Librettist Salomo Franck (1659-1725) (Nos.2, 4-6, 8) Psalm 40: 7-8 (No.3) Paul Stockmann (1603-1636) (No.7)
Date of composition 1728 (1714 (BC A 53 Fassung 1714); rev. 1714-1724 (BC A 53 Fassung vor Leipziger Variante), 1724 (BC A 172 Fassung 1724), ca. 1728 (BC A 172 Fassung Leipzig um 1728))
Premiered 1714, March 25th in Weimar, Germany
Dedicated to 6th Sunday in Lent (Palm Sunday) Feast of the Annunciation
Type Sacred Cantata
Tonality G Major
Catalogue BWV 182/2
Instruments 3x Voice
Chorus/Choir
Orchestra
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Autotranslations beta Jean-Sébastien Bach: Himmelskönig, sei willkommen en sol majeur, BWV 182/2
Johann Sebastian Bach: Himmelskönig, sei willkommen in sol maggiore, BWV 182/2
Johann Sebastian Bach: Himmelskönig, sei willkommen G-dur, BWV 182/2