Christen, ätzet diesen Tag (Christians, engrave this day), BWV 63, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed the Christmas cantata for the First Day of Christmas, possibly in 1713 for the Liebfrauenkirche in Halle. He performed it again for his first Christmas as Thomaskantor in Leipzig, on 25 December 1723.
| Original Name | Christen, ätzet diesen Tag |
| Librettist | Perhaps Johann Michael Heineccius (1674-1722) |
| Date of composition | 1714 (1714–15, rev. 1729?) |
| Premiered | 1714, December 25th in Weimar, Germany |
| First published | 1868 (BGA) |
| Dedicated to | Christmas Day |
| Type | Sacred Cantata |
| Tonality | C Major |
| Catalogue | BWV 63 |
| Spoken language | German |
| Instruments |
4x
Voice
Chorus/Choir Orchestra |
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| Autotranslations beta |
Jean-Sébastien Bach: Christians, etch this Day en do majeur, BWV 63 Johann Sebastian Bach: Christians, etch this Day in do maggiore, BWV 63 Johann Sebastian Bach: Christians, etch this Day C-dur, BWV 63 |