Widerstehe doch der Sünde (Just resist sin), BWV 54, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed the solo cantata for alto in Weimar between 1711 and 1714, and probably performed it on the seventh Sunday after Trinity, 15 July 1714. It is Bach's first extant church cantata for a solo voice.
Librettist | Georg Christian Lehms |
Date of composition | 1714 in Weimar, Germany |
First published | 1863 in Leipzig, Germany |
Type | Cantata |
Tonality | E-flat Major |
Catalogue | BWV 54 |
Approx. duration | 14 minutes |
Spoken language | German |
Instruments |
Voice (Alto)
Strings Continuo |
Autotranslations beta |
Jean-Sébastien Bach: Widerstehe doch der Sünde en mi bémol majeur, BWV 54 ""Resist sin indeed"" Johann Sebastian Bach: Widerstehe doch der Sünde in mi bemolle maggiore, BWV 54 ""Resist sin indeed"" Johann Sebastian Bach: Widerstehe doch der Sünde Es-dur, BWV 54 ""Resist sin indeed"" |