Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen ("I will the cross-staff gladly carry" or "I will gladly carry the Cross" ), BWV 56, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed the solo cantata for bass in Leipzig for the 19th Sunday after Trinity Sunday and first performed it on 27 October 1726. The cantata is regarded as part of Bach's third annual cycle of cantatas for all occasions of the liturgical year, and one of few works for which Bach himself used the term cantata.
Original Name | Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen |
Date of composition | 1726 |
Premiered | 1726, October 27th in Leipzig, Germany |
First published | 1863 (BGA) |
Dedicated to | 19th Sunday after Trinity |
Type | Sacred Cantata |
Tonality | G Minor |
Catalogue | BWV 56 |
Spoken language | German |
Instruments |
Voice
Chorus/Choir Orchestra |
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Autotranslations beta |
Jean-Sébastien Bach: I would gladly carry the Cross-beam en sol mineur, BWV 56 Johann Sebastian Bach: I would gladly carry the Cross-beam in sol minore, BWV 56 Johann Sebastian Bach: I would gladly carry the Cross-beam g-moll, BWV 56 |