Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn (You true God and Son of David), BWV 23, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in Köthen between 1717 and 1723 for Quinquagesima Sunday and performed it as an audition piece for the position of Thomaskantor in Leipzig on 7 February 1723. The Sunday was the last occasion for music at church before the quiet time of Lent.
| Original Name | Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn |
| Date of composition | 1724 (1723, rev. 1724) |
| Premiered | 1723, February 7th in Leipzig, Germany |
| First published | 1855 (BGA) |
| Dedicated to | Quinquagesima Sunday (Estomihi) |
| Type | Sacred Cantata |
| Tonality | C Minor |
| Catalogue | BWV 23 |
| Spoken language | German |
| Instruments |
3x
Voice
Chorus/Choir Orchestra |
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| Autotranslations beta |
Jean-Sébastien Bach: You true God and Son of David en do mineur, BWV 23 Johann Sebastian Bach: You true God and Son of David in do minore, BWV 23 Johann Sebastian Bach: You true God and Son of David c-moll, BWV 23 |