In his fourth year as Thomaskantor in Leipzig, Bach performed 18 cantatas composed by his relative Johann Ludwig Bach, a court musician in Meiningen. He then set some of the texts himself, including this cantata, written probably by Ernst Ludwig, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen. They follow a pattern: seven movements are divided in two parts, both beginning with biblical quotations, Part I from the Old Testament, Part II from the New Testament.
| Original Name | Wer Dank opfert, der preiset mich |
| Librettist | Psalm L: 23 (No.1) Anonymous (Nos.2-3, 5-6) Luke 17: 15-16 (No.4) Johann Gramann (1487-1541) (No.7) (partly re-used in BWV 236) |
| Date of composition | 1726 |
| Premiered | 1726, September 22nd in Leipzig, Germany |
| First published | 1852 (BGA) |
| Dedicated to | 14th Sunday after Trinity |
| Type | Sacred Cantata |
| Tonality | A Major |
| Catalogue | BWV 17 |
| Spoken language | German |
| Instruments |
4x
Voice
Chorus/Choir Orchestra |
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| Autotranslations beta |
Jean-Sébastien Bach: He who offers thanks praises Me en la majeur, BWV 17 Johann Sebastian Bach: He who offers thanks praises Me in la maggiore, BWV 17 Johann Sebastian Bach: He who offers thanks praises Me A-dur, BWV 17 |