Der Friede sei mit dir (Peace be with you), BWV 158, is the shortest of the cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach and features a bass soloist. It survives as a cantata for the third day of Easter but might be a fragment of a work originally written for Purification. Given this background, and the fact that it was copied by Christian Friedrich Penzel, one of Bach's last students, there is a confusing variety of proposed composition dates. It may date back to Bach's Weimar period, although a date as late as 1735 has been suggested.
| Librettist | Anonymous (Salomo Franck (1659-1725)) (Nos.1, 3) Johann Georg Albinus (1624-1679) (No.2) Martin Luther (1483-1546) (No.4) (based on BWV 158a) |
| Date of composition | 1735 (1732-1735) |
| Premiered | 1727, April 15th |
| First published | 1886 (BGA) |
| Dedicated to | Feast of Purification of Mary 3rd day of Easter (Easter Tuesday) |
| Type | Sacred Cantata |
| Tonality | D Major |
| Catalogue | BWV 158a |
| Autotranslations beta |
Jean-Sébastien Bach: Der Friede sei mit dir en ré majeur, BWV 158a "Peace be with you" Johann Sebastian Bach: Der Friede sei mit dir in re maggiore, BWV 158a "Peace be with you" Johann Sebastian Bach: Der Friede sei mit dir D-dur, BWV 158a "Peace be with you" |