Bach wrote the cantata in his second year in Leipzig for Pentecost Tuesday. In this second year Bach had composed chorale cantatas between the first Sunday after Trinity and Palm Sunday, but for Easter returned to cantatas on more varied texts, possibly because he lost his librettist. Nine of his cantatas for the period between Easter and Pentecost are based on texts of Christiana Mariana von Ziegler. Bach later assigned most of them, including this cantata, to his third annual cycle.
| Librettist | (John 10: 3 (No.1) Christiana Mariana von Ziegler (1695-1760) (Nos.2-5) John 10: 6 (No.5) Anonymous? (No.6) Johann Rist (1607-1667) (No.7)) |
| Date of composition | 1725 in Leipzig, Germany |
| Premiered | 1725, May 22nd in Leipzig, Germany |
| First published | 1888 (BGA) |
| Dedicated to | 3rd day of Pentecost (Whit Tuesday) |
| Type | Sacred Cantata |
| Tonality | G Major |
| Catalogue | BWV 175 |
| Instruments |
3x
Voice
Chorus/Choir Orchestra |
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Jean-Sébastien Bach: Er rufet seinen Schafen mit Namen en sol majeur, BWV 175 Johann Sebastian Bach: Er rufet seinen Schafen mit Namen in sol maggiore, BWV 175 Johann Sebastian Bach: Er rufet seinen Schafen mit Namen G-dur, BWV 175 |