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{{Short description|Church cantata}}
{{Other uses| Ich weiß, daß mein Erlöser lebt (disambiguation)}}
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'''''{{lang|de|Ich weiß, daß mein Erlöser lebt}}''''' (I know that my Redeemer lives), [[TWV]]&nbsp;1:877, [[BWV]]&nbsp;160, is a [[church cantata]] composed around 1725 by [[Georg Philipp Telemann]] for [[Easter Sunday]], formerly attributed to [[Johann Sebastian Bach]].<ref name=bd>{{cite web|title=Ich weiß, dass mein Erlöser lebt|url=https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000194|website=[[Bach Digital]]|access-date=21 January 2017}}</ref>
== History ==
A manuscript copy from the 18th century by Bach's student [[Heinrich Nikolaus Gerber]] identified Bach as the composer of the work, and on this basis it was published as Bach's in the 19th century, and given the number 160 in the ''[[Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis]]''.<ref name =bd /> Other 18th-century manuscripts attributed the work to Telemann: authenticated as a work by this composer the piece was assigned the number 1:877 in the ''[[Telemann-Werke-Verzeichnis]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/composition/cantata-no-160-ich-weiss-dass-mein-erl%C3%B6ser-lebt-by-telemann-twv-1877-bwv-160-mc0002393560|access-date=30 May 2014|publisher=AllMusic|title=Cantata No 160}}</ref> It is one of the works that Bach had copied out so that he could perform it as part of his [[Thomaskantor|employment]] in Leipzig.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Turner|first1=Ryan|title=Bach Cantata Notes - Georg Philipp Telemann Ich weiß, das mein Erlöser lebt TWV 1:877|url=http://emmanuelmusic.org/notes_translations/notes_cantata/n_bwv160.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200208003036/http://emmanuelmusic.org/notes_translations/notes_cantata/n_bwv160.htm|archive-date=8 February 2020|website=Emmanuel Music|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Structure ==
The piece is a solo cantata with lyrics by [[Erdmann Neumeister]]. It is scored for solo [[tenor]] voice, [[violin]], [[bassoon]], and [[basso continuo]]. It has five movements (all in the key of C major), alternating between [[aria]]s and [[recitative]]s.<ref name=bc>{{cite web|url=http://www.bach-cantatas.com/BWV160.htm|title=Cantata BWV 160 Ich weiß, daß mein Erloser lebt|website=Bach Cantatas Website|access-date=14 December 2012}}</ref>
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! scope="col" | No.
! scope="col" | Type
! scope="col" | Text
! scope="col" | Time
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! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | [[#1|1]]
| Aria || ''{{lang|de|Ich weiß, daß mein Erlöser lebt}}'' || 3/4
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | [[#2|2]]
| Recitative || ''{{lang|de|Er lebt und ist von Todten auferstanden!}}'' || {{music|common-time}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | [[#3|3]]
| Aria || ''{{lang|de|Gott Lob, Gott Lob}}'' || {{music|common-time}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | [[#4|4]]
| Recitative || ''{{lang|de|So biet' ich allen Teufeln Trutz!}}'' || {{music|common-time}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | [[#5|5]]
| Aria || ''{{lang|de|Nun, ich halte mich bereit}}'' || {{music|common-time}}
|-
|}
== Recordings ==
* Heidelberger Kammerorchester, Heinz Markus Göttsche. ''J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 55, BWV 160 & BWV 189''. Oryx, 1968.
* [[Kammerorchester Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach]], [[Peter Schreier]]. ''J.S. Bach: Solo-Kantaten und Arien''. Philips, 1994.
* RIAS-Kammerorchester, [[Karl Ristenpart]]. ''The RIAS Bach Cantatas Project''. Audite, 1950.
== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMSLP2|work=Ich weiss, dass mein Erlöser lebt, TWV 1:877 (Telemann, Georg Philipp)|cname=Ich weiss, dass mein Erlöser lebt, TWV 1:877}}
* [http://www.bach-cantatas.com/BWV160.htm BWV 160]: Text, translations and discussion at the Bach Cantatas Website.
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