O ewiges Feuer, o Ursprung der Liebe (O eternal fire, o source of love), BWV 34, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in Leipzig in for Pentecost Sunday, based on an earlier wedding cantata, BWV 34a, beginning with the same line. Bach led the first performance on 1 June 1727.
| Original Name | O ewiges Feuer, o Ursprung der Liebe |
| Librettist | Anonymous Uses Psalm CXXVIII: 6 (No.5) (adapted from BWV 34a) |
| Date of composition | 1747 (1746–1747) |
| Premiered | 1727, June 1st in Leipzig, Germany |
| First published | 1857 (BGA) |
| Dedicated to | 1st day of Pentecost (Whit Sunday) |
| Type | Sacred Cantata |
| Tonality | D Major |
| Catalogue | BWV 34 |
| Spoken language | German |
| Instruments |
3x
Voice
Chorus/Choir Orchestra |
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| Autotranslations beta |
Jean-Sébastien Bach: O eternal fire, o source of love en ré majeur, BWV 34 Johann Sebastian Bach: O eternal fire, o source of love in re maggiore, BWV 34 Johann Sebastian Bach: O eternal fire, o source of love D-dur, BWV 34 |