Die Elenden sollen essen (The miserable shall eat), BWV 75, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it for the first Sunday after Trinity and first performed it in Leipzig on 30 May 1723. The complex work in two parts of seven movements each marks the beginning of his first annual cycle of cantatas.
| Original Name | Die Elenden sollen essen |
| Librettist | Psalm XXII: 26 (No.1) Anonymous (Nos.2-6, 8-13) Samuel Rodigast (1649-1708) (Nos.7, 14) |
| Date of composition | 1723 |
| Premiered | 1723, May 23rd in Leipzig, Germany |
| First published | 1870 |
| Dedicated to | 1st Sunday after Trinity |
| Type | Sacred Cantata |
| Tonality | E Minor |
| Catalogue | BWV 75 |
| Spoken language | German |
| Instruments |
4x
Voice
Chorus/Choir Orchestra |
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| Autotranslations beta |
Jean-Sébastien Bach: The Poor shall Eat en mi mineur, BWV 75 Johann Sebastian Bach: The Poor shall Eat in mi minore, BWV 75 Johann Sebastian Bach: The Poor shall Eat e-moll, BWV 75 |