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 |