The cantata is based on a text by Erdmann Neumeister published in 1711. While at Weimar Bach set at least one other cantata text by this librettist; he also set others by the court poet Salomon Franck. The text cites Isaiah, related to the gospel, the parable of the Sower. The third movement is in the style of a sermon, combined with a litany by Martin Luther. The closing chorale is the eighth stanza of Lazarus Spengler's hymn "Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt".
| Original Name | Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fällt |
| Librettist | Isaiah 55: 10-12 (No.2) Erdmann Neumeister (1671-1756) (Nos.3-4) Lazarus Spengler (1479-1534) (No.5) (partly re-used in BWV 233) |
| Date of composition | 1724 (1713–1714, rev. 1724) |
| Premiered | 1724, February 13th in Leipzig, Germany |
| First published | 1852 (BGA) |
| Dedicated to | Sexagesima Sunday |
| Type | Sacred Cantata |
| Tonality | G Minor |
| Catalogue | BWV 18 |
| Spoken language | German |
| Instruments |
3x
Voice
Chorus/Choir Orchestra |
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Jean-Sébastien Bach: Just as the rain and snow fall from heaven en sol mineur, BWV 18 Johann Sebastian Bach: Just as the rain and snow fall from heaven in sol minore, BWV 18 Johann Sebastian Bach: Just as the rain and snow fall from heaven g-moll, BWV 18 |