Bach composed the cantata in his second year as Thomaskantor in Leipzig for the Sunday after Christmas. The prescribed readings for the Sunday were from the Epistle to the Galatians, "through Christ we are free from the law" (Galatians 4:1–7), and from the Gospel of Luke, Simeon and Anna talking to Mary (Luke 2:33–40). The chorale cantata is based on a hymn by Cyriakus Schneegaß (1597) with the same title as the cantata. The librettist is unknown.
Librettist | Cyriakus Schneegass (1546-1597)(Hymn) |
Date of composition | 1724 |
Premiered | 1724, December 31st in Leipzig, Germany |
Dedicated to | 1st Sunday after Christmas |
Type | Sacred Cantata |
Tonality | G Minor |
Catalogue | BWV 122 |
Spoken language | German |
Instruments |
4x
Voice
Chorus/Choir Orchestra |
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Autotranslations beta |
Jean-Sébastien Bach: Das neugeborne Kindelein en sol mineur, BWV 122 Johann Sebastian Bach: Das neugeborne Kindelein in sol minore, BWV 122 Johann Sebastian Bach: Das neugeborne Kindelein g-moll, BWV 122 |