Johann Sebastian Bach composed the church cantata Wer sich selbst erhöhet, der soll erniedriget werden (Whoever exalts himself, will be abased / KJV: For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased), BWV 47, in Leipzig for the 17th Sunday after Trinity and first performed it on 13 October 1726.

Original Name Wer sich selbst erhöhet
Librettist Johann Friedrich Helbig, from Auffmunterung zur Andacht (1720)
Date of composition 1726
Premiered 1726, October 13th in Leipzig, Germany
First published 1860 (BGA)
Type Sacred Cantata
Tonality G Minor
Catalogue BWV 47
Spoken language German
Instruments 2x Voice
Chorus/Choir
Orchestra
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Autotranslations beta Jean-Sébastien Bach: Whoever exalts himself, will be abased en sol mineur, BWV 47
Johann Sebastian Bach: Whoever exalts himself, will be abased in sol minore, BWV 47
Johann Sebastian Bach: Whoever exalts himself, will be abased g-moll, BWV 47