Johann Sebastian Bach composed the church cantata Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit (Were God not with us at this time), BWV 14, in Leipzig in 1735 for the fourth Sunday after Epiphany and first performed it on 30 January 1735, a few weeks after his Christmas Oratorio. The cantata, in Bach's chorale cantata format, is based on Martin Luther's hymn "Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit". Its text paraphrases Psalm 124, focussing on the thought that the believers' life depends on God's help and is lost without it.
| Original Name | Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit |
| Librettist | Martin Luther (Chorale) |
| Date of composition | 1735 |
| Premiered | 1735, January 30th in Leipzig, Germany |
| First published | 1852 (BGA) |
| Dedicated to | 4th Sunday after Epiphany |
| Type | Sacred Cantata |
| Tonality | G Minor |
| Catalogue | BWV 14 |
| Spoken language | German |
| Instruments |
3x
Voice
Chorus/Choir Orchestra |
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| Autotranslations beta |
Jean-Sébastien Bach: Were God not with us at this time en sol mineur, BWV 14 Johann Sebastian Bach: Were God not with us at this time in sol minore, BWV 14 Johann Sebastian Bach: Were God not with us at this time g-moll, BWV 14 |