Bach composed the cantata in Leipzig for the first Sunday after Easter, called Quasimodogeniti. He composed it in his second annual cycle, which consisted of chorale cantatas since the first Sunday after Trinity of 1724. Bach ended the sequence on Palm Sunday of 1725, this cantata is not a chorale cantata and the only cantata in the second cycle to begin with an extended sinfonia.
| Librettist | Anonymous |
| Date of composition | 1725 in Leipzig, Germany |
| First published | 1860 in Leipzig, Germany |
| Type | Cantata |
| Catalogue | BWV 42 |
| Approx. duration | 33 minutes |
| Spoken language | German |
| Instruments |
Voice (Soprano)
Voice (Alto) Voice (Tenor) Voice (Bass) Chorus/Choir Oboe Bassoon Strings Continuo |
| Autotranslations beta |
Jean-Sébastien Bach: Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbatas, BWV 42 ""On the evening, however, of the same Sabbath"" Johann Sebastian Bach: Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbatas, BWV 42 ""On the evening, however, of the same Sabbath"" Johann Sebastian Bach: Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbatas, BWV 42 ""On the evening, however, of the same Sabbath"" |