Es ist ein trotzig und verzagt Ding (There is something defiant and fainthearted), BWV 176, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in Leipzig for Trinity Sunday on a text by Christiana Mariana von Ziegler and first performed it on 27 May 1725, concluding his second year of cantata compositions in Leipzig.
| Librettist | Jeremiah 17: 9 (No.1) Christiana Mariana von Ziegler (Nos.2-5) Paul Gerhardt (1607-1676) (No.6) |
| Date of composition | 1725 in Leipzig, Germany |
| Premiered | 1725, May 27th in Leipzig, Germany |
| First published | 1888 (BGA) |
| Dedicated to | Trinity Sunday |
| Type | Sacred Cantata |
| Tonality | C Minor |
| Catalogue | BWV 176 |
| Instruments |
3x
Voice
Chorus/Choir Orchestra |
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Jean-Sébastien Bach: Es ist ein trotzig und verzagt Ding en do mineur, BWV 176 Johann Sebastian Bach: Es ist ein trotzig und verzagt Ding in do minore, BWV 176 Johann Sebastian Bach: Es ist ein trotzig und verzagt Ding c-moll, BWV 176 |