{{Short description|Church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach}} {{Infobox Bach composition | title = {{lang|de|Siehe zu, daß deine Gottesfurcht nicht Heuchelei sei}} | bwv = 179 | type = Church cantata | image = BasilikaOttobeurenFresko07.JPG | caption = Fresco of Pharisee and tax collector | occasion = {{nowrap|Eleventh Sunday after Trinity}} | performed = {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1723|08|08|df=y}}|location=Leipzig}} | movements = six | composer=Johann Sebastian Bach | chorale = by Christoph Tietze | vocal = {{abbr|SATB|soprano, alto, tenor and bass}} choir and solo | instrumental = {{hlist | 2 oboes da caccia | 2 violins | viola | continuo }} }} Johann Sebastian Bach composed the church cantata '''{{lang|de|Siehe zu, daß deine Gottesfurcht nicht Heuchelei sei}}''' (See to it, that your fear of God be not hypocrisy),<ref name="Dellal" /> '''{{abbr|BWV|Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (catalogue of Bach's works)}}{{nbsp}}179''' in Leipzig for the eleventh Sunday after Trinity and first performed it on 8 August 1723.
== History and words ==
Bach composed the cantata in his first year in Leipzig, which he had started after Trinity of 1723, for the Eleventh Sunday after Trinity.<ref name="Dürr" /> The prescribed readings for the Sunday were from the First Epistle to the Corinthians, on the gospel of Christ and Paul's duty as an apostle ({{Sourcetext|source=Bible|version=King James|book=1 Corinthians|chapter=15|verse=1|range=–10}}), and from the Gospel of Luke, the parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector ({{Sourcetext|source=Bible|version=King James|book=Luke|chapter=18|verse=9|range=–14}}). The unknown poet stayed close to the gospel and alluded to several Bible passages. The cantata is opened by a line from {{Sourcetext|source=Bible|version=King James|book=Wisdom of Sirach|chapter=1|verse=29}}.<ref name="Dürr" /> the closing chorale is the first stanza of Christoph Tietze's hymn "Ich armer Mensch, ich armer Sünder" (1663).<ref name="chorale text" />
Bach first performed the cantata on 8 August 1723. Alfred Dürr assumes that ''Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut'', BWV 199, composed for the same occasion in Weimar, was also performed at the service.<ref name="Dürr" />
== Scoring and structure ==
The cantata in six movements is scored for soprano, tenor and bass soloists, a four-part choir, and a Baroque instrumental ensemble of two oboes da caccia, two violins, viola, and basso continuo.<ref name="Dürr" />
# Chorus: {{lang|de|Siehe zu, daß deine Gottesfurcht nicht Heuchelei sei|italic=no}} # Recitative (tenor): {{lang|de|Das heutge Christentum ist leider schlecht bestellt|italic=no}} # Aria (tenor): {{lang|de|Falscher Heuchler Ebenbild|italic=no}} # Recitative (bass): {{lang|de|Wer so von innen wie von außen ist|italic=no}} # Aria (soprano): {{lang|de|Liebster Gott, erbarme dich|italic=no}} # Chorale: {{lang|de|Ich armer Mensch, ich armer Sünder|italic=no}}
== Music == In the opening chorus the instruments go with the voices as in a motet. The words are set in a strict counter-fugue: each entrance is followed by an entrance in inversion. The sequence is concluded by a canonic imitation on a new theme: in the words "{{lang|de|und diene Gott nicht mit einem falschen Herzen|italic=no}}" (and do not serve God with a false heart)<ref name="Dellal" /> the falseness is expressed by chromaticism. A second expanded fugue presents even more complex counterpoint than the first.<ref name="Dürr" />
A secco recitative prepares the aria with an accompaniment of the two oboe da caccia and violin I in syncopation, which even the tenor voice picks up in the first part. It is not a da capo aria, as only the ritornello repeats the beginning. The final words of the second recitative end like an arioso to stress "{{lang|de|So kannst du Gnad und Hilfe finden!|italic=no}}" (so that you can find mercy and aid).<ref name="Dellal" /> The soprano aria expresses like a prayer "{{lang|de|Liebster Gott, erbarme dich|italic=no}}" (Beloved God, have mercy).<ref name="Dellal" /> The two oboes da caccia illustrate a movement of supplication even together with the soprano voice.<ref name="Dürr" />
The final chorale is sung on the melody of ""Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten", which Bach also used in his choral cantata BWV 93.<ref name="Dürr" /><ref name="chorale melody" />
Bach used the music of the opening chorus again for the Kyrie of his Missa in G major, the first aria for the {{lang|la|Quoniam|italic=no}} of that mass, and the second aria for the {{lang|de|Qui tollis|italic=no}} of the Missa in A major.<ref name="Crouch" />
== Performances == The cantata was performed at The Proms of 2007 with the Bach Collegium Japan and soloists Carolyn Sampson, Gerd Türk and Peter Kooy, conducted by Masaaki Suzuki.<ref name="Times" />
== Recordings == * ''Die Bach Kantate Vol. 46'', Helmuth Rilling, Gächinger Kantorei, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Arleen Augér, Kurt Equiluz, Wolfgang Schöne, Hänssler 1974 * ''Bach Cantatas Vol. 4 – Sundays after Trinity I'', Karl Richter, Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Edith Mathis, Peter Schreier, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Archiv Produktion 1977 * ''J. S. Bach: Das Kantatenwerk – Sacred Cantatas Vol. 9'', Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Tölzer Knabenchor, Concentus Musicus Wien, soloist of the Tölzer Knabenchor, Kurt Equiluz, Robert Holl, Teldec 1988 * ''J. S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 6'', Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Ruth Ziesak, Paul Agnew, Klaus Mertens, Antoine Marchand 1997 * ''J. S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 10'', Masaaki Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan, Miah Persson, Makoto Sakurada, Peter Kooy, BIS 1999 * ''J. S. Bach: Trinity Cantatas II'', John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Magdalena Kožená, Mark Padmore, Stephan Loges, Archiv Produktion 2000 * ''J. S. Bach: Cantatas for the Complete Liturgical Year Vol. 5'', Sigiswald Kuijken, La Petite Bande, Gerlinde Sämann, Jan Kobow, Jan van der Crabben, Accent 2006
== References == {{reflist | 25em | refs =
<ref name="Crouch">{{cite web | first = Simon | last = Crouch | url = http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/works/bachjs/cantatas/179.php | title = Cantata 179 | publisher = classical.net | year = 1998 | access-date = 8 August 2010 }}</ref>
<ref name="Dellal">{{cite web | last = Dellal | first = Pamela | author-link = Pamela Dellal | url = https://www.emmanuelmusic.org/bach-translations/bwv-179 | title = BWV 179 – Siehe zu, daß deine Gottesfurcht nicht Heuchelei sei | publisher = Emmanuel Music | access-date = 7 September 2022 }}</ref>
<ref name="Dürr">{{cite book | last = Dürr | first = Alfred | author-link = Alfred Dürr | title = Die Kantaten von Johann Sebastian Bach | year = 1981 | publisher = Deutscher Taschenbuchverlag | isbn = 3-423-04080-7 | volume = 1 | edition = 4 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/diekantatenvonjo0002durr/page/409 409–411] | language = de | url = https://archive.org/details/diekantatenvonjo0002durr/page/409 }}</ref>
<ref name="chorale text">{{cite web | url = http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Texts/Chorale025-Eng3.htm | title = Ich armer Mensch, ich armer Sünder / Text and Translation of Chorale | publisher = Bach Cantatas Website | year = 2005 | access-date = 17 August 2012 }}</ref>
<ref name="chorale melody">{{cite web | url = http://www.bach-cantatas.com/CM/Wer-nur-den-lieben-Gott.htm | title = Chorale Melodies used in Bach's Vocal Works / Ich armer Mensch, ich armer Sünder | publisher = Bach Cantatas Website | year = 2009 | access-date = 17 August 2012 }}</ref>
<ref name="Times">{{cite web | url = http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article2065786.ece | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110615132916/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article2065786.ece | url-status = dead | archive-date = June 15, 2011 | title = Full Proms listings 2007 | work = The Times | date = 12 July 2007 | access-date = 8 August 2010 }}</ref>
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== Sources == * {{IMSLP2|work=Siehe zu, dass deine Gottesfurcht, BWV 179 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)|cname=Siehe zu, dass deine Gottesfurcht, BWV 179}} * [http://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000217?lang=en Siehe zu, dass deine Gottesfurcht nicht Heuchelei sei BWV 179; BC A 121 / Sacred cantata (11th Sunday after Trinity)] Bach Digital * [http://www.bach-cantatas.com/BWV179.htm Siehe zu, daß deine Gottesfurcht nicht Heuchelei sei] history, scoring, sources for text and music, translations to various languages, discography, discussion, Bach Cantatas Website * [http://www.uvm.edu/~classics/faculty/bach/BWV179.html BWV 179 Siehe zu, daß deine Gottesfurcht nicht Heuchelei sei] English translation, University of Vermont * [http://webdocs.cs.ualberta.ca/~wfb/cantatas/179.html BWV 179 Siehe zu, daß deine Gottesfurcht nicht Heuchelei sei] text, scoring, University of Alberta * Luke Dahn: [http://www.bach-chorales.com/BWV0179_6.htm BWV 179.6] bach-chorales.com
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