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{{Infobox Bach composition
| title                 = {{lang|de|Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied}}
| bwv                   = {{hlist|190.2 | 190a}}
| image                 = Augsburger-Reichstag.jpg
| caption               = ''Diet of Augsburg'' by [[Christian Beyer]]
| occasion              = 200th anniversary of the [[Augsburg Confession]]
| type                  = [[Church cantata (Bach)|Church cantata]]
| performed             = {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1730|06|25|df=y}}|location=[[St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig]]}}
| movements             = 7
| text_poet             = {{nowrap|[[Picander]]}}
| chorale               = [[Martin Luther]]
| vocal                 = [[SATB|{{abbr|SATB|soprano, alto, tenor and bass}}]] choir and ATB solo
| instrumental          = {{hlist | 3 trumpets | timpani | 3 oboes | bassoon | 2 violins | viola | continuo }}
| composer=[[Johann Sebastian Bach]]}}
'''{{lang|de|Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied}}''' (Sing a new song to the Lord), [[BWV]] 90.2, '''BWV{{nbsp}}190a''',<ref>Work {{BDW|0231}} at [[Bach Digital]] website.</ref> is a [[Bach cantata|cantata]] by [[Johann Sebastian Bach]]. The work was written in 1730 in commemoration of the [[Augsburg Confession]].
== History and text ==
Bach adapted this cantata from {{lang|de|[[Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 190|''Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied'', BWV 190]] |italic=unset}}, for the 200th anniversary of the [[Augsburg Confession]]. It uses a text by [[Picander]], published in 1732 in {{lang|de|Ernst-Schertzhaffte und Satyrische Gedichte}} part 3, in Leipzig. The first movement adapts words from Psalms [[Psalm 149|149]] and [[Psalm 150|150]].<ref name=bc>{{cite web|url=http://www.bach-cantatas.com/BWV190a.htm|accessdate=23 July 2013|website=Bach Cantatas Website|title=Cantata BWV 190a}}</ref> The second movement is based on the beginning of [[Martin Luther]]'s German Te Deum, "{{lang|de|[[Herr Gott, dich loben wir]]|italic=no}}".
The closing chorale was the third stanza of Luther's "{{lang|de|[[Es woll uns Gott genädig sein]]|italic=no}}" (1523).<ref>{{cite web| author = Ambrose, Z. Philip| url = http://www.uvm.edu/~classics/faculty/bach/BWV190a.html| title = BWV 190a Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied| publisher = [[University of Vermont]]| accessdate = 23 July 2013}}</ref>
The cantata's music is lost. [[Diethard Hellmann]] wrote a reconstruction in 1972.
== Structure ==
The work has seven movements:
# Chorus: {{lang|de|Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied|italic=no}}
# Chorale and recitative (alto, tenor, bass): {{lang|de|Herr Gott, dich loben wir|italic=no}}
# Aria (alto): {{lang|de|Lobe, Zion, deinen Gott|italic=no}}
# Recitative (bass): {{lang|de|Herr, wenn dein Evangelium|italic=no}}
# Aria (tenor, bass): {{lang|de|Selig sind wir durch das Wort|italic=no}}
# Recitative (tenor): {{lang|de|Nun Gott, wir opfern dir|italic=no}}
# Chorale: {{lang|de|Es danke, Gott, und lobe dich|italic=no}}
== Recordings ==
*[[Bachchor Mainz|Bachchor]] und Bachorchester Mainz, [[Diethard Hellmann]]. ''Bach Kantaten, Vol. 1: BWV 190a, BWV 84, BWV 89, BWV 27''. DdM-Records Mitterteich, 1998.
== References ==
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