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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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 |