The prescribed readings for the Sunday were from the Book of Revelation, Michael fighting the dragon (Revelation 12:7–12), and from the Gospel of Matthew, heaven belongs to the children, the angels see the face of God (Matthew 18:1–11). The text of the cantata was written by Christian Friedrich Henrici, better known as Picander, who includes as the closing chorale a stanza from a hymn by Christoph Demantius.
| Original Name | Es erhub sich ein Streit |
| Librettist | Christian Friedrich Henrici (1700-1764) as Picander Reworked by Bach? |
| Date of composition | 1726 |
| Premiered | 1726, September 29th in Leipzig, Germany |
| First published | 1852 (BGA) |
| Dedicated to | Feast of St. Michael the Archangel |
| Type | Sacred Cantata |
| Tonality | C Major |
| Catalogue | BWV 19 |
| Spoken language | German |
| Instruments |
3x
Voice
Chorus/Choir Orchestra |
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| Autotranslations beta |
Jean-Sébastien Bach: There arose a great strife en do majeur, BWV 19 Johann Sebastian Bach: There arose a great strife in do maggiore, BWV 19 Johann Sebastian Bach: There arose a great strife C-dur, BWV 19 |