Erschallet, ihr Lieder, erklinget, ihr Saiten!, BWV 172, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach, composed in Weimar in 1714 for Pentecost Sunday. Bach led the first performance on 20 May 1714 in the Schlosskirche, the court chapel in the ducal Schloss. Erschallet, ihr Lieder is an early work in a genre to which he later contributed complete cantata cycles for all occasions of the liturgical year. The title, pronounced [ˌɛɐ̯ˈʃalət iːɐ̯ ˈliːdɐ ɛɐ̯ˈklɪŋət iːɐ̯ ˈzaɪ̯tn̩], translates as "Ring out, you songs; sound, you strings!"
| Librettist | Salomo Franck (1659-1725) (Nos.1, 3-5) John 14: 23 (No.2) Philipp Nicolai (1566-1608) (No.6) (second version) |
| Date of composition | 1714 in Leipzig, Germany |
| Premiered | 1724, May 28th in Leipzig, Germany |
| First published | 1888 (BGA) |
| Dedicated to | 1st day of Pentecost (Whit Sunday) |
| Type | Sacred Cantata |
| Tonality | C Major |
| Catalogue | BWV 172/2 |
| Instruments |
Voice
Chorus/Choir Orchestra |
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Jean-Sébastien Bach: Erschallet, ihr Lieder en do majeur, BWV 172/2 Johann Sebastian Bach: Erschallet, ihr Lieder in do maggiore, BWV 172/2 Johann Sebastian Bach: Erschallet, ihr Lieder C-dur, BWV 172/2 |