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{{Short description|Chorale cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach}}
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{{Infobox Bach composition
| name                 = {{lang|de|Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir}}
| bwv                   = 130
| type                  = [[Chorale cantata cycle|Chorale cantata]]
| composer              = [[J. S. Bach]]
| image                 = Paul Eber.jpg
| caption               = [[Paul Eber]], the author of the hymn's text
| occasion              = [[Michaelmas]], feast of the archangel [[Michael (archangel)|Michael]]
| performed             = {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1724|09|29|df=y}}|location=[[Leipzig]]}}
| movements             = six
| chorale               = {{based on|"{{langr|de|Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir}}|[[Paul Eber]]}}
| vocal                 = [[SATB|{{abbr|SATB|soprano, alto, tenor and bass}}]] choir and solo
| instrumental          = {{hlist | 3 [[trumpet]]s | [[timpani]] | [[flauto traverso]] | 3 [[oboe]]s | [[string section|strings]] | [[basso continuo|continuo]] }}
}}
'''''{{lang|de|Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir}}''''' (Lord God, we all praise you),{{sfn|Dellal|2024}} [[Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis|BWV]]{{nbsp}}130, is a [[Chorale cantata (Bach)|chorale cantata]] by [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] for the [[Michaelmas|Feast]] of [[Michael (archangel)|archangel Michael]] ({{Langx|de|Michaelis}}; 29&nbsp;September). It is based on [[Paul Eber]]'s 1554 [[Lutheran hymn]] about the angels in twelve stanzas "{{langr|de|Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir}}", to a melody known in English as [[Old 100th]]. The cantata was performed on that feast day in 1724.
''{{lang|de|Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir}}'' belongs to Bach's [[chorale cantata cycle]], the second cycle during his tenure as [[Thomaskantor]] that began in 1723. The text retains the first and 11th [[stanza]] of the chorale unchanged, while the other stanzas were paraphrased into alternating [[recitative]]s and [[aria]]s by an unknown [[librettist]]. The cantata is festively scored for [[SATB]] soloists and choir, three [[trumpet]]s, [[timpani]], [[flauto traverso]], three [[oboe]]s, [[string section|strings]] and [[basso continuo|continuo]].
A revised version of the cantata, BWV&nbsp;130.2, was performed in Leipzig between 1732 and 1735. A manuscript likely from the second half of the 18th century contains two variant versions of the cantata. Whether Bach had anything to do with these versions is not known: a chorale setting which only occurs in these variants was adopted as No.&nbsp;31 in the [[BWV Anh. II|second ''Anhang'' of the ''Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis'']], that is the {{lang|de|[[Anhang (disambiguation)|Anhang]]}} of doubtful works.
== History ==
Bach composed the cantata in his second year in Leipzig for [[Church cantata (Bach)#St. Michael's Day|St. Michael's Day]].{{sfn|Bach Digital 130.1|2024}}{{sfn|Dürr|1981}}{{sfn|Wolf|2015}} That year, Bach composed a cycle of [[Chorale cantata (Bach)|chorale cantatas]], begun on the first Sunday after [[Trinity Sunday|Trinity]] of 1724.{{sfn|Wolf|2015}}{{sfn|Wolff|2000}} The feast celebrated the Archangel Michael and all the angels each year on 29 September.{{sfn|Wolf|2015}}{{sfn|Hofmann|2005}} In Leipzig, the day coincided with a trade fair.{{sfn|Mincham|2010}}
The prescribed readings for St Michael's Day were from the [[Book of Revelation]], Michael fighting the dragon ({{Sourcetext|source=Bible|version=King James|book=Revelation|chapter=12|verse=7|range=–12}}), and from the [[Gospel of Matthew]], heaven belongs to the children, the angels see the face of God ({{Sourcetext|source=Bible|version=King James|book=Matthew|chapter=18|verse=1|range=–11}}). The cantata is based on a 1554 hymn in twelve [[stanza]]s by [[Paul Eber]],{{sfn|Wolf|2015}}{{sfn|Chorale text|2006}} a [[paraphrase]] of [[Philipp Melanchthon]]'s Latin "{{langr|la|[[Dicimus grates tibi]]}}".{{sfn|Wolf|2015}}{{sfn|Gardiner|2004}} Each stanza has four lines. The melody was first printed in the Geneva Psalter in 1551.{{sfn|Chorale melody|2006}} It is attributed to [[Loys Bourgeois]] and is known as the [[Old 100th|famous tune]] of the [[Doxology#"Praise God, from whom all blessings flow"|Doxology "Praise God, from whom all blessings flow"]].{{sfn|Hofmann|2005}}
The theme of the song, praise and thanks for the creation of the angels is only distantly related to the readings.{{sfn|Dürr|1981}} An unknown librettist retained the first and 11th stanzas as the outer [[Movement (music)|movements]] of the cantata.{{sfn|Wolf|2015}} He derived movement 2, a [[recitative]], from stanzas 2 and 3, movement 3, an [[aria]], from stanzas 4 to 6, movement 4, a [[recitative]], from stanzas 7 to 9, and movement 5, an [[aria]], from stanza 10.{{sfn|Dürr|1981}} In movement 3, a connection can be drawn from the mentioning of Satan as the "{{langr|de|alter Drachen}}" (old dragon), to Michael's fight.{{sfn|Hofmann|2005}} Movement 4 mentions examples of angelic protection in the Bible, of Daniel ({{Sourcetext|source=Bible|version=King James|book=Daniel|chapter=6|verse=23}}), and of the [[Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego|three men in the fiery furnace]] ({{Sourcetext|source=Bible|version=King James|book=Daniel|chapter=3}}). Prayer for protection by angels, such as [[Elijah]] being taken to heaven ({{Sourcetext|source=Bible|version=King James|book=2 Kings|chapter=2|verse=11}}), continues the text, concluded with general praise, thanks and the request for future protection.{{sfn|Dürr|1981}} Bach first performed the cantata on 29 September 1724.{{sfn|Bach Digital 130.1|2024}}{{sfn|Dürr|1981}}
== Music ==
=== Structure and scoring ===
Bach structured the cantata in six even movements. The chorale tune is used in the outer choral movements, a [[chorale fantasia]] and a four-part closing chorale. The inner movements are alternating recitatives and arias. Bach scored the work for four vocal soloists ([[soprano]] (S), [[alto]] (A), [[tenor]] (T) and [[Bass (voice type)|bass]] (B)), a [[SATB|four-part choir]], a [[SATB|four-part choir]], and a festive [[Baroque instruments|Baroque instrumental]] ensemble of three [[trumpet]]s (Tr), [[timpani]], [[flauto traverso]] (Ft), three [[oboe]]s (Ob), two [[violin]]s (Vl), [[viola]] (Va), and [[basso continuo]].{{sfn|Bach Digital 130.1|2024}}{{sfn|Dürr|1981}}
In the following table of the movements, the [[Key (music)|key]]s and [[time signature]]s are taken from the Bach scholar [[Alfred Dürr]], using the symbol for [[common time]].{{sfn|Dürr|1981}} The instruments are shown separately for brass, woodwinds and strings, while the continuo, playing throughout, is not shown.
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{{Classical movement row
| id = m1
| number = [[#1|1]]
| title = {{langr|de|Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir}}
| text_source = Eber
| type = Chorale
| vocal = SATB
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| instruments2 = 3Ob
| instruments3 = 2Vl Va
| key = {{nowrap|[[C major]]}}
| time = {{music|common-time}}
}}
{{Classical movement row
| id = m2
| number = [[#2|2]]
| title = {{langr|de|Ihr heller Glanz und hohe Weisheit zeigt}}
| text_source = anon.
| type = Recitative
| vocal = A
| instruments1 =
| instruments2 =
| instruments3 =
| key =
| time = {{music|common-time}}
}}
{{Classical movement row
| id = m3
| number = [[#3|3]]
| title = {{langr|de|Der alte Drache brennt vor Neid}}
| text_source = anon.
| type = Bass
| vocal = B
| instruments1 = 3Tr
| instruments2 =
| instruments3 =
| key = C major
| time = {{music|common-time}}
}}
{{Classical movement row
| id = m4
| number = [[#4|4]]
| title = {{langr|de|Wohl aber uns, daß Tag und Nacht}}
| text_source = anon.
| type = Recitative
| vocal = S T
| instruments1 =
| instruments2 =
| instruments3 = 2Vl Va
| key =
| time = {{music|common-time}}
}}
{{Classical movement row
| id = m5
| number = [[#5|5]]
| title = {{langr|de|Laß, o Fürst der Cherubinen}}
| text_source = anon.
| type = Aria
| vocal = T
| instruments1 =
| instruments2 = Ft
| instruments3 =
| key = [[G major]]
| time = {{music|common-time}}
}}
{{Classical movement row
| id = m6
| number = [[#6|6]]
| title = {{langr|de|Darum wir billig loben dich}}
| text_source = Eber
| type = Chorale
| vocal = SATB
| instruments1 = 3Tr
| instruments2 = 3Ob
| instruments3 = 2Vl Va
| key = C major
| time = {{music|common-time}}
}}
{{End}}
=== Movements ===
==== 1 ====
In the opening chorus, {{langr|de|Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir ... für dein Geschöpf der Engel schon}} (Lord God, we all praise you ... for your creation of the beautiful angels),{{sfn|Dellal|2024}} Bach illustrates the singing of angels in different choirs by assigning different [[Theme (music)|themes]] to the strings, the oboes and the trumpets, in a rich scoring typical only for the most festive occasions of the liturgical year such as Christmas. Mincham compares the movement to the 15 opening movements preceding it in the second annual cycle: "It is the most lavishly scored chorus so far and certainly the most extrovertly festive in character".{{sfn|Mincham|2010}}
==== 2 ====
A recitative for alto, {{langr|de|Ihr heller Glanz und hohe Weisheit zeigt, wie Gott sich zu uns Menschen neigt}} (Their brilliant radiance and exalted wisdom shows how God bends himself down to us humans),{{sfn|Dellal|2024}} is set [[Secco recitative|secco]]. Two lines from the original chorale are retained.{{sfn|Wolf|2015}}
==== 3 ====
A bass aria, {{langr|de|Der alte Drache brennt vor Neid}} (The old dragon burns with envy),{{sfn|Dellal|2024}} is unusually scored for only trumpets, timpani and continuo, describing the battle of the angels against Satan.{{sfn|Mincham|2010}}
==== 4 ====
A duet recitative of soprano and tenor, {{langr|de|Wohl aber uns, daß Tag und Nacht die Schar der Engel wacht}} (But it is fortunate for us, who day and night are guarded by the throng of angels),{{sfn|Dellal|2024}} recalls guardian angels saving Daniel in the lions' den and the three men in the furnace.
==== 5 ====
An aria for tenor, {{langr|de|Laß, o Fürst der Cherubinen, }} (Allow, O Prince of the cherubim, ),{{sfn|Dellal|2024}} [[John Eliot Gardiner]], who conducted the [[Bach Cantata Pilgrimage]] in 2000, compared the flute line in a [[gavotte]] for tenor to "perhaps the fleetness of angelic transport on Elijah's chariot", which is mentioned in the text.{{sfn|Gardiner|2004}}
==== 6 ====
The closing chorale, {{langr|de|Darum wir billig loben dich}} (Therefore, we rightly praise you),{{sfn|Dellal|2024}} is a four-part setting of the 11th hymn stanza{{sfn|Dahn|2024}} that includes again "the angelic trumpets".{{sfn|Gardiner|2004}}{{sfn|Dahn|2024}} Bach had intended to set also the 12th stanza, but he crossed it out in the score, and the extant parts only have the 11th stanzas's text.{{sfn|Wolf|2015}}
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Da -- rum wir bil -- lig lo -- ben dich
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== Manuscripts and publication ==
The original score was inherited by [[Wilhelm Friedemann Bach]], and is now in private ownership. The original parts belonged first to the [[Thomasschule]] in Leipzig as all the other parts from chorale cantata cycle, but they came in [[Hans Georg Nägeli]]'s possession. When he died, they were split and auctioned to collectors. Bass, traverso and timpani parts have been lost, with only reproductions of their first pages available. Parts of the figured continuo part are also missing.{{sfn|Wolf|2015}}
The cantata was first published in 1878 in the first complete edition of Bach's work, the [[Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe]]. The volume in question was edited by [[Alfred Dörffel]].{{sfn|Bach Digital 130.1|2024}}{{sfn|Wolf|2015}} In the [[Neue Bach-Ausgabe]] it was published in 1973, edited by [[Marianne Helms]],{{sfn|Wolf|2015}} with a critical report following in 1989.{{sfn|Bach Digital 130.1|2024}}
== Variant versions ==
BWV&nbsp;130.2 is a modified version of the cantata which Bach developed in the 1730s for a new performance on {{lang|de|Michaelis}}.{{sfn|Bach Digital 130.2|2024}} The manuscript ''P&nbsp;101'' at the [[Berlin State Library]], which was likely written in the second half of the 18th century, contains two variant versions of the cantata:{{sfn|Rempp|2003}}{{sfn|Bach Digital D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 101|2024}}<ref name="P101RISM">{{RISM|989000469}}. {{Retrieved|access-date=2020-02-03}}</ref><ref name="P101SBB">[http://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB0002938800000000 Mus.ms. Bach P&nbsp;101] at [[Berlin State Library]] website. {{Retrieved|access-date=2020-02-03}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Variants of BWV 130 in the ''P&nbsp;101'' manuscript{{sfn|Rempp|2003}}{{sfn|Bach Digital D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 101|2024}}<ref name="P101RISM" /><ref name="P101SBB" />
|-
! Var.
! #
! Text
! Movement
! BWV
|-
| I
| 1
| rowspan="2" | Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir
| Chorus
| =130/1
|-
| II
| 1(a)
| Chorale
| Anh.&nbsp;31{{sfn|Bach Digital Anh. 31|2024}}
|-
| I
| 2
| rowspan="2" | Ihr heller Glanz
| Recitative (secco; alto)
| =130/2
|-
| II
| 2(a)
| Recitative (secco; alto)
| deest
|-
| I & II
| 3
| Lasst Teufel, Welt und Sünde
| Recitative (accompagnato; soprano & bass duet)
| deest
|-
| I & II
| 4
| Laß, o Fürst der Cherubinen
| Aria (tenor)
| =130/5
|-
| I & II
| 5
| Wir bitten dich, du wollst allzeit
| Chorale
| Anh.&nbsp;31{{sfn|Bach Digital Anh. 31|2024}}
|}
== Recordings ==
The Dutch website [[Muziekweb]] lists several recordings of the cantata,{{sfn|Muziekweb|2024}} also the Bach Cantatas Website:{{sfn|Oron|2024}}
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="margin-right: 0;"
|-
|+ Recordings of ''Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir''
|-
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Conductor / Choir / Orchestra
! scope="col" | Soloists
! scope="col" | Label
! scope="col" | Year
|-
{{Cantata discography row
| id = Werner
| title = ''Les Grandes Cantates de J. S. Bach Vol. 17''
| conductor = {{sortname|Fritz|Werner}}
| choir = [[Heinrich-Schütz-Chor Heilbronn]]
| orchestra = [[Pforzheim Chamber Orchestra]]
| soloists = {{plainlist|
* [[Friederike Sailer]]
* [[Claudia Hellmann]]
* [[Helmut Krebs]]
* [[Jakob Stämpfli (bass)|Jakob Stämpfli]]
}}
| label = [[Erato Records|Erato]]
| year = 1961
}}
{{Cantata discography row
| id = Ansermet
| title = ''Ansermet conducts Bach Cantatas No. 130, No. 67, excerpts from No. 101''
| conductor = {{sortname|Ernest|Ansermet}}
| choir = [[Chœur Pro Arte de Lausanne]]
| orchestra = [[L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande]]
| soloists = {{plainlist|
* [[Elly Ameling]]
* [[Helen Watts]]
* [[Werner Krenn]]
* [[Tom Krause]]
}}
| label = [[Decca Records|Decca]]
| year = 1968
}}
{{Cantata discography row
| id = Rilling
| title = ''Die Bach Kantate Vol. 17''
| conductor = {{sortname|Helmuth|Rilling}}
| choir = [[Figuralchor der Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart]]
| orchestra = [[Bach-Collegium Stuttgart]]
| soloists = {{plainlist|
* [[Kathrin Graf]]
* [[Gabriele Schnaut]]
* [[Adalbert Kraus]]
* [[Wolfgang Schöne]]
}}
| label = [[Hänssler Classic|Hänssler]]
| year = {{Start date|1974}}
}}
{{Cantata discography row
| id = Richter
| title = ''Bach Cantatas Vol. 5''
| conductor = {{sortname|Karl|Richter|dab=conductor}}
| choir = [[Münchener Bach-Chor]]
| orchestra = [[Münchener Bach-Orchester]]
| soloists = {{plainlist|
* [[Edith Mathis]]
* [[Trudeliese Schmidt]]
* [[Peter Schreier]]
* {{nowrap|[[Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau]]}}
}}
| label = [[Archiv Produktion]]
| year = {{Start date|1978}}
}}
{{Cantata discography row
| id = Harnoncourt
| title = ''[[Bach cantatas (Teldec)|J. S. Bach: Das Kantatenwerk]] • Complete Cantatas • Les Cantates, Folge / Vol. 32''
| conductor = {{sortname|Nikolaus|Harnoncourt}}
| choir = [[Tölzer Knabenchor]]
| orchestra = [[Concentus Musicus Wien]]
| soloists = {{plainlist|
* soloists of the Tölzer Knabenchor
* [[Kurt Equiluz]]
* [[Walter Heldwein]]
}}
| label = [[Teldec]]
| year = {{Start date|1981}}
}}
{{Cantata discography row
| id = Koopman
| title = ''J. S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 10''
| conductor = {{sortname|Ton|Koopman}}
| orchestra = [[Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir]]
| soloists = {{plainlist|
* [[Caroline Stam]]
* [[Michael Chance]]
* [[Paul Agnew]]
* [[Klaus Mertens]]
}}
| label = [[Antoine Marchand]]
| year = {{Start date|1998}}
}}
{{Cantata discography row
| id = Leusink
| title = ''Bach Edition Vol. 9 – Cantatas Vol. 4''
| conductor = {{sortname|Pieter Jan|Leusink}}
| choir = [[Holland Boys Choir]]
| orchestra = [[Netherlands Bach Collegium]]
| soloists = {{plainlist|
* [[Ruth Holton]]
* [[Sytse Buwalda]]
* [[Knut Schoch]]
* [[Bas Ramselaar]]
}}
| label = [[Brilliant Classics]]
| year = {{Start date|1999}}
}}
{{Cantata discography row
| id = Gardiner
| title = ''Bach Cantatas Vol. 7: Ambronay / Bremen''{{sfn|Gardiner|2004}}
| conductor = {{sortname|John Eliot|Gardiner}}
| choir = [[Monteverdi Choir]]
| orchestra = [[English Baroque Soloists]]
| soloists = {{plainlist|
* [[Malin Hartelius]]
* [[Richard Wyn Roberts]]
* [[James Gilchrist (tenor)|James Gilchrist]]
* [[Peter Harvey (baritone)|Peter Harvey]]
}}
| label = [[Soli Deo Gloria (record label)|Soli Deo Gloria]]
| year = {{Start date|2000}}
}}
{{Cantata discography row
| id = Suzuki
| title = ''J. S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 33 – BWV 41, 92, 130''
| conductor = {{sortname|Masaaki|Suzuki}}
| orchestra = [[Bach Collegium Japan]]
| soloists = {{plainlist|
* [[Yukari Nonoshita]]
* [[Robin Blaze]]
* [[Jan Kobow]]
* [[Dominik Wörner]]
}}
| label = [[BIS Records|BIS]] CD1351
| year = {{Start date|2005}}
}}
{{Cantata discography row
| id = Veldhoven
| title = ''Herr Gott, Dich loben alle wir - Cantata, BWV 130''
| conductor = {{sortname|Jos van|Veldhoven}}
| choir = [[Netherlands Bach Society]]
| orchestra =
| soloists = {{plainlist|
* [[Maria Keohane]]
* [[Maarten Engeltjes]]
* [[Benjamin Hulett]]
* [[Christian Immler]]
}}
| label = All of Bach Project
| year = {{Start date|2013}}
}}
|}
== References ==
{{reflist | 20em }}
=== Cited sources ===
* {{cite web
| url = http://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000158?lang=en
| title = Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir [1st version] BWV 130.1; BWV 130; BC A 179a/b
| website = [[Bach Digital]]
| date = 2024
| ref = {{sfnref|Bach Digital 130.1|2024}}
}}
* {{cite web
| url = http://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000159?lang=en
| title = Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir [Pasticcio version] BWV 130.2
| website = [[Bach Digital]]
| date = 2024
| ref = {{sfnref|Bach Digital 130.2|2024}}
}}
* {{cite web
| url = https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalSource_Source_00000968?lang=en
| title = D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 101
| website = [[Bach Digital]]
| date = 2024
| ref = {{sfnref|Bach Digital D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 101|2024}}
}}
* {{cite web
| url = http://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00001339?lang=en
| title = Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir BWV 130.2/5; BWV Anh. II 31; BWV Anh. 31
| website = [[Bach Digital]]
| date = 2024
| ref = {{sfnref|Bach Digital Anh. 31|2024}}
}}
* {{cite web
| last = Dahn
| first = Luke
| url = http://www.bach-chorales.com/BWV0130_6.htm
| title = BWV 130.6
| website = bach-chorales.com
| date = 2024
| access-date = 23 September 2024
}}
* {{cite web
| last = Dellal
| first = Pamela
| author-link = Pamela Dellal
| url = https://www.emmanuelmusic.org/bach-translations/bwv-130
| title = BWV 130 – "Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir"
| publisher = [[Emmanuel Music]]
| date = 2024
| access-date = 23 September 2024
}}
* {{cite book
| last = Dürr
| first = Alfred
| author-link = Alfred Dürr
| title = Die Kantaten von Johann Sebastian Bach
| date = 1981
| publisher = Deutscher Taschenbuchverlag
| isbn = 3-423-04080-7
| volume = 1
| edition = 4
| pages = [https://archive.org/details/diekantatenvonjo0002durr/page/568 568–570]
| language = de
| url = https://archive.org/details/diekantatenvonjo0002durr/page/568
}}
* {{cite AV media notes
| last = Gardiner
| first = John Eliot
| author-link = John Eliot Gardiner
| url = https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_SDG104
| title = Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) / Cantatas Nos 8, 27, 51, 95, 99, 100, 138 & 161
| publisher = [[Soli Deo Gloria (record label)|Soli Deo Gloria]] (at [[Hyperion Records]] website)
| date = 2004
| access-date = 26 September 2012
}}
* {{cite web
| last = Hofmann
| first = Klaus
| author-link = Klaus Hoffmann
| url = http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Pic-Rec-BIG/Suzuki-C33c%5BBIS-SACD1541%5D.pdf
| title = Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir, BWV 130 / Lord God, we all praise You
| work = Bach Cantatas Website
| page = 7
| date = 2005
| access-date = 26 September 2012
}}
* {{cite web
| last = Mincham
| first = Julian
| url = https://www.jsbachcantatas.com/documents/chapter-17-bwv-130/
| title = Chapter 17 BWV 130 Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir / Lord God, we all praise you
| publisher = jsbachcantatas.com
| year = 2010
| access-date = 31 August 2022
}}
* {{cite web
| last = Oron
| first = Aryeh
| url = http://www.bach-cantatas.com/BWV130.htm
| title = Cantata BWV 130 Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir
| date = 2024
| website = Bach Cantatas Website
| access-date = 23 September 2024
}}
* {{cite book
| last = Rempp
| first = Frieder
| author-link = scores:Category:Rempp, Frieder
| date = 2003
| chapter = J.&nbsp;S. Bach oder ...&nbsp;? Zu zwei Johann Sebastian Bach zugeschriebenen Rezitativen aus einem apokryphen Kantatenpasticcio
| trans-chapter = J.&nbsp;S. Bach or ...&nbsp;? Regarding two recitatives, attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach, from an apocryphal cantata pasticcio
| chapter-url = https://journals.qucosa.de/ejournals/bjb/article/view/1770
| editor1-last = Schulze
| editor1-first = Hans-Joachim
| editor1-link = Hans-Joachim Schulze
| editor2-last = Wolff
| editor2-first = Christoph
| editor2-link = Christoph Wolff
| title = Bach-Jahrbuch 2003
| trans-title = Bach Yearbook 2003
| url = https://journals.qucosa.de/ejournals/bjb/issue/view/164
| series = [[Bach-Jahrbuch]]
| language = de
| volume = 89
| others = [[Neue Bachgesellschaft]]
| location = Leipzig
| publisher = [[Evangelische Verlagsanstalt]]
| pages = 233–250
| doi = 10.13141/bjb.v2003
| isbn = 3-374-02032-1
| issn = 0084-7682
}}
* {{Cite book
| last = Wolf
| first = Uwe
| author-link = Uwe Wolf
| url = https://www.carusmedia.com/images-intern/medien//30/3113000/3113000x.pdf
| chapter = Foreword
| title = Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir / Lord God, we praise thee all of us / BWV 130
| publisher = [[Carus-Verlag]]
| date = June 2015
| page = 4
| access-date = 23 September 2024
}}
* {{cite web
| last = Wolff
| first = Christoph
| author-link = Christoph Wolff
| url = http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Pic-Rec-BIG/Koopman-C13c%5BAM-3CD%5D.pdf
| title = Chorale Cantatas from the cycle of the Leipzig / church cantatas, 1724–25 (III)
| work = Bach Cantatas Website
| page = 9
| date = 2000
| access-date = 28 August 2012
}}
* {{cite web
| url = http://www.bach-cantatas.com/CM/Herr-Gott-loben-alle.htm
| title = Chorale Melodies used in Bach's Vocal Works / Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir
| work = Bach Cantatas Website
| date = 2006
| access-date = 25 September 2012
| ref = {{sfnref|Chorale melody|2006}}
}}
* {{cite web
| url = http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Texts/Chorale113-Eng3.htm
| title = Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir / Text and Translation of Chorale
| work = Bach Cantatas Website
| date = 2006
| access-date = 25 September 2012
| ref = {{sfnref|Chorale text|2006}}
}}
* {{cite web
| url = https://www.muziekweb.nl/en/Link/U00000620313/CLASSICAL/Cantata-for-soloists-4-choir-and-orchestra-BWV-130-%22Herr-Gott-dich-loben-alle-wir%22
| title = Cantata for soloists [4], choir and orchestra BWV.130, "Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir"
| website = [[Muziekweb]]
| date = 2024
| access-date = 24 September 2024
| ref = {{sfnref|Muziekweb|2024}}
}}
== External links ==
* {{IMSLP2|work=Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir, BWV 130 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)|cname=Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir, BWV 130 |work2=Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir, BWV Anh.31 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)|cname2=Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir, BWV Anh.&nbsp;31}}
* [https://www.emmanuelmusic.org/bach-notes/bwv-130 BWV 130 – "Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir"] Cantata notes, [[Emmanuel Music]]
* [http://www.uvm.edu/~classics/faculty/bach/BWV130.html BWV 130 Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir] English translation, [[University of Vermont]]
* [http://webdocs.cs.ualberta.ca/~wfb/cantatas/130.html BWV 130 Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir] text, scoring, [[University of Alberta]]
* [http://allofbach.com/en/bwv/bwv-130/ Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir, BWV 130]: performance by the [[Netherlands Bach Society]] (video and background information)
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