Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt (God so loved the world), BWV 68, is a cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach, a church cantata for the second day of Pentecost. Bach composed the cantata in Leipzig and first performed it on 21 May 1725. It is one of nine cantatas on texts by Christiana Mariana von Ziegler, which Bach composed at the end of his second annual cycle of cantatas in Leipzig. In a unique structure among Bach's church cantatas, it begins with a chorale and ends with a complex choral movement on a quotation from the Gospel of John. Bach derived the two arias from his Hunting Cantata.
| Librettist | Christiane Mariane von Ziegler (and Salomo Liscow;) |
| Date of composition | 1725 in Leipzig, Germany |
| First published | 1855-1868 in Leipzig, Germany |
| Type | Cantata |
| Tonality | D Minor |
| Catalogue | BWV 68 |
| Approx. duration | 20 minutes |
| Spoken language | German |
| Instruments |
Voice (Soprano)
Voice (Bass) Chorus/Choir Horn Cornetto Trombone Strings Continuo |
| Autotranslations beta |
Jean-Sébastien Bach: Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt en ré mineur, BWV 68 ""God so loved the world"" Johann Sebastian Bach: Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt in re minore, BWV 68 ""God so loved the world"" Johann Sebastian Bach: Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt d-moll, BWV 68 ""God so loved the world"" |