziehn}}: the word between these two half-phrases, {{lang|de|Wunder}} in the case of the first stanza, reads for the 12 consecutive stanzas:
*# ... {{lang|de|'''W'''under}} ... (... wondrous ...)
*# ... {{lang|de|'''J'''esus}} ... (... [[Jesus]]' ...)
*# ... {{lang|de|'''L'''andes}} ... (... country's ...)
*# ... {{lang|de|'''H'''immels}} ... (... heaven's ...)
*# ... {{lang|de|'''E'''dlen}} ... (... noble ...)
*# ... {{lang|de|'''L'''ebens}} ... (... life's ...)
*# ... {{lang|de|'''M'''anchen}} ... (... many ...)
*# ... {{lang|de|'''E'''wgen}} ... (... eternal ...)
*# ... {{lang|de|'''R'''eichen}} ... (... rich ...)
*# ... {{lang|de|'''N'''euen}} ... (... new ...)
*# ... {{lang|de|'''S'''eelen}} ... (... soul's ...)
*# ... {{lang|de|'''T'''ausend}} ... (... thousand ...)
:The initials of these words read "WJLHELM ERNST" – that is the Duke's name.
The acrostic technique was very common in such congratulatory poetry, and the Duke apparently appreciated it.{{sfn|Maul|2005|pp=22–23}} The seventh line of each stanza is a variant of its second line, starting with {{lang|de|Soll ...}} (Must ...) instead of {{lang|de|Wird ...}} (Will ...).{{sfn|Mylius|1713|pp=[https://haab-digital.klassik-stiftung.de/viewer/resolver?urn=urn:nbn:de:gbv:32-1-10012629728 6]–[https://haab-digital.klassik-stiftung.de/viewer/resolver?urn=urn:nbn:de:gbv:32-1-10012629768 10]}}{{sfn|Maul|2005|p=23}} The four middle lines of each stanza are an exegetic explanation of its second line, and Mylius indicates in footnotes which Bible passages support his theological interpretation.{{sfn|Maul|2005|p=20}} By stanza these biblical references for the four middle lines are,{{sfn|Mylius|1713|pp=[https://haab-digital.klassik-stiftung.de/viewer/resolver?urn=urn:nbn:de:gbv:32-1-10012629728 6]–[https://haab-digital.klassik-stiftung.de/viewer/resolver?urn=urn:nbn:de:gbv:32-1-10012629768 10]}}
# {{lang|de|... Wunderseegen ...}} (wondrous blessings):
#* [[Psalm 72]]:18, "Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things."<ref>{{Sourcetext|source=Bible|version=King James|book=Psalms|chapter=72|verse=18}} in [[King James Version|KJV]], translation of [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&hl=nl&pg=RA39-PT1 Ps. 72:18] in [[Luther Bible]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&pg=PP9 1704 edition (Kelp)].</ref>
#* [[Book of Genesis|Genesis]] 15:1, "After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward."<ref>{{Sourcetext|source=Bible|version=King James|book=Genesis|chapter=15|verse=1}} in [[King James Version|KJV]], translation of [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&hl=nl&pg=RA2-PA3 Genesis 15:1] in [[Luther Bible]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&pg=PP9 1704 edition (Kelp)].</ref>
#* [[Book of Job|Job]] 14:1, "Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble."<ref>{{Sourcetext|source=Bible|version=King James|book=Job|chapter=14|verse=1}} in [[King James Version|KJV]], translation of [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&hl=nl&pg=RA36-PA13 Hiob 14:1] in [[Luther Bible]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&pg=PP9 1704 edition (Kelp)].</ref>
# {{lang|de|... Jesus Seegen ...}} (Jesus' blessing):
#* [[Luke 5]]:3ff, "And [Jesus] entered into one of the ships, which was [[Simon Petrus|Simon]]'s, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship."<ref>{{Sourcetext|source=Bible|version=King James|book=Luke|chapter=5|verse=3}} in [[King James Version|KJV]], translation of [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&hl=nl&pg=RA81-PA8 Luc. 5:3] in [[Luther Bible]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&pg=PP9 1704 edition (Kelp)].</ref>
# {{lang|de|... Landesseegen ...}} (blessings for the country):
#* [[Sirach]] 10:5, "In the hand of God is the prosperity of man: and upon the person of the scribe shall he lay his honour."<ref>{{Sourcetext|source=Bible|version=King James|book=Wisdom of Sirach|chapter=10|verse=5}} in [[King James Version|KJV]], translation of [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&hl=nl&pg=RA67-PA8 Sir. 10:5] in [[Luther Bible]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&pg=PP9 1704 edition (Kelp)].</ref>
#* [[Deuteronomy 33]]:13, "And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath"<ref name="Deut33-13">{{Sourcetext|source=Bible|version=King James|book=Deuteronomy|chapter=33|verse=13}} in [[King James Version|KJV]], translation of [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&hl=nl&pg=RA14-PA3 Deut. 33:13] in [[Luther Bible]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&pg=PP9 1704 edition (Kelp)].</ref>
# {{lang|de|... Himmelsseegen ...}} (blessings from heaven):
#* [[Hosea 2]]:21, "And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the LORD, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth"<ref>{{Sourcetext|source=Bible|version=King James|book=Hosea|chapter=2|verse=21}} in [[King James Version|KJV]], translation of [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&hl=nl&pg=RA61-PA4 Hos. 2:21] in [[Luther Bible]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&pg=PP9 1704 edition (Kelp)].</ref>
#* [[Jeremiah 5]]:24, "Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest."<ref>{{Sourcetext|source=Bible|version=King James|book=Jeremiah|chapter=5|verse=24}} in [[King James Version|KJV]], translation of [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&hl=nl&pg=RA49-PA8 Jer. 5:24] in [[Luther Bible]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&pg=PP9 1704 edition (Kelp)].</ref>
#* [[Psalm 85]]:11, "Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other."<ref>{{Sourcetext|source=Bible|version=King James|book=Psalms|chapter=85|verse=10}} in [[King James Version|KJV]], translation of [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&hl=nl&pg=RA40-PA9 Ps. 85:11] in [[Luther Bible]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&pg=PP9 1704 edition (Kelp)].</ref>
# {{lang|de|... edlen Seegen ...}} (noble blessings):
#* [[Deuteronomy 33]]:13, "And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath"<ref name="Deut33-13" />
# {{lang|de|... Lebens Seegen ...}} (life's blessings):
#* [[Psalm 133]]:4, "for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore."<ref>{{Sourcetext|source=Bible|version=King James|book=Psalms|chapter=133|verse=3}} in [[King James Version|KJV]], translation of [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&hl=nl&pg=RA41-PA5 Ps. 133:3b] in [[Luther Bible]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&pg=PP9 1704 edition (Kelp)].</ref>
#* [[Kohelet]] 1:8, "All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing."<ref>{{Sourcetext|source=Bible|version=King James|book=Ecclesiastes|chapter=1|verse=8}} in [[King James Version|KJV]], translation of [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&hl=nl&pg=RA42-PA33 Prediger 1:8] in [[Luther Bible]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&pg=PP9 1704 edition (Kelp)].</ref>
# {{lang|de|... manchen Seegen ...}} (many blessings):
#* [[Psalm 139]]:1, "O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me."<ref>{{Sourcetext|source=Bible|version=King James|book=Psalms|chapter=139|verse=1}} in [[King James Version|KJV]], translation of [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&hl=nl&pg=RA41-PA7 Ps. 139:1] in [[Luther Bible]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&pg=PP9 1704 edition (Kelp)].</ref>
# {{lang|de|... ewgen Seegen ...}} (eternal blessings):
#* [[2 Corinthians 4]]:17, "For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory"<ref>{{Sourcetext|source=Bible|version=King James|book=2 Corinthians|chapter=4|verse=17}} in [[King James Version|KJV]], translation of [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&hl=nl&pg=RA92-PP24 2 Corinth. 4:17] in [[Luther Bible]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&pg=PP9 1704 edition (Kelp)].</ref>
#* [[Romans 8]]:18, "For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us."<ref>{{Sourcetext|source=Bible|version=King James|book=Romans|chapter=8|verse=18}} in [[King James Version|KJV]], translation of [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&hl=nl&pg=RA91-PA3 Rom. 8:18] in [[Luther Bible]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&pg=PP9 1704 edition (Kelp)].</ref>
# {{lang|de|... reichen Seegen ...}} (rich blessings):
#* [[Epistle to the Ephesians|Ephesians]] 3:20, "Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us"<ref>{{Sourcetext|source=Bible|version=King James|book=Ephesians|chapter=3|verse=20}} in [[King James Version|KJV]], translation of [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&hl=nl&pg=RA92-PA7 Ephes. 3:20] in [[Luther Bible]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&pg=PP9 1704 edition (Kelp)].</ref>
# {{lang|de|... neuen Seegen ...}} (new blessings):
#* [[Lamentations 3]]:23, "[The Lord's compassions] are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness."<ref>{{Sourcetext|source=Bible|version=King James|book=Lamentations|chapter=3|verse=23}} in [[King James Version|KJV]], translation of [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&hl=nl&pg=RA56-PP6 Klagelieder 3:23] in [[Luther Bible]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&pg=PP9 1704 edition (Kelp)].</ref>
#* [[Isaiah 40]]:31, "But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint."<ref>{{Sourcetext|source=Bible|version=King James|book=Isaiah|chapter=40|verse=31}} in [[King James Version|KJV]], translation of [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&hl=nl&pg=RA45-PA2 Isaiah 40:31] in [[Luther Bible]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&pg=PP9 1704 edition (Kelp)].</ref>
#* [[Song of Songs 3]]:4, "It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me."<ref>{{Sourcetext|source=Bible|version=King James|book=Song of Solomon|chapter=3|verse=4}} in [[King James Version|KJV]], translation of [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&hl=nl&pg=RA43-PA3 Cant. 3:4] in [[Luther Bible]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&pg=PP9 1704 edition (Kelp)].</ref>
# {{lang|de|... Seelenseegen ...}} (blessings for the soul):
#* [[Book of Wisdom|Wisdom]] 3:3, "And their going from us to be utter destruction: but they are in peace."<ref>{{Sourcetext|source=Bible|version=King James|book=Wisdom of Solomon|chapter=3|verse=3}} in [[King James Version|KJV]], translation of [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&hl=nl&pg=RA65-PA5 Weisheit 3:3] in [[Luther Bible]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&pg=PP9 1704 edition (Kelp)].</ref>
#* [[Matthew 10]]:28, "And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell."<ref>{{Sourcetext|source=Bible|version=King James|book=Matthew|chapter=10|verse=28}} in [[King James Version|KJV]], translation of [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&hl=nl&pg=RA77-PA5 Matth. 10:28] in [[Luther Bible]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&pg=PP9 1704 edition (Kelp)].</ref>
#* [[John 11]]:26, "And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?"<ref>{{Sourcetext|source=Bible|version=King James|book=John|chapter=11|verse=26}} in [[King James Version|KJV]], translation of [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&hl=nl&pg=RA85-PA7 Joh. 11:26] in [[Luther Bible]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&pg=PP9 1704 edition (Kelp)].</ref>
#* [[Matthew 16]]:26, "For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?"<ref>{{Sourcetext|source=Bible|version=King James|book=Matthew|chapter=16|verse=26}} in [[King James Version|KJV]], translation of [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&hl=nl&pg=RA78-PA7 Matth. 16:26] in [[Luther Bible]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&pg=PP9 1704 edition (Kelp)].</ref>
# {{lang|de|... tausend Seegen ...}} (thousand blessings):
#* [[Daniel 7]]:10, "A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened."<ref>{{Sourcetext|source=Bible|version=King James|book=Daniel|chapter=7|verse=10}} in [[King James Version|KJV]], translation of [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&hl=nl&pg=RA60-PA4 Daniel 7:10] in [[Luther Bible]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&pg=PP9 1704 edition (Kelp)].</ref>
#* [[Revelation 7]]:9, "After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands"<ref>{{Sourcetext|source=Bible|version=King James|book=Revelation|chapter=7|verse=9}} in [[King James Version|KJV]], translation of [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&hl=nl&pg=RA102-PP1 Revelation 7:9] in [[Luther Bible]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&pg=PP9 1704 edition (Kelp)].</ref>
#* [[Psalm 143]]:11, "Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble."<ref>{{Sourcetext|source=Bible|version=King James|book=Psalms|chapter=143|verse=11}} in [[King James Version|KJV]], translation of [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&hl=nl&pg=RA42-PA2 Ps. 143:11] in [[Luther Bible]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=9NYpwG9nNqUC&pg=PP9 1704 edition (Kelp)].</ref>
=== Bach's setting ===
[[File:BWV 1127 - autograph p1.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|First page of Bach's autograph]]
[[File:BWV 1127 - autograph p2.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Second page of Bach's autograph]]
The title Bach gave to his setting, in [[C major]], of Mylius's "Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn' ihn" indicates that the composition has two parts:{{sfn|Maul|2005|pp=23–25}}{{sfn|Bach|1713}}
* {{lang|it|Aria Soprano Solo}} – for soprano voice and [[figured bass]] (continuo)
* {{lang|it|Ritornello}} – for two [[violin]]s, [[viola]], [[cello]], and continuo
Bach's setting is in [[common time]] and its [[tempo]] indication is [[adagio (tempo)|adagio]].{{sfn|Bach|1713}} The setting is a strophic aria: the same music is repeated for each of the 12 stanzas of Mylius's poem.{{sfn|Maul|2005|p=20}}{{sfn|Wolff|2005}} Bach's score only contains the text of the first stanza: a [[custos (music)|custos]] and a repeat sign at the end indicate that the other stanzas are to be performed to the same music.{{sfn|Maul|2005|p=20}} Since a single pass of Bach's music takes around four minutes to perform, the entire work is performed in around 45 to 50 minutes.{{sfn|Maul|2005|p=20}}{{sfn|Van der Lint|2005}}{{sfn|Maul|2006|pp=2–3, 9}} If a split performance was intended (e.g. before and after a sermon), then the split would most likely fall after the seventh stanza: that is the stanza with which the "WJLHELM" part of the acrostic ends, and the exegetic middle lines of that stanza are of a concluding nature, like those of the very last stanza of the poem.{{sfn|Maul|2005|p=21}}
====Aria====
The aria part of Bach's composition starts with a four-[[bar (music)|bar]] instrumental introduction by the continuo: that introduction has exactly 52 bass notes, which may be seen as an allusion to the age of Duke Wilhelm Ernst.{{sfn|Maul|2005|p=22}}{{sfn|Wolff|2005}} From the end of the fourth bar to the first note of the 17th bar the soprano sings the first two lines of Mylius's poem, that is the A section of its first stanza.{{sfn|Maul|2005|p=23}}{{sfn|Maul|2006|pp=9–10}} On the first pass of the second line, Bach changed the word order: "{{lang|de|wird Wundersegen einher ziehn}}" instead of "{{lang|de|wird einher Wundersegen ziehn}}" in the poem.{{sfn|Ambrose|Maul}} Maul describes Bach's setting of the A section as having "an artfully [[melisma]]tic and 'catchy' tune"{{sfn|Maul|2006|p=10}}
The B section of the stanza, consisting of its middle four explanatory lines, is sung from bar 17 to 25.{{sfn|Maul|2005|p=23}} The setting of this section is harmonically more expansive than that of the A section.{{sfn|Maul|2006|p=10}} The mirrored A section, consisting of the two last lines of the stanza, follows from bar 26 to 34.{{sfn|Maul|2005|p=24}} The word order of the seventh line of the stanza, sung in bars 26 to 27, is changed as the first pass of the second line (bars 8–10): "{{lang|de|soll Wundersegen einher ziehn}}" instead of "{{lang|de|soll einher Wundersegen ziehn}}" in the poem.{{sfn|Ambrose|Maul}} In these bars Bach returns from the [[subdominant]] ([[F major]]), at the end of the B section, to the [[tonic (music)|tonic]] (C major), after which the "catchy tune" with which the A section opened is repeated to the same words (line 8 = line 1, the Duke's motto in all stanzas).{{sfn|Maul|2005|pp=24–25}} In this way Bach realises a free [[da capo]] form, that is, instead of an exact repeat of the A section, a variant of the A section follows after the B section (A-B-A').{{sfn|Maul|2005|pp=23–25}}
The voice and continuo part of the composition ends with a four-bar instrumental postlude, by the continuo, which keeps close to the four-bar introduction.{{sfn|Maul|2005|pp=23–25}} Thus the build of the "aria" part of the composition is symmetrical:{{sfn|Maul|2005|pp=22–25}}
* Introduction by continuo (four bars)
** First line of the stanza: "motto" tune for the Duke's "motto"
*** Second line of the stanza, containing (before the word {{lang|de|Seegen}}) the topic of the stanza
**** Four middle lines of the stanza: exegetic explanation on the topic of the stanza
*** Seventh line of the stanza, mirroring the second line
** Eighth line of the stanza, mirroring the first line: same "motto" tune for the Duke's "motto"
* Postlude by continuo, mirroring the first four bars
Or, approached as a free [[da capo aria]]:{{sfn|Maul|2005|pp=22–25}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ First stanza{{sfn|Bach|2005}}
|-
! Section
! Text
! Translation
|-
! rowspan="2" | A
| colspan="2" style="text-align: center" | [instrumental introduction]
|-
| <poem>{{lang|de|Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn' ihn
Wird einher Wunderseegen ziehn.}}</poem>
| <poem>Everything with God and nothing without him
Will draw wondrous blessings here.</poem>
|-
! B
| <poem>{{lang|de|Denn Gott, der Wunder tut im Himmel und auf Erden,
Will denen Frommen, selbst, zum Wundersegen werden.
Der Mensch bemühet sich, will Wunder viel verrichten,
Und voller Unruh ist sein Sinnen, Denken, Dichten.}}</poem>
| <poem>While God, who performs miracles in heaven and on earth,
Wants to become a wondrous blessing to the pious.
Man toils, and wants to realise many miracles,
and his mind, thoughts, poetry, are full unrest.</poem>
|-
! rowspan="2" | A'
| <poem>{{lang|de|Soll einher Wunderseegen ziehn.
Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn' ihn.}}</poem>
| <poem>Must draw wondrous blessings here.
Everything with God and nothing without him</poem>
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align: center" | [instrumental postlude]
|}
====Ritornello====
The Ritornello starts on the last beat of the 37th bar, continuing in the 18 remaining bars of the composition.{{sfn|Maul|2005|p=25}} It consists of two [[development (music)|development]] sections (the second of these starting in the 45th bar), on the most prominent [[motif (music)|motif]]s of the aria section.{{sfn|Maul|2005|p=25}} [[Christoph Wolff]] describes the [[four-part harmony|four-part]] instrumental ritornello as "written in a dense, motivic and [[counterpoint|contrapuntal]] texture reminiscent of the pieces in the contemporary ''[[Orgelbüchlein|Orgel-Büchlein]]''."{{sfn|Wolff|2005}} Maul elaborates an example of how motifs that have sounded on the words {{lang|de|wird Wunderseegen einher ziehn}} and {{lang|de|Alles mit Gott}} in the aria part are combined in the last six bars of the first development of the Ritornello, and then again in the last three bars of its second development.{{sfn|Maul|2005|p=25}}
== Reception ==
[[File:Weimar Wilhelmsburg 1730.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|[[Schloss Weimar]] around 1730.]]
[[File:Weimar, die Herzogin-Anna-Amalia-Bibliothek.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Grünes Schloss ([[Duchess Anna Amalia Library]]) in Weimar. Tower of the nearby Schloss Weimar on the left.]]
[[File:Weimar Platz der Demokratie 1 Herzogin-Anna-Amalia-Bibliothek 22.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Rococo hall of the Grünes Schloss.]]
Five months after the presentation of the "Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn' ihn" poem and its setting to Duke Wilhelm Ernst, he promoted Bach to concertmaster ({{lang|de|[[Konzertmeister]]}}), and commissioned him to compose, once a month, a new piece of church music.{{sfn|Maul|2005|p=14}} According to Maul, Bach being promoted to compose church music was likely, at least in part, due to his setting of Mylius's ode.{{sfn|Maul|2005|p=16}} Possibly the aria was performed again in 1715 in [[Pforta]].{{sfn|Maul|2005|pp=27–29}}
=== Conservation and recovery of the dedication copy ===
The dedication copy of Mylius's ode, containing Bach's autograph of its setting, was stored in the library of the Duke's palace, [[Schloss Weimar]].{{sfn|Maul|2005|p=26}} In 1766 the content of that library was moved to the nearby {{ill|Grünes Schloss (Weimar)|commons|lt=Grünes Schloss}}, out of reach of the fire that destroyed Schloss Weimar in 1774.{{sfn|Maul|2005|pp=26–27}} The library in the Grünes Schloss was later renamed to [[Duchess Anna Amalia Library]] ({{lang|de|Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek|italics=no}}, HAAB).{{sfn|Maul|2005|p=26}} Together with other congratulatory documents received by the Dukes of Weimar, the dedication copy of BWV 1127 was stored on the second gallery level of the Rococo hall of the library.{{sfn|Maul|2005|p=26}} The luxurious binding of these pieces drew attention, and for classifying them they were moved to the restoration workshop outside the library building shortly before the Rococo hall burnt to the ground in September 2004.{{sfn|Maul|2006|p=7}}{{sfn|Maul|2005|p=26}}
In January 2005, as part of a program that had been initiated in 2002, Maul started his research, looking for Baroque era music-related documentation, in the HAAB.{{sfn|Maul|2006|pp=6–7}} On 17 June he was given access to the boxes with congratulatory tributes that were salvaged from the 2004 fire.{{sfn|Maul|2006|p=7}} Among these tributes was the dedication copy of Mylius's and Bach's "Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn' ihn".{{sfn|Maul|2006|pp=7–8}} Authenticated, the newly discovered composition was given the ''[[Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis]]'' number 1127.{{sfn|Wolff|2005}} The shelf number of the dedication copy containing Mylius's ode and its setting by Bach, in the HAAB, is D-WRz B&nbsp;24.<ref name="RISM"/>{{sfn|Rettinghaus|2020}}
The new find was valued for several reasons:
* It is the only known composition by Bach in the strophic aria format.{{sfn|Wolff|2005}}
* It documents Bach's activities for civil occasions in his Weimar period.{{sfn|Maul|2005|pp=7–9}}
=== Score editions ===
[[Bärenreiter]] published several editions of the score of BWV 1127:
* The first edition, in 2005, edited by Maul.{{sfn|Bach|2005}}
* A facsimile edition, edited by Wolff.{{sfn|Bach|2007}}
* The [[New Bach Edition]] ({{Langx|de|Neue Bach-Ausgabe}}), completing its activities in 2007, published BWV 1127 in a supplement, edited by Maul.{{sfn|Maul|2011}}{{sfn|Wolf|2007}}
A high resolution digital facsimile of D-WRz B 24 became available on the HAAB and [[Bach Digital]] websites.{{sfn|Mylius|1713}}{{sfn|Bach|1713}}{{sfn|Rettinghaus|2020}}
=== 21st-century performances and recordings ===
Part of the rediscovered aria was recorded by soprano Ah Hong and harpsichordist Joseph Gascho on 9 June 2005, and aired the next day on [[NPR]].{{sfn|Child|Ronish|2005}}{{sfn|Wollny|Gascho|Hong|Lewis|2005}} Another preliminary performance, by [[Claron McFadden]] and {{ill|Polo de Haas|nl}}, was broadcast in the Dutch TV-show ''[[Nova (Dutch TV series)|Nova]]''.{{sfn|Van der Lint|2005}} The official world première recording of the aria, by [[John Eliot Gardiner]] conducting the [[English Baroque Soloists]] and soprano [[Elin Manahan Thomas]], was released in September 2005.{{sfn|Van der Lint|2005}}{{sfn|Bach|2007}}<ref name="GardinerMuziekweb">{{Muziekweb|DBX7746|Bach: Alles mit Gott}}. {{Access-date|13 March 2021}}</ref> This recording contained three stanzas of the aria, with a performance time of 12:16.{{sfn|Van der Lint|2005}}<ref name="GardinerMuziekweb" /> [[Ton Koopman]]'s recording, on which [[Lisa Larsson]] sang the solo part, was released a few months later in Vol. 20 of [[Bach cantatas (Koopman)|his complete recording of Bach's cantatas]].<ref name="KoopmanMuziekweb">{{Muziekweb|DBX7800|J.S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 20}}. {{Access-date|13 March 2021}}</ref> Koopman made a selection of four stanzas of the aria for his recording, with a performance time of 16:52.{{sfn|Wolff|2005}}
The first complete recording of BWV 1127, that is, including all 12 stanzas of the aria with a recording time of 48:30, was realised by [[Masaaki Suzuki]], [[Carolyn Sampson]], and the [[Bach Collegium Japan]], and released in January 2006 on the 30th volume of Suzuki's complete Bach cantatas project.{{sfn|Maul|2006}}<ref name="SuzukiMuziekweb">{{Muziekweb|DBX8006|30: Alles mit Gott}}. {{Access-date|13 March 2021}}</ref><ref>[https://bis.se/performers/sampson-carolyn/js-bach-cantatas-vol30-solo-cantatas-bwv-51-and-1127 J.S. Bach - Cantatas, Vol.30, Solo Cantatas (BWV 51, 1127)] at [[BIS Records]] website. {{Access-date|13 March 2021}}</ref> [[Daniel Abraham (conductor)|Daniel Abraham]]'s recording, with [[The Bach Sinfonia]] and soprano Amanda Balestrieri, was released in 2006.<ref>[https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=DSL-20604 HANDEL, G.F.: Alexander's Feast (Oratorio) / BACH, J.S.: Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn' ihn (Balestrieri, Abraham)] at [[Naxos Records|Naxos]] website. {{Access-date|13 March 2021}}</ref> [[Dorothee Mields]] recorded four stanzas of the aria with [[L'Orfeo Barockorchester]] conducted by [[Michi Gaigg]], in December 2014.<ref name="CarusMuziekweb">{{Muziekweb|DBX11635|Johann Sebastian Bach: Kantaten für Solo-Sopran}}. {{Access-date|13 March 2021}}</ref> [[Carus-Verlag]] released this recording, with a performance time of 15:03, a year later.<ref name="CarusMuziekweb" /> Mields released, courtesy of [[Naxos Records|Naxos of America]], part of this recording, that is the first stanza of Bach's aria (3:50), on YouTube in 2016.<ref>{{YouTube|id=GpYWTDMYGPE|title=Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn' ihn, BWV 1127: Verse 1, Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn' ihn wird einher Wundersegen ziehn · Dorothee Mields}}. {{Access-date|13 March 2021}}</ref>
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
== Sources ==
* {{BDh|1307|0|30 March 2020|Work|Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn' ihn (aria) BWV 1127}}
* {{cite web
|url= http://www.uvm.edu/~classics/faculty/bach/BWV1127.html
|title= BWV 1127 Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn' ihn: 52nd Birthday of Wilhelm Ernst, Duke of Weimar
|editor1-last= Ambrose
|editor1-first= Z. Philip
|editor2-last= Maul
|editor2-first= Michael
|editor2-link= Michael Maul
|department= Classics
|website= www.uvm.edu
|publisher= [[University of Vermont]]
|access-date= 13 August 2020
}}
* {{cite book
|last1                = Bach
|first1               = Johann Sebastian
|author-link1         = Johann Sebastian Bach
|date                 = October 1713
|title                = Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn' Jhn: Aria Soprano Solo é Ritornello
|url                  = https://haab-digital.klassik-stiftung.de/viewer/resolver?urn=urn:nbn:de:gbv:32-1-10012537837
|language             = de
|others               = Lyrics by {{ill|Johann Anton Mylius|scores|Category:Mylius, Johann Anton|lt=Mylius, Johann Anton}}
|edition              = Facsimile
|location             = Weimar
|publisher            = [[Duchess Anna Amalia Library]]
}}
* {{cite book
|last1                = Bach
|first1               = Johann Sebastian
|author-link1         = Johann Sebastian Bach
|date                 = 2005
|editor1-last         = Maul
|editor1-first        = Michael
|editor1-link         = Michael Maul
|title                = Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn' ihn BWV 1127
|url                  = https://www.baerenreiter.com/en/shop/product/details/BA5246/
|edition              = 1st
|publisher            = [[Bärenreiter]]
|ismn                 = 9790006530625
|id                   = BA 5246
}}
* {{cite book
|last1                = Bach
|first1               = Johann Sebastian
|author-link1         = Johann Sebastian Bach
|date                 = 2007
|editor1-last         = Wolff
|editor1-first        = Christoph
|editor1-link         = Christoph Wolff
|title                = Aria "Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn' ihn" BWV 1127
|url                  = https://www.baerenreiter.com/en/shop/product/details/BVK1870/
|series               = Documenta musicologica
|volume               = II/33
|others               = Introduction by [[Michael Maul]]; Recording by [[John Eliot Gardiner]]
|edition              = Facsimile
|publisher            = [[Bärenreiter]]
|isbn                 = 9783761818701
|id                   = BVK 1870
}}
* {{cite web
|url= https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4695336
|title= Unknown Bach Aria Discovered in Germany
|last1= Child
|first1= Fred
|author-link1= Fred Child
|last2= Ronish
|first2= Marty
|date= 9 June 2005
|publisher= [[NPR]]
}}
* {{cite book
|last1                = Maul
|first1               = Michael
|author-link1         = Michael Maul
|date                 = 2005
|chapter              = "Alles mit Gott und nicht ohn' ihn" – Eine neu aufgefundene Aria von Johann Sebastian Bach
|chapter-url          = https://doi.org/10.13141/bjb.v20051759
|editor1-last         = Wollny
|editor1-first        = Peter
|editor1-link         = Peter Wollny
|title                = Bach-Jahrbuch 2005
|trans-title          = Bach Yearbook 2005
|url                  = https://journals.qucosa.de/bjb/issue/view/166
|series               = [[Bach-Jahrbuch]]
|language             = de
|volume               = 91
|others               = [[Neue Bachgesellschaft]]
|location             = Leipzig
|publisher            = [[Evangelische Verlagsanstalt]]
|publication-date     = 2006
|pages                = 7–34
|doi                  = 10.13141/bjb.v2005
|isbn                 = 3-374-02301-0
|issn                 = 0084-7682
}}
* {{Cite AV media notes
| title       = 30: Alles mit Gott
| others      = [[Carolyn Sampson]], [[Bach Collegium Japan]], [[Masaaki Suzuki]]
| date        = 2006
| url         = https://www.chandos.net/chanimages/Booklets/BI1471.pdf
| last        = Maul
| first       = Michael
| author-link = Michael Maul
| display-authors = etal
| type        = liner notes
| publisher   = [[BIS Records]]
| id          = [https://bis.se/performers/sampson-carolyn/js-bach-cantatas-vol30-solo-cantatas-bwv-51-and-1127 BIS-1471 SACD]
| via         = [[Chandos Records]]
}}
* {{cite book
|date                 = 2011
|chapter              = V. Aria "Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn' ihn" BWV 1127
|editor1-last         = Maul
|editor1-first        = Michael
|editor1-link         = Michael Maul
|title                = Johann Sebastian Bach: Beiträge zur Generalbaß- und Satzlehre, Kontrapunktstudien, Skizzen und Entwürfe – Anhang
|url                  = https://www.baerenreiter.com/en/shop/product/details/BA5291_01/
|series               = [[New Bach Edition]]
|language             = de
|volume               = Supplement
|others               = [[Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Institut Göttingen]], [[Bach-Archiv Leipzig]]
|publisher            = [[Bärenreiter]]
|pages                = 233–246
|ismn                 = 9790006545377
|id                   = BA 5291-01
}}
* {{cite book
|last1                = Mylius
|first1               = Johann Anton
|author-link1         = scores:Category:Mylius, Johann Anton
|date                 = 30 October 1713
|title                = Des Durchlauchtigsten Fuersten und Herrn HERRN Wilhelm Ernsts Herzogs zu Sachsen, Juelich, Cleve und Berg ... Wahl-Spruch Oder SYMBOLUM, Omnia cum DEO, & nihil sine eo. Alles mit GOTT und nichts ohn Jhn. Aus ... Schuldigkeit erwogen und ... An Jhr. ... Durchl. den XXX. Octobr. MDCCXIII. ... Geburths-Tage ueberreicht
|url                  = https://haab-digital.klassik-stiftung.de/viewer/resolver?urn=urn:nbn:de:gbv:32-1-10012629713
|language             = de
|location             = Weimar
|publisher            = Mumbachische Schrifften
}}
* {{cite book
|last1                = Mylius
|first1               = Johann Christoph
|author-link1         = :s:de:ADB:Mylius, Johann Christoph
|date                 = 1751–1752
|title                = Historia Myliana
|language             = la
|url                  = http://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB000052A400010000
|volume               = I – II
|location             = Jena
|publisher            = Cröcker
}}
* {{BDh|3610|0|13 January 2020|Source|D-WRz B 24||Rettinghaus|Klaus}}
* {{cite journal
| last1                 = Van der Lint
| first1                = Peter
| date                  = 17 September 2005
| title                 = Koopman verliest race van Gardiner om BWV 1127
| trans-title           = [[Ton Koopman|Koopman]] loses race from [[John Eliot Gardiner|Gardiner]] regarding BWV 1127
| url                   = https://www.trouw.nl/nieuws/koopman-verliest-race-van-gardiner-om-bwv-1127~b52a9d91/
| journal               = [[Trouw]]
| language              = nl
}}
* {{cite book
|date                 = 2007
|editor1-last         = Wolf
|editor1-first        = Uwe
|editor1-link         = Uwe Wolf (musicologist)
|title                = Die Neue Bach-Ausgabe 1954–2007: Eine Dokumentation
|trans-title          = The [[New Bach Edition]] 1954–2007: A documentation
|url                  = https://www.baerenreiter.com/fileadmin/Service_Allgemein/Werbemittel/deutsch/Bach_Dokumentation.pdf
|language             = de
|others               = Contributions by [[Georg von Dadelsen]], [[Alfred Dürr]], [[Hans-Joachim Schulze]], [[Frieder Zschoch]] and others
|publisher            = [[Bärenreiter]]
|page                 = 50
}}
* {{Cite AV media notes
| title       = J.&nbsp;S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 20
| others      = [[Ton Koopman]] and the [[Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir]]
| date        = 2005
| last        = Wolff
| first       = Christoph
| author-link = Christoph Wolff
| display-authors = etal
| type        = liner notes
| publisher   = [[Antoine Marchand]]
| id          = CC72220
}} Plain text version of these liner notes [http://www.pregardien.com/images/pdf/disko_bach_tonkoopman/vol20.pdf partially available] at [[Christoph Prégardien]]'s website. The subscription website [[Scribd]] also [https://www.scribd.com/document/259153899 hosts a copy of these notes].
* {{cite interview
| last1          = Wollny
| first1         = Peter
| subject-link1  = Peter Wollny
| last2          = Gascho
| first2         = Joseph
| last3          = Hong
| first3         = Ah
| last4          = Lewis
| first4         = J. Reilly
| subject-link4  = J. Reilly Lewis
| interviewer-last1  = Child
| interviewer-first1 = Fred
| interviewer-link1  = Fred Child
| interviewer-last2  = Inskeep
| interviewer-first2 = Steve
| interviewer-link2  = Steve Inskeep
| interviewer-last3  = Montagne
| interviewer-first3 = Renée
| interviewer-link3  = Renée Montagne
| title          = The Story Behind Bach's Unknown Aria
| url            = https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4697540
| work           = Morning Edition
| publisher      = [[NPR]]
| date           = 10 June 2005
}}
* {{cite book |last1=Wollny |first1=Peter |author-link1=Peter Wollny |date=2008 |chapter=''Bekennen will ich seinen Namen'': Authentizität, Bestimmung und Kontext der Arie BWV&nbsp;200. Anmerkungen zu Johann Sebastian Bachs Rezeption von Werken Gottfried Heinrich Stölzels |trans-chapter=''Bekennen will ich seinen Namen'': authenticity, purpose and context of the aria BWV&nbsp;200. Annotations regarding Johann Sebastian Bach's reception of Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel's works |chapter-url=https://doi.org/10.13141/bjb.v20081900 |title=Bach-Jahrbuch 2008 |trans-title=Bach Yearbook 2008 |url=https://journals.qucosa.de/bjb/issue/view/169 |series=[[Bach-Jahrbuch]] |language=de |volume=94 |others=[[Neue Bachgesellschaft]] |location=Leipzig |publisher=[[Evangelische Verlagsanstalt]] |pages=123–158 |doi=10.13141/bjb.v2008 |isbn=978-3-374-02668-5 |issn=0084-7682 }}
== External links ==
* [https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en/bwv/bwv-1127/ Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn' ihn, BWV 1127]: performance by the [[Netherlands Bach Society]] (video and background information)
* {{IMSLP|work=Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn' ihn, BWV 1127 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)|cname=Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn' ihn, BWV 1127}}
* [https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=1285864 Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn' ihn] at [[The LiederNet Archive]]
* {{Muziekweb|U00000661039/CLASSICAL/|Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn' ihn BWV.1127}}
* [https://musopen.org/music/3235-alles-mit-gott-und-nichts-ohn-ihn-bwv-1127/ Bach Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn' ihn, BWV 1127] at [[Musopen]] website
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