Bach wrote the cantata in 1724, his second year as Thomaskantor in Leipzig, for New Year's Day. The feast also celebrated the naming and circumcision of Jesus. The prescribed readings for the feast day were from the Epistle to the Galatians, by faith we inherit (Galatians 3:23–29), and from the Gospel of Luke, the Circumcision and naming of Jesus (Luke 2:21).
| Original Name | Jesu, nun sei gepreiset |
| Librettist | Johannes Hermann (1515-1593) (Nos.1, 6) Anonymous (Nos.2-5) |
| Date of composition | 1724 in Leipzig, Germany |
| Premiered | 1725, January 1st in Leipzig, Germany |
| First published | 1860 (BGA) |
| Dedicated to | Christ's Circumcision (New Year's Day) |
| Type | Sacred Cantata |
| Tonality | C Major |
| Catalogue | BWV 41 |
| Spoken language | German |
| Instruments |
4x
Voice
Chorus/Choir Orchestra |
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| Autotranslations beta |
Jean-Sébastien Bach: Jesus, now be praised en do majeur, BWV 41 Johann Sebastian Bach: Jesus, now be praised in do maggiore, BWV 41 Johann Sebastian Bach: Jesus, now be praised C-dur, BWV 41 |