Bach wrote the cantata in his fourth year Bach in Leipzig for the 18th Sunday after Trinity. The prescribed readings for the Sunday were from the First Epistle to the Corinthians, Paul's thanks for grace of God in Ephesus (1 Corinthians 1:4–8), and from the Gospel of Matthew, the Great Commandment (Matthew 22:34–46).
Librettist | Martin Luther (1483-1546) (partly based on a lost oboe concerto (see BWV 1053R)) |
Date of composition | 1726 |
Premiered | 1726, October 20th in Leipzig, Germany |
Dedicated to | 18th Sunday after Trinity |
Type | Sacred Cantata |
Tonality | D Major |
Catalogue | BWV 169 |
Instruments |
Voice
Chorus/Choir Orchestra |
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Autotranslations beta |
Jean-Sébastien Bach: Gott soll allein mein Herze haben en ré majeur, BWV 169 Johann Sebastian Bach: Gott soll allein mein Herze haben in re maggiore, BWV 169 Johann Sebastian Bach: Gott soll allein mein Herze haben D-dur, BWV 169 |