Die Elenden sollen essen (The miserable shall eat), BWV 75, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it for the first Sunday after Trinity and first performed it in Leipzig on 30 May 1723. The complex work in two parts of seven movements each marks the beginning of his first annual cycle of cantatas.
| Librettist | anonymous |
| Date of composition | 1723 in Leipzig, Germany |
| First published | 1870, unsure; in Leipzig, Germany |
| Type | Cantata |
| Tonality | G Major |
| Catalogue | BWV 75 |
| Approx. duration | 40 minutes |
| Spoken language | German |
| Instruments |
Voice (Soprano)
Voice (Alto) Voice (Tenor) Voice (Bass) Chorus/Choir Oboe Trumpet Strings Continuo |
| Autotranslations beta |
Jean-Sébastien Bach: Die Elenden sollen essen en sol majeur, BWV 75 ""The miserable shall eat"" Johann Sebastian Bach: Die Elenden sollen essen in sol maggiore, BWV 75 ""The miserable shall eat"" Johann Sebastian Bach: Die Elenden sollen essen G-dur, BWV 75 ""The miserable shall eat"" |