Bach wrote the cantata in his second year in Leipzig, when he composed an annual cycle of chorale cantatas. For the 14th Sunday after Trinity, 10 September 1724, he chose the chorale of Johann Rist (1641) in 12 stanzas. Rist set the words and probably also the melody. An unknown librettist wrote the poetry for seven movements, keeping the first and last stanza and quoting some of the original lines as part of his own writing in the other movements. Movement 2 corresponds to stanza 2 of the chorale, 6 to 11, 3 to 3–5, 4 to 6–7, and 5 to 8–10.
Original Name | Jesu, der du meine Seele |
Date of composition | 1724 |
Premiered | 1724, September 10th |
First published | 1870 (BGA) |
Dedicated to | 14th Sunday after Trinity |
Type | Sacred Cantata |
Tonality | G Minor |
Catalogue | BWV 78 |
Spoken language | German |
Instruments |
4x
Voice
Chorus/Choir Orchestra |
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Autotranslations beta |
Jean-Sébastien Bach: Jesus, by whom my soul en sol mineur, BWV 78 Johann Sebastian Bach: Jesus, by whom my soul in sol minore, BWV 78 Johann Sebastian Bach: Jesus, by whom my soul g-moll, BWV 78 |