Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen (Weeping, lamenting, worrying, fearing), BWV 12, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in Weimar for Jubilate, the third Sunday after Easter, and led the first performance on 22 April 1714 in the Schlosskirche, the court chapel of the Schloss in Weimar.
| Librettist | Salomo Franck |
| Date of composition | 1714 (revised in 1724;) in Weimar, Germany |
| First published | 1852 in Leipzig, Germany |
| Type | Cantata |
| Tonality | F Minor |
| Catalogue | BWV 12 |
| Approx. duration | 28 minutes |
| Spoken language | German |
| Instruments |
Voice (Tenor)
Voice (Alto) Voice (Bass) Oboe Bassoon Trumpet Strings Continuo Chorus/Choir |
| Arrangements |
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Franz Liszt: Variations on Bach's Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen and Crucifixus from the Mass in B minor, S. 180
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| Autotranslations beta |
Jean-Sébastien Bach: Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen en fa mineur, BWV 12 ""Weeping, lamenting, worrying, fearing"" Johann Sebastian Bach: Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen in fa minore, BWV 12 ""Weeping, lamenting, worrying, fearing"" Johann Sebastian Bach: Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen f-moll, BWV 12 ""Weeping, lamenting, worrying, fearing"" |