Bach composed this cantata to celebrate the appointment of Gottlieb Kortte as professor of Roman Law at Leipzig University. The librettist of the work is unknown: it may have been Picander, who had been providing libretti for Bach from at least the previous year when they collaborated on another academic cantata Zerreißet, zersprenget, zertrümmert die Gruft, BWV 205.
Date of composition | 1726 |
Premiered | 1726, December 11th in Leipzig, Germany |
Type | Secular Cantata |
Tonality | D Major |
Catalogue | BWV 207 |
Instruments |
4x
Voice
Chorus/Choir Orchestra |
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Jean-Sébastien Bach: Vereinigte Zwietracht der wechselnden Saiten en ré majeur, BWV 207 Johann Sebastian Bach: Vereinigte Zwietracht der wechselnden Saiten in re maggiore, BWV 207 Johann Sebastian Bach: Vereinigte Zwietracht der wechselnden Saiten D-dur, BWV 207 |