Darzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes (For this the Son of God appeared), BWV 40, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in 1723, his first year in Leipzig, for the Second Day of Christmas, and first performed it on 26 December that year in both main churches, Thomaskirche and Nikolaikirche. It was the first Christmas cantata Bach composed for Leipzig. The title of the cantata also appears in more modern German as Dazu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes.

Original Name Dazu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes
Librettist (partly re-used in BWV 233)
Date of composition 1723
Premiered 1723, December 26th in Leipzig, Germany
First published 1857 (BGA)* *Selections published earlier in collections
Dedicated to 2nd day of Christmas
Type Sacred Cantata
Tonality F Major
Catalogue BWV 40
Spoken language German
Instruments 3x Voice
Chorus/Choir
Orchestra
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Autotranslations beta Jean-Sébastien Bach: For this the Son of God appeared en fa majeur, BWV 40
Johann Sebastian Bach: For this the Son of God appeared in fa maggiore, BWV 40
Johann Sebastian Bach: For this the Son of God appeared F-dur, BWV 40