List of chorale harmonisations by Johann Sebastian Bach

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BWV 364, Johann Sebastian Bach's chorale harmonisation of the hymn Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der den Tod uberwand Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der den Tod uberwand (Bach).jpg
BWV 364, Johann Sebastian Bach's chorale harmonisation of the hymn Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der den Tod überwand

Johann Sebastian Bach's chorale harmonisations, alternatively named four-part chorales, are Lutheran hymn settings that characteristically conform to the following:

Contents

Around 400 of such chorale settings by Bach, mostly composed in the first four decades of the 18th century, are extant:

Apart from homophonic choral settings, Bach's Lutheran hymn harmonisations also appear as:

History

The compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach that had been printed during his lifetime were nearly exclusively instrumental works. Moreover, by the time Bach died in 1750 it was forgotten that a few of his vocal works (BWV 71, BWV 439–507,...) had indeed been printed in the first half of the 18th century. [1] In the period between the publication of The Art of Fugue in the early 1750s, and the publication of further works from 1900, only one group of Bach's works was published: his four-part chorales.

The most complete 18th century publication of chorales by J. S. Bach is Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's edition in four volumes, published by Breitkopf from 1784 to 1787. About half of the chorale harmonisations in this collection have their origin in other extant works by Bach. This collection went through four more editions and countless reprintings until 1897. Several other collections of chorales by J. S. Bach were published, some of these using the original C-clefs or different texts.

The loss of musical material from Bach's death to the first printings of chorale collections may have been substantial. Not only are many works the chorales were extracted from no longer extant but there is no way of knowing how much of all the harmonisations that were once compiled the current collections include. For example, there is no way of knowing how many of the 150 harmonisations first proposed for sale in 1764 also appear in Princess Anna Amalia's manuscript which ultimately forms the basis of the Breitkopf edition. As to the chorale melodies with figured bass, current collections include less than one hundred of them whereas those proposed for sale in 1764 numbered 240.

The chorale harmonisations BWV 250–438 were probably all extracted from lost larger vocal works. For six of them the work they have been derived from has been identified. Bach's chorale harmonisations are all for a four-part choir (SATB), but Riemenschneider's and Terry's collections contain one 5-part SSATB choral harmonisation (Welt, ade! ich bin dein müde, Riemenscheider No. 150, Terry No. 365), not actually by Bach, but used by Bach as the concluding chorale to cantata Wer weiß, wie nahe mir mein Ende, BWV 27.

Some harmonisations exist in different keys, i.e. pitches, in 18th-century sources: for instance a Bach cantata autograph gives the four-part chorale in one key, and the same harmonisation is found in one or more of the early chorale compilations in a different key.

Manuscripts

The first record of the existence and sale of groups of collected chorale harmonisations and chorale melodies with figured bass extracted from larger works by J.S. Bach is from 1764, fourteen years after Bach's death. In that year the firm Breitkopf und Sohn announced for sale manuscript copies of 150 chorale harmonisations and 240 chorale melodies with figured bass by J.S. Bach.

In 1777 Johann Kirnberger started an active letter campaign to induce Breitkopf to publish a complete set of chorale harmonisations. Kirnberger's letters emphasize his motivation to have the chorales printed in order to preserve them for the benefit of future generations. The manuscript to be used once belonged to C. P. E. Bach, who sold it through Kirnberger to Princess Anna Amalia of Prussia (for twelve louis d'or). It is presumed that this manuscript contained neither the text of the chorales nor any reference to the larger works from which the harmonisations had been taken. The manuscript's harmonisations extracted only the vocal parts and ignored the instrumental parts and the continuo, even though all of Bach's chorale settings included both instrumental parts and continuo. The instrumental parts were either independent, so called obbligato instrumental parts, or mostly doubled the vocal parts sometimes separating from it for a very few beats, and the continuo had its bass mostly double the vocal bass at the lower octave, but could also separate from it for a very few beats. Finally in some cases, for reasons unknown, whoever extracted the chorale from the larger work, changed the key of the setting.

"Y" manuscript hypothesis
Hypothetical early autograph collection of chorale harmonisations from which Bach would have selected settings he later integrated into his larger vocal works.
Larger vocal works manuscripts
Mostly extant as autograph score and/or as parts written out under Bach's supervision: many of these works, such as cantatas and Passions, include four-part chorales
Three Wedding Chorales autograph
Bach's autograph of the wedding chorales BWV 250–252, written between 1734 and 1738. [2]
Dietel manuscript, a.k.a. Dietel Collection and, in German, Choralsammlung Dietel
Earliest of the extant larger collection of chorale harmonisations manuscripts. It contains 149 chorale harmonisations (not 150 as is written on its title page) and originated around 1735. The music in the manuscript was copied by Johann Ludwig Dietel, one of Bach's pupils from the Thomasschule. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Printed editions

A few chorale harmonisations had been published before Bach adopted them into his larger vocal works, and are therefore listed as spurious in the third annex of the BWV catalogue: [10] [11]

Several more harmonisations stay close to the version published by Vopelius: for example "Christus, der ist mein Leben", BWV 281, is a variant of the harmonisation found in the Neu Leipziger Gesangbuch, with added embellishments and the harmonic structure altered for one of the tune's four phrases. [16]

Printed collections of Bach's harmonisations usually provide an alphabetical collation of the chorales, that is, ranged alphabetically by text incipit of the hymn. Some editions contain an alphabetical index at the end of the compilation, for instance at the end of the final volume of C. P. E. Bach's 18th-century collection. Other editions, such as the Breitkopf compilations of 1892 and 1899, present the chorales themselves in alphabetical order. However, not all of these alphabetical collations result in analogous chorale sequences. Some major differences in this respect result from chorales that are known by different names: in that case it depends on the editor which name is used for the collation. For example, the melody of "Ach, lieben Christen, seid getrost" also being known as "Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält" it is an editor's discretion whether BWV 256 is found early on [17] or near the end [18] of an alphabetically sorted collection.

18th century

Some of Bach's voice and thoroughbass settings published in Georg Christian Schemelli's 1736 Musicalisches Gesang-Buch are better known in their four-part realisation included in the chorale harmonisation collections.

Chorales published by Birnstiel (200)
In 1765 F. W. Birnstiel published 100 chorales in Berlin. The edition had been initiated by F. W. Marpurg and completed, edited and supplemented with a preface and a list of errata by C. P. E. Bach. A second volume of 100 was issued by the same publisher in 1769, edited by J. F. Agricola. C. P. E. Bach criticised this publication as being full of mistakes in an article which was published in Hamburg in the Staats- und Gelehrte Zeitung des Hamburgischen unpartheyeschen Correspondenten on 30 May 1769, in which he also claimed that some of the chorale harmonisations included in the volume had not been composed by his father.
C. P. E. Bach's edition for Breitkopf (371)
After Kirnberger died in 1783, C. P. E. Bach became Breitkopf's editor for the chorales, which he then published in four parts:
  • Vol. I (1784): Nos. 1–96
  • Vol. II (1785): Nos. 97–194
  • Vol. III (1786): Nos. 195–283
  • Vol. IV (1787): Nos. 283–370
Since the number 283 was used twice (last number of Vol. III and first number of Vol. IV), the collection actually contained 371 items. The collection also contained several doubles (e.g. No. 156 is identical to No. 307): it totalled 348 independent harmonisations. [19]

19th century

C. P. E. Bach's selection of 371 chorale harmonisations was republished a few times in the 19th century, for instance by Carl Ferdinand Becker in 1832 (third edition), [20] and by Alfred Dörffel in 1870.

Bach Gesellschaft (larger vocal works + 3 + 185)
The Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe (BGA, Bach Gesellschaft edition) kept the chorale settings that were part of a larger vocal work (cantata, motet, Passion or oratorio) together with these larger vocal works and added the Three Wedding Chorales to its 13th volume containing wedding cantatas. The remaining separate four-part chorales, purged from doubles, were ordered alphabetically and numbered from 1 to 185 in the 39th volume which was published in 1892. [17]
Richter's edition for Breitkopf (389)
In the late 19th century Bernhard Friedrich Richter collected all straightforward chorale harmonisations that had appeared in the BGA edition —including as well the separate ones as those from larger vocal works—, added a "Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir" harmonisation from a variant version of Cantata 130, and numbered all of these chorales in alphabetical order. The set contained a few doubtful and spurious settings (e.g. from Telemann cantatas which at the time were still attributed to Bach), but four-part settings which were part of a more complex texture (e.g. the fifth movement of Cantata 22 where the vocal homophony is supplemented by instrumental figuration) were not always included by Richter. The set was published by Breitkopf as Joh. Seb. Bach: 389 Choral-Gesänge für gemischten Chor in 1899. [18]

20th century

The Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis, published in 1950, did not assign a separate BWV number to harmonisations contained in extant larger vocal works such as cantatas and Passions. The Three Wedding Chorales were assigned the numbers 250 to 252, and the 185 (+1: see below) four-part chorales contained in Vol. 39 of the BGA edition were given, in the same order, the numbers 253 to 438. [21]

Terry (405)
Published in 1929, Charles Sanford Terry's J. S. Bach's Four-Part Chorales contains 405 chorale harmonisations and 95 melodies with figured bass. The collection was reprinted 1964, with a foreword by Walter Emery. [22]
Riemenschneider (371)
Albert Riemenschneider's collection of 371 chorales was published in 1941. It contained the same 371 settings as the C. P. E. Bach edition for Breitkopf, but with a few differences in the collation. In some cases Riemenschneider restored some information about obbligato instrumental parts based on extant larger works, e.g. his No. 270 from cantata BWV 161, or about the continuo bass line if this does not exactly coincide with the vocal bass, e.g. his No. 29 from cantata BWV 32 and his No. 35 from the Christmas Oratorio . Riemenschneider did however not restore original keys to the extant larger works, but instead kept the chorales in the keys as they had been published in the Breitkopf collection, e.g. his No. 22, in E-flat major, comes from cantata BWV 180 where it is in F major. At times the key signature in Riemenschneider's edition does not correspond to the key,[ clarification needed ] for instance No. 19, in G minor but written with a "Dorian" G key signature. This too is presumably[ speculation? ] reproduced from the Breitkopf edition, which would have followed a common 17th- and 18th-century practice. [23]
Editio Musica Budapest (388)
Editio Musica Budapest (EMB) published Imre Sulyok's edition of 388 chorale harmonisations in 1982. With a few differences (e.g. a de-doubling of the near-identical BWV 253 and 414, and some differences in the collation) the collection is largely comparable to the Richter edition. [24]
Kalmus (389)
Kalmus republished the 389 chorales of Richter's collection. [25]
NBA
The New Bach Edition published the Three Wedding Chorales and the four-part chorales contained in the Dietel collection in 1991 (Series III, Vol. 2/1). The chorales from C. P. E. Bach's collection were published in 1996 (Series III, Vol. 2/2). Vol. 3 of the same series, published in 2002, contains a few chorales of doubtful authenticity found in other manuscripts and early editions. Vol. 9 of the second series, published in 2000, contains a few doubtful chorales found in various Passions. Better known chorale harmonisations are also contained in other volumes of series I (cantatas), II (Passions and oratorios) and V (e.g. BWV 299 as contained in the Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach ).

21st century

Czarnecki (413)
Christopher Czarnecki (editor). J.S. Bach 413 Chorales. SeeZar Publications, 2014. ISBN   0989087913
Dahn (420)
Luke Dahn (editor). J.S. Bach Chorales: a new critical and complete edition arranged by BWV catalogue number with text and historical contextual information included for each chorale with numerous indices included in the appendix. LuxSitPress, 2017.

Chorale harmonisations in various collections

Most of Bach's known chorale harmonisations are movements in his extant cantatas, motets, Passions and oratorios. These are compositions which have a BWV number ranging from 1 to 249. BWV 250 to 438 is the range of the separate four-part chorales. Chorale harmonisations with a number above 438 are mostly later additions to the BWV catalogue. The 5th chapter of the 1998 edition of the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (BWV2a) contains the chorales BWV 250–438, and some later additions (BWV 500a, 1084, 1089 and 1122–1126). [26]

Numbering conventions

All BWV numbers used in the listings below are according to the latest version of the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis and further updates of these numbers found at the Bach Digital website. When a BWV number is followed by a slash ("/"), the number or letter after that slash indicates the movement in the composition.

Settings from Schemellis Gesangbuch are indicated by their BWV number (BWV 439–507), by the number of the hymn in the original publication (Nos. 1–954), [27] and, between brackets, the number of the setting in Vol. 39 of the BGA edition (1–69). [28]

A cross-reference between Lutheran hymns, their Zahn number, [29] and their appearance in compositions by Bach (including, but not limited to, the chorale harmonisations) can be found pp. 471–481 of BWV2a. [30]

Legend to the table
columncontent
1Chorale textText incipit of the harmonised hymn. Information regarding which part of the hymn Bach used is given in parentheses, typically verse numbers indicated by "v." Hymn titles without such information as in (untexted) chorale harmonisation collections.
2Zahn Zahn number of the chorale melody. When the data in the Zahn column starts with N that refers to "Nachtrag von vier Melodien" (supplement of four melodies), pp. 566–568 in Zahn's 1893 last volume: the number after the slash refers to the place of the melody in this sequence of four. [29]
3BWV
Sorted by BWV number, the table has these subdivisions:
4389Number of the chorale setting in Richter's 19th-century compilation of chorale harmonisations. These are also known as Kalmus numbers while that publisher reissued Richter's compilation of 389 chorales. Richter/Kalmus Nos. 130, 219 and 387 are not included in the table: see "In church cantatas" section below.
5CPENumbers as in C. P. E. Bach's 18th-century publication of his father's chorales. The two No. 283 chorales are distinguished as "283" for the one included in Vol. III, and "283bis" for the one included in Vol. IV.
6Rie.Numbers as in Riemenschneider's 1941 publication of the chorales.
7NotesExternal links in this column go to chorale pages at Luke Dahn's bach-chorales.com website.
8BC F Bach Compendium (BC) series F; external links in this column go to the Bach Digital Work page about the chorale
Bach's chorale harmonisations
Chorale textZahnBWV389CPERie.NotesBC F
From church cantatas, Ascension Oratorio (Zahn)1–197a(389)(CPE)(Rie.)(↑ Go to top of table ↑)(BC F)
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (v. 7) 8359 1/6378 0001_6
Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein (v. 6) 4431 2/67262262 0002_6 3.2a/b
Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid (v. 18) 553a 3/68156156 0003_6 87.2a/b
307308
Christ lag in Todesbanden (v. 7) 7012a 4/841184184 0004_8 26.3b
Wo soll ich fliehen hin (v. 11) 2164 5/728303304 0005_7 20.2b
Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort (v. 2) 350 6/6797272 0006_6 56.1a/b
Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam (v. 7) 7246 7/744 0007_7
Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben (v. 5) 6634 8/62274343 0008_6; Spurious [15] 131.1a/b
Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben 6634 8/6*BWV 8/6; ≈BWV 483 131.1c
Es ist das Heil uns kommen her (vv. 7–8) 4430 9/787289290 0009_7 59.2a/b
Meine Seele erhebt den Herren (doxology) 7372~ 10/7122357358 0010_7; Tune: German Magnificat (metric) 140.3a/b
Du Lebensfürst, Herr Jesu Christ (v. 4) 5741 11/682342343 0011_6; (BWV 11 = Ascension Oratorio ) 57.3
Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan (v. 6) 5629 12/7340 0012_7; ≈BWV 69a/6
In allen meinen Taten (v. 15) 2293b 13/6295103103 0013_6 166.3; —
Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit (v. 3) 4434 14/5330182182 0014_5 188.1a/b
Helft mir Gotts Güte preisen (v. 5) 5267 16/61259999 0016_6 80.2a/b
Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren (v. 3) 8244 17/727167 0017_7 153.3a/b
Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt  [ de ] (v. 8) 7549 18/573100100 0018_5 52.1b/c
126126
Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele (v. 9) 6543 19/799297298 0019_7 208.7b
O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort (vv. 11, 16) 5820 20/7, /112762626 0020_7_11 156.2
Herr Christ, der einge Gottessohn (v. 5) 4297a 22/5 0022_5
O Gott, du frommer Gott (v. 1) 5148 24/6336337 0024_6 157; —
Treuer Gott, ich muss dir klagen (v. 12) 6543 25/6101254254 0025_6 208.1b; 
282282
Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig (v. 8) 1887 26/6114848 0026_6 6.1
Helft mir Gotts Güte preisen (v. 6) 5267 28/61242323 0028_6 80.1a/b; 
8888
Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren (v. 5) 8244 29/8272116116 0029_8 153.4b
Tröstet, tröstet meine Lieben (v. 3) 6543 30/61037676 0030_6 208.6b
Wenn mein Stündlein vorhanden ist (v. 5) 4482a,b 31/9357 0031_9 201.5
Weg, mein Herz, mit den Gedanken (v. 12) 6543 32/61022929 0032_6 208.4b
Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ (v. 4) 7292b 33/6161313 0033_6 11.2a/b
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (v. 7) 8359 36.4/5 209.2a
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (v. 6) 8359 36/43778586 0036_4 209.2b
195195
304305
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (v. 8) 1174 36/82642828 0036_8 151.2a/b
Ich dank dir, lieber Herre (v. 4) 5354b 37/6178340341 0037_6 101.3a/b
Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir (v. 5) 4437 38/6311010 0038_6 22.1a/b
Kommt, laßt euch den Herren lehren (v. 6) 6543 39/71046767 0039_7 208.5b/c
Wir Christenleut habn jetzund Freud (v. 3) 2072 40/33794343 0040_3 210.2a/b
Schwing dich auf zu deinem Gott (v. 2) 4870 40/6305142142 0040_6 172.1a/b
Freuet euch, ihr Christen alle (v. 4) 7880a 40/810588 0040_8 67.1a/b
Jesu, nun sei gepreiset (v. 3) 8477a 41/61111 0041_6; ≈BWV 171/6 118.3a; 
Verleih uns Frieden gnädlich (complete) 1945 42/73229191 0042_7; Text version: Walter 1566  [ de ] 182.2
259259
Du Lebensfürst, Herr Jesu Christ (vv. 1, 13) 5741 43/1181102102 0043_11; Spurious [11] 57.1a
In allen meinen Taten (v. 9) 2293b 44/7296354355 0044_7 166.4b
O Gott, du frommer Gott (v. 2) 5206b 45/72788485 0045_7 45.4a/b
O großer Gott von Macht (v. 9) 5101a 46/68182 0046_6 158.1b
Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz (v. 11) 1689 47/53339494 0047_5 189.3a/b
Ach Gott und Herr (v. 4) 2051 48/34279279 0048_3 2.2a/b
Herr Jesu Christ, ich schrei zu dir (v. 12) 4486 48/7144266266 0048_7 202.4b
Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut
In dich hab ich gehoffet, Herr (v. 1) 2461 52/6212 0052_6
Werde munter, mein Gemüte (v. 6) 6551 55/53629595 0055_5 206.5a/b
Du, o schönes Weltgebäude (v. 6) 6773 56/5728687 0056_5 50.2a/b
Hast du denn, Jesu, dein Angesicht (v. 6) 1912a 57/82319090 0057_8 78.1a/b; 
Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott (v. 1) 7445a 59/3220 0059_3; ≈BWV 175/7
Es ist genug (v. 5) 7173 60/591216216 0060_5 60.1
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (v. 8) 1174 62/6265170170 0062_6 151.1a/b/c
Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ (v. 7) 1947 64/2108160160 0064_2 69.3a/b
Was frag ich nach der Welt (v. 1) 5206b 64/4280255255 0064_4 45.3
Jesu, meine Freude (v. 5) 8032 64/8200138138 0064_8 116.2a/b
Ein Kind geborn zu Bethlehem (v. 4) 192b 65/23021212 0065_2 169.1b
Ich hab in Gottes Herz und Sinn (v. 10) 7568 65/73464141 0065_7 194.1b
Christ ist erstanden (v. 3) 8584 66/637 0066_6 25.2
Erschienen ist der herrlich Tag (v. 1) 1743 67/483 0067_4
Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ (v. 1) 4373 67/7684242 0067_7 49.2; 
Es woll uns Gott genädig sein (v. 3) 7247 69/697332333 0069_6 66.4b
Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan (v. 6) 5629 69a/6292293 0069a_6; ≈BWV 12/7 193.4c
Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele (v. 10) 6543 70/798 0070_7
Meinen Jesum laß ich nicht, weil ... (v. 5) 3449 70/11243347348 0070_11 141.4b
Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit (v. 1) 7568 72/6344 0072_6
Von Gott will ich nicht lassen (v. 9) 5264b 73/5328191191 0073_5 185.4b
Gott Vater, sende deinen Geist (v. 2) 2496c 74/8223369370 0074_8 128.2b
Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan (vv. 5–6) 5629 75/7, /14 0075_7_14; =BWV 100/6
Es woll uns Gott genädig sein (vv. 1, 3) 7247 76/7, /14 0076_7_14
Wenn einer alle Ding verstünd (v. 8)? 4431 77/66253253 0077_6; No autograph text: added later 3.3b
O Gottes Sohn, Herr Jesu Christ (v. 5)?
Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein
Jesu, der du meine Seele (v. 12) 6804 78/7188296297 0078_7 187.4a/b
Nun danket alle Gott (v. 1) 5142 79/3259 0079_3
Nun laßt uns Gott dem Herren (v. 8) 159 79/6267 0079_6
Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott (v. 1) 7377 80.2/1
Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott (v. 4) 7377 80/876273273 0080_8 53.4a/b
Jesu, meine Freude (v. 2) 8032 81/7197323324 0081_7 116.3a/b
Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin (v. 4) 3986 83/5250324325 0083_5 144.2a/b
Wer weiß, wie nahe mir mein Ende (v. 12) 2778 84/5373112112 0084_5 205.2a/b/c
Ist Gott mein Schild und Helfersmann (v. 4) 2542 85/6216122122 0085_6 111.1a/b
Es ist das Heil uns kommen her (v. 11) 4430 86/68644 0086_6 59.1a/b
Selig ist die Seele (v. 9) 8032 87/72019696 0087_7 116.4b
Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten (v. 8) 2778 88/7368104104 0088_7 205.5a/b
Wo soll ich fliehen hin (v. 7) 2164 89/626281281 0089_6 20.4a/b
Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer Gott (v. 7) 2561 90/5319267267 0090_5 181.3b
Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ (v. 7) 1947 91/61095351 0091_6 69.2a/b
Ich hab in Gottes Herz und Sinn (v. 12) 7568 92/9347 0092_9
Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten (v. 7) 2778 93/7369 0093_7
Was frag ich nach der Welt (vv. 7–8) 5206b 94/8281290291 0094_8 45.5
Wenn mein Stündlein vorhanden ist (v. 4) 4482a,b 95/7356 0095_7 201.6b
Herr Christ, der einge Gottessohn (v. 5) 4297a 96/6128302303 0096_6 81.2a/b
In allen meinen Taten (v. 9) 2293b 97/9297 0097_9; ≈BWV 392 166.9b/c
Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan (v. 6) 5629 99/6341 0099_6
Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan (v. 6) 5629 100/6 0100_6; =BWV 75/7, /14 193; 
Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer Gott (v. 7) 2561 101/7318291292 0101_7 181.1a/b
So wahr ich lebe, spricht dein Gott (v. 6) 2561 102/7320110110 0102_7 181.2b
Barmherzger Vater, höchster Gott (v. 9) 7568 103/6348120120 0103_6 194.6b/c
348349
Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt (v. 1) 4457 104/613125125 0104_6 10.2; 
325326 10.2b
Jesu, der du meine Seele (v. 11) 6804 105/6 0105_6 187.6b
Was willst du dich betrüben (v. 7) 5264b 107/7327 0107_7
Gott Vater, sende deinen Geist (v. 10) 2496c 108/62244645 0108_6 128.1b
Wir Christenleut habn jetzund Freud (v. 5) 2072 110/73805755 0110_7 210.1a/b
Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit (v. 4) 7568 111/6345 0111_6
Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt (v. 5) 4457 112/514312313 0112_5 10.3a/b
352353
Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut (v. 1) 4486 113/1 0113_1
Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut (v. 8) 4486 113/8142293294 0113_8 202.3a/b
Ach lieben Christen, seid getrost (v. 6) 4441a 114/7386300301 0114_7 212.4a/b
Mache dich, mein Geist, bereit (v. 10) 6274a 115/63123838 0115_6 179.1b/c
Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ (v. 7) 4373 116/669 0116_6
Sei Lob und Ehr dem höchsten Gut (vv. 4, 9) 4430 117/4, /990248248 0117_4_9 59.3b
353354 59.3a/c
Herr Gott, dich loben wir (vv. 38–41) 8652 119/9134 0119_9
Herr Gott, dich loben wir (vv. 34–41) 8652 120/6135 0120_6
Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen ... (vv. 4–5) 1912a 120a/8230 0120a_8; ≈BWV 137/5
Christum wir sollen loben schon (v. 8) 297 121/6425556 0121_6 29.1a/b
Das neugeborne Kindelein (v. 4) 491 122/6575253 0122_6 37.1a/b
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Liebster Immanuel, Herzog ... (v. 6) 4932c 123/6229194194 0123_6 132.1a/b
Meinen Jesum laß ich nicht, weil ... (v. 6) 3449 124/6246 0124_6
Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin (v. 4) 3986 125/6251 0125_6
Verleih uns Frieden gnädlich (complete) 1945 126/6321215215 0126_6; Text version: Walter 1566  [ de ] 182.1b
Herr Jesu Christ, wahr Mensch und Gott (v. 8) 2570 127/5147283bis384 0127_5 199.1a/b
O Jesu, meine Lust  [ wikisource:de ] (v. 4) 5206b 128/5279 0128_5
Gelobet sei der Herr, mein Gott (v. 5) 5206b 129/5 0129_5 45; 
Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir (v. 11) 368 130/6131 0130_6; Bach struck v. 12 in cantata [31] 105.3b
Ich freue mich in dir (v. 4) 5187 133/61816160 0133_6 164.1a/b
Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder (v. 6) 5385a 135/6156 0135_6
Wo soll ich fliehen hin (v. 9) 2164 136/627330331 0136_6 20.5b
Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen ... (v. 5) 1912a 137/5230 0137_5; ≈BWV 120a/8 78.2c
Wohl dem, der sich auf seinen Gott (v. 5) 2383 139/6238 0139_6
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (v. 3) 8405 140/7329179179 0140_7 186.1a/b/c
Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan (v. 1) 5629 144/33386465 0144_3 193.1
Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit (v. 1) 7568 144/6343265265 0144_6 194.4
Auf, mein Herz, des Herren Tag (v. 1) 3432b 145/a209337338 0145a 123.2a
Erschienen ist der herrlich Tag (v. 4) 1743 145/5841717 0145_5 16.1a/b
Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele (v. 1)? 6551 146/8360 0146_8; Text: proposal Martin Petzold [32]
Jesu, meiner Seelen Wonne (vv. 6, 16) 6551 147/6, /10 0147_6_10; aka Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Wo soll ich fliehen hin 2164 148/6292525 0148_6; Textless in cantata 20.1b
Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, o Herr (v. 3) 8326 149/7155 0149_7
Lobt Gott, ihr Christen, allzugleich (v. 8) 198 151/52355454 0151_5 127.3a/b
Schau, lieber Gott, wie meine Feind (v. 1) 4431 153/1533 0153_1 3.1b
Befiehl du deine Wege (v. 5) 5385a 153/51602121 0153_5 92.3b
Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid (vv. 16–18) 553a 153/99217217 0153_9 87.1a/b
Jesu, meiner Seelen Wonne (v. 2) 6551 154/3365233233 0154_3; ≈BWV 359 206.1a/b/3b
Meinen Jesum laß ich nicht, weil ... (v. 6) 3449 154/8244152152 0154_8 141.2
Es ist das Heil uns kommen her (v. 12) 4430 155/588334335 0155_5 59.2a/b
Herr, wie du willst, so schicks ...  [ de ] (v. 1) 4438 156/6150316317 0156_6 23.2
Meinen Jesum laß ich nicht, weil ... (v. 6) 3449 157/5245 0157_5
Christ lag in Todesbanden (v. 5) 7012a 158/440 0158_4; ≈BWV 279 26.4b
Jesu Leiden, Pein und Tod (v. 33) 6288b 159/51945961 0159_5 115.1a/b
Herzlich tut mich verlangen (v. 4) 5385a 161/6161270270 0161_6 92.13b/c
Alle Menschen müssen sterben (v. 7) 6783 162/618 0162_6
Herr Christ, der einge Gottessohn (v. 5) 4297a 164/6127101101 0164_6 81.1a/b
Nun laßt uns Gott dem Herren (v. 5) 159 165/6266 0165_6
Wer weiß, wie nahe mir mein Ende (v. 1) 2778 166/6372204204 0166_6 205.3
Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren (v. 5) 8244 167/5 0167_5
Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut (v. 8) 4486 168/61439292 0168_6 202.2a/b
Nun bitten wir den Heiligen Geist (v. 3) 2029 169/72569797 0169_7 147.2a/b
Jesu, nun sei gepreiset (v. 2) 8477a 171/6204 0171_6; ≈BWV 141/6; BGA: v. 3 per P 94
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (v. 4) 8359 172/6376322323 0172_6 209.4b
Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, o Herr (v. 1) 8326 174/51535658 0174_5 91.2
O Gottes Geist, mein Trost und Rat (v. 9) 7445a 175/7220 0175_7; ≈BWV 59/3 126.1b
Was alle Weisheit in der Welt (v. 8) 7246 176/645119119 0176_6 65.2
Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ (v. 5) 7400 177/51837171 0177_5 103.2a/b/c
Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält (vv. 7–8) 4441a 178/7384 0178_7
Ich armer Mensch, ich armer Sünder (v. 1) 2778 179/6371338339 0179_6 205.6a/b
Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (v. 9) 6923 180/73042222 0180_7 171.1a/b/c
Zeuch ein zu deinen Toren (v. 5) 5267 183/5126123123 0183_5 80.3b
O Herre Gott, dein göttlich Wort (v. 8) 5690 184/52831414 0184_5 159.1a/b/c
Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ (v. 1) 7400 185/6184 0185_6 103.3b
Singen wir aus Herzensgrund (v. 4) 4816 187/7308109109 0187_7 33.1
Auf meinen lieben Gott (v. 1) 2164 188/625 0188_6
Jesu, nun sei gepreiset (v. 2) 8477a 190/7205326327 0190_7 118.2
Treuer Gott, ich muss dir klagen (v. 6) 6543 194/61006364 0194_6 208.2b
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Wach auf, mein Herz, und singe (vv. 9–10) 159 194/122689393 0194_12 152.2a/b/c
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Nun danket all und bringet Ehr (v. 1) 198 195/6236 0195_6
Nun bitten wir den Heiligen Geist (v. 3) 2029 197/52558384 0197_5 147.3a/b
Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten (v. 7) 2778 197/103706662 0197_10 205.7a/b
Ich freue mich in dir (v. 4) 5206b 197a/7 0197a_7; ≈BWV 398 45.2b
From motets (Zahn)226–229(389)(CPE)(Rie.)(↑ Go to top of table ↑)(BC F)
Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott (v. 3) 7445a 226/22216969 0226_2 126.2a/b/c
Jesu, meine Freude (vv. 1, 6) 8032 227/1, 11196263263 0227_1_11 116.5
Jesu, meine Freude (v. 2) 8032 227/3198 0227_3; SSATB 116.6a/b
Jesu, meine Freude (v. 4) 8032 227/7199283283 0227_7 116.7a/b
Komm, Jesu, komm (v. 11) 229/2222 0229_2; Not on a pre-existing tune [33]
From St Matthew Passion (Zahn)244–244b(389)(CPE)(Rie.)(↑ Go to top of table ↑)(BC F)
Herzliebster Jesu (v. 1) 983 244/31667878 0244_3 93.3
O Welt, sieh hier dein Leben (v. 5) 2293b 244/10294117117 0244_10 166.6b
O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden (v. 5) 5385a 244/151639898 0244_15; ≈BWV 244/17 92.5c
O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden (v. 6) 244/17 0244_17; ≈BWV 244/15
Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit (v. 1) 7568 244/25342115115 0244_25 194.7
Meinen Jesum laß ich nicht, weil ... (v. 6) 3449 244b/29247 0244b_29
In dich hab ich gehoffet, Herr (v. 5) 2461 244/32213118118 0244_32 108.2a/b
O Welt, sieh hier dein Leben (v. 3) 2293b 244/372925050 0244_37 166.7b
Werde munter, mein Gemüte (v. 6) 6551 244/40361121121 0244_40 206.6a/b/c
Befiehl du deine Wege (v. 1) 5385a 244/441598780 0244_44 92.6b
Herzliebster Jesu (v. 4) 983 244/46167105105 0244_46 93.4a/b
O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden (vv. 1–2) 5385a 244/541627474 0244_54 92.7
O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden (v. 9) 5385a 244/621648989 0244_62 92.8a/b
From St John Passion (Zahn)245(389)(CPE)(Rie.)(↑ Go to top of table ↑)(BC F)
Herzliebster Jesu (v. 7) 983 245/31685859 0245_3; Two versions (2nd in CPE, Rie.,...) 93.1a/b/c
Vater unser im Himmelreich (v. 4) 2561 245/53174747 0245_5; Two versions (1st =BWV 416) 181.4a/c
O Welt, sieh hier dein Leben (vv. 3–4) 2293b 245/112936263 0245_11; ≈BWV 395 166.5a/b/c; 
Jesu Leiden, Pein und Tod (v. 10) 6288b 245/141928283 0245_14 115.2a/b
Christus, der uns selig macht (v. 1) 6283b 245/15498081 0245_15 31.2
Herzliebster Jesu (vv. 8–9) 983 245/17169111111 0245_17 93.2a/b
Durch dein Gefängnis, Gottes Sohn (1 v.) 2383 245/22239309310 0245_22 137.3b
Valet will ich dir geben (v. 3) 5404a 245/26315108108 0245_26 180.2a/b
Jesu Leiden, Pein und Tod (v. 20) 6288b 245/28193106106 0245_28 115.3a/b
Christus, der uns selig macht (v. 8) 6283b 245/3750113113 0245_37 31.3a/b
Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, o Herr (v. 3) 8326 245/40154107107 0245_40 91.3a/b
From Christmas Oratorio (Zahn)248(389)(CPE)(Rie.)(↑ Go to top of table ↑)(BC F)
Wie soll ich dich empfangen (v. 1) 5385a 248/5165344345 0248_5 92.9b
Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her (v. 13) 346 248/94546 0248_9 184.2b
Ermuntre dich, mein schwacher Geist (v. 9) 5741 248/128099 0248_12 57.2a/b
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Schaut, schaut, was ist für Wunder dar (v. 8) 346 248/17323 0248_17 184.3b
Wir singen dir, Immanuel (v. 2) 346 248/23343344 0248_23 184.3b
Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ (v. 7) 1947 248/28110 0248_28 69.4a/b
Fröhlich soll mein Herze springen (v. 15) 6461 248/33335139139 0248_33 190.2b
Lasst Furcht und Pein (v. 4) 2072 248/35381359360 0248_35 210.3b
Hilf, Herr Jesu, laß gelingen (v. 5) N/1 248/42367368 0248_42 98.1c
Nun, liebe Seel, nun ist es Zeit (v. 5) 2461 248/462147777 0248_46 108.3b
Ihr Gestirn, ihr hohlen Lüfte (v. 9) 3614 248/531143435 0248_53 73.1b
Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier (v. 1) 4429a 248/59263361362 0248_59 150.2b
Ihr Christen, auserkoren (v. 4) 5385a 248/64 0248_64 92.14b
Three Wedding Chorales(Zahn)250–252(389)(CPE)(Rie.)(↑ Go to top of table ↑)(BC F)
Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan 5629 250339346347 0250; Three Wedding Chorales No. 1 193.3
Sei Lob und Ehr dem höchsten Gut 4430 25189328329 0251; Three Wedding Chorales No. 2 59.4
Nun danket alle Gott 5142 252258329330 0252; Three Wedding Chorales No. 3 148.2
186 four-part chorales in BGA Vol. 39(Zahn)253–438(389)(CPE)(Rie.)(↑ Go to top of table ↑)(BC F)
Ach bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ 493 2531177177 0253; ≈BWV 414 35.1
Ach Gott, erhör mein Seufzen 1831a 2542186186 0254 1.1
Ach Gott und Herr 2051 25534040 0255 2.1
Ach lieben Christen, seid getrost 4441a 2563853131 0256 212.3
Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit 4441a 257388284285 0257 212.1
Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält 4441a 258383335336 0258; ≈BWV 488: Schemelli No. 881 (63) 212.2
Ach, was soll ich Sünder machen 3573b 259103939 0259 5.1
Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr 4457 26012249249 0260 10.1
Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ 7292b 26115358359 0261 11.1
Alle Menschen müssen sterben 6778 26217153153 0262 8.1
Alles ist an Gottes Segen 3842f 26319128128 0263 12.1
Als der gütige Gott 1645 26420159159 0264 13.1
Als Jesus Christus in der Nacht 258 26521180180 0265 14.1
Als vierzig Tag nach Ostern warn 1743 26622208208 0266 15.1
An Wasserflüssen Babylon 7663 2672355 0267 17.1a/b/c
Ein Lämmlein geht und trägt die Schuld 308309
Auf, auf, mein Herz, und du mein ganzer ... 824 26824124124 0268 19.1
Aus meines Herzens Grunde 5269 2693011 0269 21.1
Befiehl du deine Wege 5385a 270157285286 0270 92.1
Befiehl du deine Wege 5385a 271158366367 0271 92.2
Befiehl du deine Wege 5393 27232339340 0272; Setting likely by C. P. E. Bach [34] 136.2
Christ, der du bist der helle Tag 384 27333230230 0273 24.1
Christe, der du bist Tag und Licht 343 27434245245 0274 27.1
Christe, du Beistand deiner Kreuzgemeine 993 27535210210 0275 28.1
Christ ist erstanden 8584 27636197197 0276 25.1
Christ lag in Todesbanden 7012a 277381515 0277 26.2
Christ lag in Todesbanden 7012a 27839370371 0278 26.1
Christ lag in Todesbanden 7012a 27940261261 0279; ≈BWV 158/4 26.4b
Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam 7246 280436566 0280 65.1
Christus, der ist mein Leben 132 2814676 0281 30.1
Christus, der ist mein Leben 132 28247315316 0282; Included in BWV 95/1 30.2
Christus, der uns selig macht 6283b 28348198198 0283 31.1
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Christus ist erstanden, hat überwunden 6240c 28451200200 0284 32.1
Da der Herr Christ zu Tische saß 2503 28552196196 0285 34.1
Danket dem Herrn, denn er ist sehr... 12 28653228228 0286 183.1
Dank sei Gott in der Höhe 5391 28754310311 0287 119.1
Das alte Jahr vergangen ist 381c 28855162162 0288 36.1
Das alte Jahr vergangen ist 381c 28956313314 0289 36.2
Das walt Gott Vater und Gott Sohn 673 29058224224 0290 38.1
Das walt mein Gott 4217 291597575 0291 39.1
Den Vater dort oben 4795 29260239239 0292 40.1
Der du bist drei in Einigkeit 335 29361154154 0293 42.1
Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich 7870 29462158158 0294 43.1
Des Heilgen Geistes reiche Gnad 3706 29563207207 0295 178.1
Die Nacht ist kommen 5001 29664231231 0296 44.1
Die Sonn hat sich mit ihrem Glanz 923 29765232232 0297; ≈BWV 447: Schemelli No. 40 (3) 161.1
Dies sind die heilgen zehn Gebot 1951 29866127127 0298 46.1
Dir, dir, Jehova, will ich singen 3068 299 67209209 0299; =AMBII 39; ≈BWV 452: S 397 (32) 47.1
Du großer Schmerzensmann 5159 30070164167 0300 51.1
Du, o schönes Weltgebäude 6773 30171137134 0301 50.1
Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott 7377 302742020 0302 53.1b
Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott 7377 30375250250 0303 53.2b
Eins ist not, ach Herr, dies Eine 7127 30477280280 0304 54.1
Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott 5851 305783334 0305 55.1
Erstanden ist der heilge Christ 1746 30685176176 0306 58.1
Es ist gewißlich an der Zeit 4429a 307262260260 0307 150.1
Es spricht der Unweisen Mund wohl 4436 308922727 0308 62.1
Es stehn vor Gottes Throne 4298 30993166166 0309 63.1
Es wird schier der letzte Tag herkommen 1423 31094238238 0310 64.1
Es woll uns Gott genädig sein 7247 311951616 0311 66.2
Es woll uns Gott genädig sein 7247 31296351352 0312 66.1
Für Freuden laßt uns springen 2339 313106163163 0313 68.1
Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ 1947 314107287288 0314 69.1
Gib dich zufrieden und sei stille 7417a 315111271271 0315 70.1
Gott, der du selber bist das Licht 5814 316112225225 0316 71.1
Gott der Vater wohn uns bei 8507 317113134135 0317 72.1
Gottes Sohn ist kommen 3294 3181151818 0318 143.1a/b
Gott hat das Evangelium 1788 319116181181 0319 74.1
Gott lebet noch 7951 320117234234 0320; ≈BWV 461: Schemelli No. 488 (37) 75.1
Gottlob, es geht nunmehr zu Ende 2855 321118192192 0321 77.1
Gott sei gelobet und gebenedeiet 8078 3221197070 0322 76.1
Gott sei uns gnädig und barmherzig 7372 323120319320 0323; Tune: German Magnificat (metric) 140.2
Meine Seele erhebet den Herren 7372~ 324121130130 0324; Tune: German Magnificat (chant) 140.1
Heilig, heilig (or)
Sanctus, Sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth
8633 325123235235 0325 79.1
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Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir 368 326129167164 0326 105.1
Vor deinen Thron tret ich hiermit 368 327132333334 0327 105.2
Herr Gott, dich loben wir 8652 328133205205 0328 83.1
Herr, ich denk an jene Zeit 4840 329136212212 0329 134.1
Herr, ich habe mißgehandelt 3695 3301373533 0330 84.2
Herr, ich habe mißgehandelt 3695 331138286287 0331 84.1b
Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend 625 332139136136 0332 85.1
Herr Jesu Christ, du hast bereit't 4711 333140226226 0333 86.1
Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut 4486 3341417373 0334 202.1
Herr Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht 314 335145294295 0335 170.1a/b
O Jesu, du mein Bräutigam 236236
Herr Jesu Christ, wahr Mensch und Gott 423 336146189189 0336 88.1
Herr, nun laß in Friede 3302 337148190190 0337 89.1
Herr, straf mich nicht in deinem Zorn 4606a 338149221221 0338 90.1
Wer in dem Schutz des Höchsten ist 4438 339151144144 0339 23.1a/b
Herr, wie du willst, so schick's mit mir  [ de ]317318
Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, o Herr 8326 340152277277 0340 91.1
Heut ist, o Mensch, ein großer Trauertag 8569(A) 341170168168 0341 94.1A
Heut triumphieret Gottes Sohn 2585 3421717979 0342 95.1
Hilf, Gott, daß mirs gelinge 4329 343172199199 0343 96.1
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Hilf, Herr Jesu, laß gelingen 3687a 344173155155 0344 97.1
Ich bin ja, Herr, in deiner Macht 5878 345174251251 0345 99.1
Ich dank dir, Gott, für all Wohltat 8090b 346175223223 0346 100.1
Ich dank dir, lieber Herre 5354b 34717622 0347 101.2
Ich dank dir, lieber Herre 5354b 348177272272 0348 101.1
Ich dank dir schon durch deinen Sohn 247b 349179188188 0349 4.1
Ich danke dir, o Gott, in deinem Throne 3199 350180229229 0350 139.1
Ich hab mein Sach Gott heimgestellt 1679 3511821919 0351 102.1
Jesu, der du meine Seele 6804 3521853737 0352 187.3
Jesu, der du meine Seele 6804 353186269269 0353 187.1
Jesu, der du meine Seele 6804 354187368369 0354 187.2
Jesu, der du selbsten wohl 6335 355189169169 0355 112.1
Jesu, du mein liebstes Leben 7891 356190243243 0356 113.1
Jesu, Jesu, du bist mein 6446 357191244244 0357; ≈BWV 470: Schemelli No. 741 (53) 114.1
Jesu, meine Freude 8032 358195355356 0358 116.1
Jesu meiner Seelen Wonne 6551 359363364365 0359 206.1b
Jesu, meiner Seelen Wonne 6551 360364349350 0360 206.2
Jesu, meines Herzens Freud 4798d 361202264264 0361 117.1
Jesu, nun sei gepreiset 8477a 362203252252 0362 118.1
Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der von uns ... 1576 3632063030 0363 121.1
Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der den Tod ... 1978 364207174174 0364 120.1
Jesus, meine Zuversicht 3432b 365208175175 0365 123.1
Ihr Gestirn, ihr hohlen Lüfte 3703 366210161161 0366 104.1
In allen meinen Taten 2276 367211140140 0367 107.1
In dulci jubilo 4947 368215143143 0368 110.1
Keinen hat Gott verlassen 5395 369217129129 0369 124.1
Komm, Gott Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist 295 370218187187 0370 125.1
Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit 8600 371225132132 0371 129.1
Lass, o Herr, dein Ohr sich neigen 6863 372226218218 0372 82.1
Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier 3498b 373228131131 0373 133.1
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Lobet den Herren, denn er ist sehr ... 975 374232227227 0374 135.1
Lobt Gott, ihr Christen, allzugleich 198 375233276276 0375 127.1b
Lobt Gott, ihr Christen, allzugleich 198 376234341342 0376 127.2
Machs mit mir, Gott, nach deiner Güt 2383 3772374444 0377 137.1
Mein Augen schließ ich jetzt 1067 378240258258 0378 138.1
Meinen Jesum laß ich nicht, Jesus ... 3448a 379241151151 0379 122.1
Meinen Jesum laß ich nicht, weil ... 3449 380242298299 0380 141.1b
Meines Lebens letzte Zeit 6380 381248345346 0381 142.1
Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin 3986 3822494949 0382 144.1
Mitten wir im Leben sind 8502 383252214214 0383 145.1
Nicht so traurig, nicht so sehr 3355 384253149149 0384 146.1
Nun bitten wir den Heiligen Geist 2029 3852543636 0385 147.1
Nun danket alle Gott 5142 3862573232 0386; Leuthen Chorale 148.1
Nun freut euch, Gottes Kinder all 364 387260185185 0387 106.1
Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein 4427 388261183183 0388 149.1
Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren 8244 389269268268 0389 153.1
Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren 8244 390270295296 0390 153.2
Nun preiset alle Gottes Barmherzigkeit 4089a 391273222222 0391 154.1
Nun ruhen alle Wälder 2293b 392298288289 0392; ≈BWV 97/9 166.9c
O Welt, sieh hier dein Leben 2293b 393289275275 0393 166.1a/b
O Welt, sieh hier dein Leben 2293b 394290365366 0394 166.2
O Welt, sieh hier dein Leben 2293b 395291362363 0395 166.5c
Nun sich der Tag geendet hat  [ choralwiki ] 212b 396274240240 0396 155.1
O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort 5820 397275274274 0397; ≈BWV 513: Notebook AMB II No. 42 156.1
O Gott, du frommer Gott 5206b 398277311312 0398; ≈BWV 197a/7 45.2b
O Gott, du frommer Gott 5148 399282314315 0399 157.1
O Herzensangst, o Bangigkeit 1003 400284173173 0400 160.1
O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig 4361a 401285165165 0401 162.1
O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß 8303 402286201201 0402 61.1
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O Mensch, schau Jesum Christum an 3994c 403287203203 0403 163.1
O Traurigkeit, o Herzeleid 1915 4042886057 0404 165.1b
O wie selig seid ihr doch, ihr Frommen 1583 405299213213 0405; ≈BWV 495: Schemelli No. 894 (65) 167.1
O wie selig seid ihr doch, ihr Frommen 1581 406300219219 0406 7.1
O wir armen Sünder 8187h 407301202202 0407 168.1
Schaut, ihr Sünder 8569(B) 408303171171 0408 94.1B
Seelenbräutigam 3255b 409306141141 0409 173.1
Sei gegrüßet, Jesu gütig 3889b 410307172172 0410; ≈BWV 499: Schemelli No. 293 (22) 174.1
Singt dem Herrn ein neues Lied 6424 411309246246 0411 175.1
So gibst du nun, mein Jesu, gute Nacht 849 412310206206 0412; ≈BWV 501: Schemelli No. 315 (26) 177.1
Sollt ich meinem Gott nicht singen 7886b 413311220220 0413; ≈BWV 481: Schemelli No. 281 (18) 130.1
Uns ist ein Kindlein heut geborn 493 414313148148 0414; ≈BWV 253 35.2
Valet will ich dir geben 5404a 4153142424 0415 180.1
Vater unser im Himmelreich 2561 4163164747 0416; =BWV 245/5 (first version) 181.4a
Von Gott will ich nicht lassen 5264b 417324363364 0417 185.1
Von Gott will ich nicht lassen 5264b 418325331332 0418 185.2
Von Gott will ich nicht lassen 5264b 419326114114 0419 185.3
Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz 1689 420331145145 0420 189.2
Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz 1689 421332299300 0421 189.1a/b
Warum sollt ich mich denn grämen 6461 422334356357 0422 190.1a/b
Was betrübst du dich, mein Herze 6830 423336237237 0423 191.1
Was bist du doch, o Seele, so betrübet 1837 424337193193 0424; ≈BWV 506: Schemelli No. 779 (55) 192.1
Was willst du dich, o meine Seele, kränken 7844 425349241241 0425 195.1
Weltlich Ehr und zeitlich Gut 4975 426351211211 0426 197.1
Wenn ich in Angst und Not 4233 427352147147 0427 200.1
Wenn mein Stündlein vorhanden ist 4482a,b 428353321322 0428 201.3
Wenn mein Stündlein vorhanden ist 4482a,b 4293545152 0429 201.1
Wenn mein Stündlein vorhanden ist 4482a,b 430355350351 0430 201.2
Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein 394 4313586868 0431 203.1
Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein 394 432359247247 0432 203.2
Wer Gott vertraut, hat wohl gebaut 8207b 433366135137 0433 204.1
Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten 2778 434367146146 0434 205.1
Wie bist du, Seele, in mir so gar betrübt 4092 435374242242 0435 207.1
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern 8359 436375278278 0436 209.1
Wir glauben all an einen Gott, Schöpfer ... 7971 437382133133 0437 211.1
Wo Gott zum Haus nicht gibt sein Gunst 305 438389157157 0438 213.1
Other chorale harmonisations(Zahn)441*deest(389)(CPE)(Rie.)(↑ Go to top of table ↑)(BC F)
Auf, auf, mein Herz, mit Freuden 5243 441* 0441; ≈BWV 441, Schemelli No. 320 (27) 18.1
Beschränkt, ihr Weisen dieser Welt 7765 443* BWV 443, Schemelli No. 689 (47) 265
Brunnquell aller Güter 6252b 445* BWV 445, Schemelli No. 335 (29) 247
Der Tag mit seinem Lichte 7512b 448* BWV 448, Schemelli No. 43 (4) 222
Dich bet ich an, mein höchster Gott 2437 449* BWV 449, Schemelli No. 396 (31) 249
Ich bin ja, Herr, in deiner Macht 5869a 464* BWV 464, Schemelli No. 861 (58) 276
Jesu, deine Liebeswunden 1302 471* BWV 471, Schemelli No. 139 (10) 228
Kommt, Seelen, dieser Tag 5185 479* BWV 479, Schemelli No. 936 (67) 285
Kommt wieder aus der finstern ... 4709 480* BWV 480, Schemelli No. 938 (68) 286
Mein Jesu! was vor Seelenweh 8383 487* BWV 487, Schemelli No. 283 (19) 237
Selig, wer an Jesum denkt 4846 498* BWV 498, Schemelli No. 292 (21) 239
So gehst du nun, mein Jesu, hin 7631b 500* BWV 500, Schemelli No. 296 (23) 241
So gehst du nun, mein Jesu, hin (1 v.) 7631b 500a 0500a; Fr. St Mark Pass. past.; ≈BWV 500
Steh ich bei meinem Gott 5207 503* BWV 503, Schemelli No. 945 (69) 287
Christus, der uns selig macht (1 v.) 6283b 1084 1084; From St Mark Passion pasticcio (D 5b/6)
Da Jesus an dem Kreuze stund 1706 1089 1089 109.1
Denket doch, ihr Menschenkinder 1122 1122 41.1
Wo Gott zum Haus nicht gibt sein Gunst 305 1123 1123 213.2
Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ 7400 1124 1124 103.1
O Gott, du frommer Gott 5206b 1125 1125 45.1
Lobet Gott, unsern Herren 5393 1126 1126 136.1
Welt, ade! Ich bin dein müde (v. 1) 6531 Anh. 170 350150150 0027_6; =BWV 27/6; SSATB; Spurious [12] 196; —
O Traurigkeit, o Herzeleid (1 v.) 1915 deest deest; From St Mark Passion pasticcio
Welt, tobe wie du willst deest 198.1

In larger vocal works

More than 200 of Bach's over 400 homophonic chorale harmonisations survived in his larger vocal works.

In church cantatas

Four-part chorales also appearing as cantata movements composed by Johann Sebastian Bach (verse incipits, and their translations by Pamela Dellal, from the Emmanuel Music website unless otherwise indicated): [35] BWV  1/6: "Wie bin ich doch so herzlich froh" ("How happy I am", v. 7 of "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern") • 2/6: "Das wollst du, Gott, bewahren rein" ("This, God, you would keep pure", v. 6 of Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein") • 3/6: "Erhalt mein Herz im Glauben rein" ("If my heart remains pure in faith", v. 18 of "Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid") • 4/8 • 5/7 • 6/6 • 7/7 • 9/7 • 10/7 • 12/7 • 13/6 • 14/5 • 16/6 • 17/7 • 18/5 • 19/7 • 20/7=/11 • 22/5 • 24/6 • 25/6 • 26/6 • 28/6 • 29/8 • 30/6 • 31/9 • 32/6 • 33/6 • 36/4 and /8 • 37/6 • 38/6 • 39/7 • 40/3, /6 and /8 • 41/6 • 42/7 • 44/7 • 45/7 • 46/6 • 47/5 • 48/3 and /7 • 52/6 • 55/5 • 56/5 • 57/8 • 59/3 • 60/5 • 62/6 64. • 64/2, /4 and /8 • 65/2 and /7 • 66/6 • 67/4 and /7 • 69/6 • 69a/6 • 70/7 and /11 • 72/6 • 73/5 • 74/8 • 75/7=/14 • 76/7=/14 • 77/6 • 78/7 79. • 79/3 and /6 • 80/8 • 81/7 • 83/5 • 84/5 • 85/6 • 86/6 • 87/7 • 88/7 • 89/6 • 90/5 • 91/6 • 92/9 • 93/7 • 94/8 • 95/1 (extract: 282) and /7 • 96/6 • 97/9 • 99/6 • 100/6 • 101/7 • 102/7 • 103/6 • 104/6 • 105/6 • 107/7 • 108/6 • 110/7 • 111/6 • 112/5 • 113/1 and /8 • 114/7 • 115/6 • 116/6 • 117/4=/9 • 119/9 • 120/6 • 120a/8 • 121/6 • 122/6 • 123/6 • 124/6 • 125/6 • 126/6 • 127/5 • 128/5 • 129/5 • 130/6 • 133/6 • 135/6 • 136/6 • 137/5 • 139/6 • 140/7 • 144/3 and /6 • 145/a and /5 • 146/8 • 147/6=/10 • 148/6 • 149/7 • 151/5 153. • 153/1, /5 and /9 • 154/3 and /8 • 155/5 • 156/6 • 157/5 • 158/4 • 159/5 • 161/6 • 162/6 • 164/6 • 165/6 • 166/6 • 167/5 • 168/6 • 169/7 • 171/6 • 172/6 • 174/5 • 175/7 • 176/6 • 177/5 • 178/7 • 179/6 • 180/7 • 183/5 • 184/5 • 185/6 • 187/7 • 188/6 • 190/7 • 194/6 and /12 • 195/6 • 197/5 and /10 • 197a/7 (≈398)

Spurious chorale harmonisations in Bach's autographs: BWV  8/6 • 27/6 (=Anh. 170) • 43/11

Chorale harmonisations from spurious or doubtful cantatas (or: cantata versions) in the Richter/Kalmus collection of 389 chorale harmonisations: No. 130: BWV Anh. 31: "Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir"  [ scores ] from a doubtful version of BWV 130 [36] • No. 219: BWV 218/5 = TWV  1:634/5: "Komm, Gott Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist", by Telemann • No. 387: BWV 219/5 = TWV 1:1328/5: "Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält", by Telemann

In motets

Chorale harmonisations appearing in Bach's motets: BWV  226/2 • 227/1=/11, /3 (SSATB) and /7 • 229/2

In Passions

In St Matthew Passion

Four-part chorales appearing in the St Matthew Passion : BWV  244/3, /10, /15≈/17, /25, /32, /37, /40, /44, /46, /54 and /62 • 244b/29

In St John Passion

Four-part chorales appearing in the St John Passion : BWV  245/3, /5 (=BWV 416), /11, /14, /15, /17, /22, /26, /28, /37 and /40

In St Mark Passion pasticcio

For his own performances of the Jesus Christus ist um unsrer Missetat willen verwundet Passion Bach composed and/or reworked a few of its chorales: No. 9b: "So gehst du nun, mein Jesu" (BWV 500a) [37] • No. 14: "O hilf Christe, Gottes Sohn" (BWV 1084) [38] • No. 29: "O Traurigkeit, o Herzeleid" (BWV deest) [39]

In oratorios

Ascension Oratorio

Four-part chorale appearing in the Ascension Oratorio : BWV  11/6

Christmas Oratorio

Four-part chorales in Bach's Christmas Oratorio , BWV 248: Part  I/5 and /9 • II/3, /8 and /14 • III/5, /10 and /12 • IV/7 • V/4 and /11 • VI/6 and /11

In chorale collections

Somewhat less than 200 of Bach's chorale harmonisations only survived in early collections containing multiple, usually short, works.

Three Wedding Chorales, BWV 250–252

Three wedding chorales grouped in an autograph manuscript by Bach:
  1. BWV 250: "Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan"
  2. BWV 251: "Sei Lob und Ehr dem höchsten Gut"
  3. BWV 252: "Nun danket alle Gott"

186 four-part chorales in BGA Vol. 39, BWV 253–438

The Bach Gesellschaft published 185 four-part chorales in the 39th volume of its complete Bach-edition. The BWV 253–438 range, which, in its original collation, was based on the BGA publication does however contain 186 chorales. The difference is that BWV 279, (near-)identical to BWV 158/4, was not retained in the BGA set:

  • BGA No. 26 → "Christ lag in Todesbanden", BWV 278
  • not in BGA Vol. 39: "Christ lag in Todesbanden", BWV 279 (≈BWV 158/4, in BGA Vol. 32)
  • BGA No. 27 → "Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam", BWV 280
Legend to the table
columncontent
01BWV Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (lit.'Bach-works-catalogue'; BWV) numbers. Anhang (Annex; Anh.) numbers are indicated as follows:
  • preceded by I: in Anh. I (lost works) of BWV1 (1950 first edition of the BWV)
  • preceded by II: in Anh. II (doubtful works) of BWV1
  • preceded by III: in Anh. III (spurious works) of BWV1
  • preceded by N: new Anh. numbers in BWV2 (1990) and/or BWV2a (1998)
022aSection in which the composition appears in BWV2a:
  • Chapters of the main catalogue indicated by Arabic numerals (1-13)
  • Anh. sections indicated by Roman numerals (I–III)
  • Reconstructions published in the NBE indicated by "R"
03DateDate associated with the completion of the listed version of the composition. Exact dates (e.g. for most cantatas) usually indicate the assumed date of first (public) performance. When the date is followed by an abbreviation in brackets (e.g. JSB for Johann Sebastian Bach) it indicates the date of that person's involvement with the composition as composer, scribe or publisher.
04NameName of the composition: if the composition is known by a German incipit, that German name is preceded by the composition type (e.g. cantata, chorale prelude, motet, ...)
05Key Key of the composition
06ScoringSee scoring table below for the abbreviations used in this column
07BG Bach Gesellschaft-Ausgabe (BG edition; BGA): numbers before the colon indicate the volume in that edition. After the colon an Arabic numeral indicates the page number where the score of the composition begins, while a Roman numeral indicates a description of the composition in the Vorwort (Preface) of the volume. [40]
08NBE New Bach Edition (German: Neue Bach-Ausgabe, NBA): Roman numerals for the series, followed by a slash, and the volume number in Arabic numerals. A page number, after a colon, refers to the "Score" part of the volume. Without such page number, the composition is only described in the "Critical Commentary" part of the volume. The volumes group Bach's compositions by genre: [41]
  1. Cantatas (Vol. 1–34: church cantatas grouped by occasion; Vol. 35–40: secular cantatas; Vol. 41: Varia)
  2. Masses, Passions, Oratorios (12 volumes)
  3. Motets, Chorales, Lieder (4 volumes)
  4. Organ Works (11 volumes)
  5. Keyboard and Lute Works (14 volumes)
  6. Chamber Music (5 volumes)
  7. Orchestral Works (7 volumes)
  8. Canons, Musical Offering, Art of Fugue (3 volumes)
  9. Addenda (approximately 7 volumes)
09Additional infomay include:
  • "after" – indicating a model for the composition
  • "by" – indicating the composer of the composition (if different from Johann Sebastian Bach)
  • "in" – indicating the oldest known source for the composition
  • " pasticcio " – indicating a composition with parts of different origin
  • "see" – composition renumbered in a later edition of the BWV
  • "text" – by text author, or, in source

Provenance of standard texts and tunes, such as Lutheran hymns and their chorale melodies, Latin liturgical texts (e.g. Magnificat) and common tunes (e.g. Folia), are not usually indicated in this column. For an overview of such resources used by Bach, see individual composition articles, and overviews in, e.g., Chorale cantata (Bach)#Bach's chorale cantatas, List of chorale harmonisations by Johann Sebastian Bach#Chorale harmonisations in various collections and List of organ compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach#Chorale Preludes.

10BD Bach Digital Work page
Legend for abbreviations in "Scoring" column
Voices (see also SATB)
aAbBsStTvV
alto (solo part)alto (choir part) bass (solo part)bass (choir part) soprano (solo part)soprano (choir part) tenor (solo part)tenor (choir part)voice (includes parts for unspecified voices or instruments as in some canons) vocal music for unspecified voice type
Winds and battery (bold = soloist)
BasBelCntFlHnObObaOdcTaiTbnTdtTmpTr
bassoon (can be part of Bc, see below) bell(s) (musical bells) cornett, cornettino flute (traverso, flauto dolce, piccolo, flauto basso) natural horn, corno da caccia, corno da tirarsi, lituo oboe oboe d'amore oboe da caccia taille trombone tromba da tirarsi timpani tromba (natural trumpet, clarino trumpet)
Strings and keyboard (bold = soloist)
BcHcKbLuLwOrgStrVaVcVdgVlVne
basso continuo: Vdg, Hc, Vc, Bas, Org, Vne and/or Lu harpsichord keyboard (Hc, Lw, Org or clavichord) lute, theorbo Lautenwerck (lute-harpsichord) organ (/man. = manualiter, without pedals)strings: Vl I, Vl II and Va viola(s), viola d'amore, violetta violoncello, violoncello piccolo viola da gamba violin(s), violino piccolo violone, violone grosso
186 four-part chorales in BGA Vol. 39, BWV 253–438
BWV2aDateNameKeyScoringBGNBEAdditional infoBD
2535.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Ach bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ"A maj.SATB 39: 177 III/2.2: 101after Z 439; text by Calvisius; ↔ BWV 414 00323
2545.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Ach Gott, erhör mein Seufzen" D Dor. SATB 39: 177 III/2.2: 105after Z 1831a; text by Schechs  [ wikisource:de ] 00324
2555.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Ach Gott und Herr"C maj.SATB 39: 178 III/2.2: 24after Z 4441a; text by Rutilius  [ de ] 00325
2565.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Ach lieben Christen, seid getrost"A min.SATB 39: 178 III/2.2: 19after Z 4441a; text by Gigas 00326
2595.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Ach, was soll ich Sünder machen"E min.SATB 39: 179 III/2.2: 23after Z 3573b; text by Flittner  [ de ] 00329
2605.c.1735 or earlierchorale setting "Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr"G maj.SATB 39: 180 III/2.1: 9
III/2.2: 147
after Z 4457; text by Decius after Gloria 00330
2615.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ"B min.SATB 39: 180 III/2.2: 206after Z 7292b; text by Hubert 00331
2625.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Alle Menschen müssen sterben"D maj.SATB 39: 181 III/2.2: 88after Pachelbel; text by Albinus, Rosenmüller 00332
2635.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Alles ist an Gottes Segen"G maj.SATB 39: 181 III/2.2: 72after Z 3842f 00333
2645.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Als der gütige Gott"G maj.SATB 39: 182 III/2.2: 91after Z 1646; text by Weiße 00334
2655.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Als Jesus Christus in der Nacht" D Dor. SATB 39: 182 III/2.2: 102after Z 258; text by Heermann 00335
2665.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Als vierzig Tag nach Ostern warn"E min.SATB 39: 182 III/2.2: 120after Z 1743; text by Herman 00336
2675.c.1735 or earlierchorale setting "An Wasserflüssen Babylon"G maj.SATB 39: 183 III/2.2: 4after Z 7663; text by Dachstein 00337
A Maj. III/2.1: 98
chorale setting "Ein Lämmlein geht und trägtG maj. 39: 183 after Z 7663; text by Gerhardt
A Maj.III/2.2: 180
2685.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Auf, auf, mein Herz"G maj.SATB 39: 184 III/2.2: 70after Z 824; text by Birken 00338
2695.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Aus meines Herzens Grunde"G maj.SATB 39: 184 III/2.2: 2after Z 5269; text by Niege  [ de ] 00339
2705.c.1735 or earlierchorale setting "Befiehl du deine Wege"B min.SATB 39: 185 III/2.1: 47
III/2.2: 170
after Z 5385a; text by Gerhardt 00340
2715.c.1735 or earlierchorale setting "Befiehl du deine Wege"B min.SATB 39: 185 III/2.1: 97
III/2.2: 210
after Z 5385a; text by Gerhardt 00341
2725.1730–1761chorale setting "Befiehl du deine Wege"D min.SATB 39: 186 III/2.2: 196by Bach, C. P. E.?; after Z 5393; text by Gerhardt 00342
2735.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Christ, der du bist der helle Tag"G min.SATB 39: 186 III/2.2: 136after Z 384; text by Alberus 00343
2745.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Christe, der du bist Tag und Licht"G min.SATB 39: 187 III/2.2: 145after Z 343; text by Musculus after "Christe qui lux es" 00344
2755.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Christe, du Beistand" D Dor. SATB 39: 187 III/2.2: 122after Z 993; text by Löwenstern 00345
2765.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Christ ist erstanden" D Dor. SATB 39: 188 III/2.2: 110after Z 8584; text: "Christ ist erstanden" 00346
2775.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Christ lag in Todesbanden" D Dor. SATB 39: 189 III/2.2: 11after Z 7012a; text by Luther 00347
2785.c.1735 or earlierchorale setting "Christ lag in Todesbanden"E min.SATB 39: 190 III/2.1: 92
III/2.2: 212
after Z 7012a; text by Luther 00348
2795.c.1725–1735chorale setting "Christ lag in Todesbanden"E min.SATB 32: 154 III/2.1: 24
III/2.2: 155
after Z 7012a; text by Luther; ↔ BWV 158/4 00349
2805.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam" D Dor. SATB 39: 190 III/2.2: 36after Z 7246; text by Luther 00350
2815.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Christus, der ist mein Leben"F maj.SATB 39: 191 III/2.2: 6after Z 132, Neu Leipziger GB, p 942 [42] 00351
2825.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Christus, der ist mein Leben"G maj.SATB 39: 191 III/2.2: 184after BWV 95/1 00352
2835.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Christus, der uns selig macht"A min.SATB 39: 192 III/2.2: 112after Z 6283a; text by Weiße after "Patris sapientia" 00353
2845.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Christus ist erstanden, hat überwunden"C maj.SATB 39: 192 III/2.2: 113after Z 6240b; text by Weiße 00354
2855.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Da der Herr Christ zu Tische saß"C min.SATB 39: 193 III/2.2: 110after Z 2503; text by Herman 00355
2865.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Danket dem Herrn, denn er ist"A min.SATB 39: 193 III/2.2: 134after Z 12; text by Horn  [ de ] 00356
2875.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Dank sei Gott in der Höhe"F maj.SATB 39: 194 III/2.2: 182after Z 5391; text by Mühlmann  [ de ] 00357
2885.c.1735 or earlierchorale setting "Das alte Jahr vergangen ist" D Dor. SATB 39: 194 III/2.1: 11
III/2.2: 93
after Z 381; text by Steuerlein  [ de ] 00358
2895.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Das alte Jahr vergangen ist"E min.SATB 39: 194 III/2.2: 183after Z 381; text by Steuerlein  [ de ] 00359
2905.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Das walt Gott Vater und Gott Sohn"F maj.SATB 39: 195 III/2.2: 132after Z 673; text by Behm 00360
2915.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Das walt mein Gott"D min.SATB 39: 195 III/2.2: 42after Z 4217; text by Förtsch  [ wikisource:de ]? 00361
2925.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Den Vater dort oben"C maj.SATB 39: 196 III/2.2: 141after Z 4795; text by Weiße 00362
2935.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Der du bist drei in Einigkeit" D Dor. SATB 39: 196 III/2.2: 89after Z 335e; text by Luther after "O lux beata Trinitas" 00363
2945.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich"G maj.SATB 39: 197 III/2.2: 90after Z 7870; text after "Dies est laetitiae" 00364
2955.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Des Heilgen Geistes reiche Gnad"D min.SATB 39: 197 III/2.2: 120after Z 370b; text by Gesius after "Spiritus Sancti gratia" 00365
2965.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Die Nacht ist kommen" G Mix. SATB 39: 198 III/2.2: 136after Z 5001; text by Herbert  [ de ] 00366
2975.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Die Sonn hat sich mit ihrem Glanz gewendet" D Dor. SATB 39: 198 III/2.2: 137after Z 923; text by Stegmann  [ de ]; ↔ BWV 447 00367
2985.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Dies sind die heilgen zehn Gebot"C maj.SATB 39: 198 III/2.2: 72after Z 1951; text by Luther 00368
299 [2]5.1725–1735chorale setting "Dir, dir, Jehova, will ich singen"B maj.SATB 39: 199 III/2.1: 11
III/2.2: 121
Z 3068; text by Crasselius; → BWV 452 00369
299 [1] Notebook A. M. Bach (1725) No. 39: chorale setting "Dir, dir, Jehova, will ich singen"S(AT)B (V Bc) 432: 50 V/4: 126 11543
3005.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Du großer Schmerzensmann"E min.SATB 39: 199 III/2.2: 94after Z 5159a; text by Thebesius  [ de ] 00370
3015.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Du, o schönes Weltgebäude"D min.SATB 39: 200 III/2.2: 80after Z 6773; text by Franck, J. 00371
3025.c.1735 or earlierchorale setting "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott"D maj.SATB 39: 200 III/2.1: 48
III/2.2: 14
after Z 7377; text by Luther after Ps. 46 00372
3035.c.1735 or earlierchorale setting "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott"D maj.SATB 39: 201 III/2.1: 10
III/2.2: 148
after Z 7377; text by Luther after Ps. 46 00373
3045.c.1735 or earlierchorale setting "Eins ist not, ach Herr, dies Eine"D maj.SATB 39: 201 III/2.1: 36
III/2.2: 166
after Z 7127; text by Schröder 00374
3055.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott"A min.SATB 39: 202 III/2.2: 20after Z 5851; text by Hegenwald after Ps. 51 00375
3065.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Erstanden ist der heilig Christ"F maj.SATB 39: 202 III/2.2: 100after Z 288; text after "Surrexit Christus hodie" 00376
3075.c.1735 or earlierchorale setting "Es ist gewisslich an der Zeit"B maj.SATB 39: 203 III/2.1: 22
III/2.2: 155
after Z 4429a; text by Ringwaldt 00377
3085.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Es spricht der Unweisen Mund wohl"B maj.SATB 39: 204 III/2.2: 17after Z 4436; text by Luther after Ps. 14 00378
3095.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Es stehn vor Gottes Throne" G Dor. SATB 39: 204 III/2.2: 95after Z 4298; text by Helmbold 00379
3105.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Es wird schier der letzte Tag herkommen"E min.SATB 39: 205 III/2.2: 140after Z 1423; text by Weiße 00380
3115.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Es woll uns Gott gnädig sein"B min.SATB 39: 205 III/2.2: 12after Z 7247; text by Luther after Ps. 67 00381
3125.c.1735 or earlierchorale setting "Es woll uns Gott gnädig sein"A min.SATB 39: 206 III/2.1: 70
III/2.2: 202
after Z 7247; text by Luther after Ps. 67 00382
3275.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Vor deinen Thron tret ich hiermit"D maj.SATB 39: 213 III/2.2: 193after Z 368; text by Hodenberg? 00397
3135.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Für Freuden lasst uns springen"G min.SATB 39: 206 III/2.2: 93after Z 2339; text by Peltsch  [ fr ] 00383
3145.c.1735 or earlier chorale setting "Gelobt seist du, Jesu Christ" D maj.SATB 39: 207 III/2.1: 48
III/2.2: 171
after Z 1947; text by Luther 00384
3155.c.1735 or earlierchorale setting "Gib dich zufrieden und sei stille"E min.SATB 39: 207 III/2.1: 38
III/2.2: 161
after BWV 511; text by Gerhardt; ↔ BWV 512, Z 7417a 00385
3165.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Gott, der du selber bist das Licht"G min.SATB 39: 208 III/2.2: 133after Z 5814; text by Rist 00386
3175.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Gott der Vater wohn uns bei"D maj.SATB 39: 208 III/2.2: 78after Z 8507; text by Luther 00387
3185.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Gottes Sohn ist kommen"G maj.SATB 39: 209 III/2.2: 13after Z 3294; text by Horn  [ de ] 00388
F maj.III/2.2: 214
3195.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Gott hat das Evangelium"E min.SATB 39: 209 III/2.2: 102after Z 1788; text by Alberus 00389
3205.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Gott lebet noch"F maj.SATB 39: 210 III/2.2: 138after Z 7951; text by Zihn  [ de ]; ↔ BWV 461 00390
3215.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Gottlob, es geht nunmehr zum Ende"B maj.SATB 39: 210 III/2.2: 108after Z 2853; → Z 2855; text by Luther 00391
3225.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Gott sei gelobet und gebenedeiet"C maj.SATB 39: 211 III/2.2: 39after Z 8078; text by Luther 00392
3235.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Gott sei uns gnädig und barmherzig"F♯ min.SATB 39: 212 III/2.2: 186after German Magnificat; text after Ps. 67 00393
3255.1750 or earlier chorale setting "Heilig, heilig, heilig" F maj.SATB 39: 212 III/2.2: 138after Z 8633a; text after Sanctus; ↔ Z 8634 00395
chorale setting "Sanctus, Sanctus Dominus Deus" after Z 8633a; text: Sanctus; ↔ Z 8634
3265.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir"B maj.SATB 39: 213 III/2.2: 96after Z 368; text by Eber 00396
3285.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Herr Gott, dich loben wir"A min.SATB 39: 214 III/2.2: 117after Z 8652; text by Luther after Te Deum 00398
3295.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Herr, ich denk an jene Zeit"B maj.SATB 39: 216 III/2.2: 123after Z 4840; text by Mylius  [ de ] 00399
3305.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Herr, ich habe missgehandelt"A min.SATB 39: 216 III/2.2: 21after Z 3695; text by Franck, J. 00400
3315.c.1735 or earlierchorale setting "Herr, ich habe missgehandelt"A min.SATB 39: 217 III/2.1: 47
III/2.2: 171
after Z 3695; text by Franck, J. 00401
3325.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend"G maj.SATB 39: 217 III/2.2: 79after Z 624; text by William of Saxe-Weimar 00402
3335.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Herr Jesu Christ, du hast bereit'"G min.SATB 39: 218 III/2.2: 133after Z 4711; text by Kinner  [ de ] 00403
3345.c.1735 or earlierchorale setting "Herr Jesu Christ, ich schrei zu dir"G min.SATB III/2.1: 43 after Z 4486 00404
chorale setting "Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut" 39: 218 III/2.2: 41after Z 4486; text by Ringwaldt
3355.c.1735 or earlierchorale setting "Herr Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht"E min.SATB 39: 218 III/2.1: 60
III/2.2: 175
after Z 423; text by Behm 00405
chorale setting "O Jesu, du mein Bräutigam"III/2.2: 139after Z 423; text by Hermann
3365.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott"A maj.SATB 39: 219 III/2.2: 106after Z 423; text by Eber 00406
3375.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Herr, nun lass in Friede"A min.SATB 39: 219 III/2.2: 107after Z 3302; text by Behme  [ de ] 00407
3385.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Herr, straf mich nicht in deinem Zorn, das bitt"A min.SATB 39: 220 III/2.2: 131after Z 4606a; text after Ps. 6 [43] 00408
3395.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Wer in dem Schutz des Höchsten ist"A maj.SATB 39: 220 III/2.2: 84after Z 4438; text by Heyden 00409
chorale setting "Herr, wie du willt, so schicks mit mir"after Z 4438; text by Bienemann  [ de ]
3405.c.1735 or earlierchorale setting "Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, o Herr"C maj.SATB 39: 221 III/2.1: 42
III/2.2: 164
after Z 8326; text by Schalling 00410
3415.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Heut ist, o Mensch, ein großer Trauertag" G Dor. SATB 39: 221 III/2.2: 96after Z 8569/A; text by Löwenstern 00411
3425.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Heut triumphieret Gottes Sohn"A min.SATB 39: 222 III/2.2: 44after Z 2585; text by Stolzhagen  [ de ] 00412
3435.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Hilf, Gott, dass mirs gelinge" G Dor. SATB 39: 222 III/2.2: 112after Z 4329f; text by Müller, H. [44] 00413
3445.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Hilf, Herr Jesu, lass gelingen" G Dor. SATB 39: 223 III/2.2: 89after Z 3687a; text by Rist 00414
3455.c.1735 or earlierchorale setting "Ich bin ja, Herr, in deiner Macht"G min.SATB 39: 223 III/2.1: 13
III/2.2: 148
Z 5878a; text by Dach 00415
3465.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Ich dank dir, Gott, für deine Wohltat"C maj.SATB 39: 224 III/2.2: 132after Z 8090; text by Freder  [ de ] 00416
3475.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Ich dank dir, lieber Herre"A maj.SATB 39: 224 III/2.2: 2after Z 5354a–b; text by Kolross 00417
3485.c.1735 or earlierchorale setting "Ich dank dir, lieber Herre"B maj.SATB 39: 225 III/2.1: 39
III/2.2: 162
after Z 5354a–b; text by Kolross 00418
3495.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Ich dank dir schon durch deinen Sohn"F maj.SATB 39: 225 III/2.2: 106after Z 247b; text by Burchart  [ de ] 00419
3505.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Ich danke dir, Herr Gott, in deinem Throne"G min.SATB 39: 226 III/2.2: 135after Z 3199; text by Fabricius  [ de ] 00420
3515.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Ich hab mein Sach Gott heimgestellt" G Dor. SATB 39: 226 III/2.2: 13after Z 1679; text by Leon  [ de ] 00421
3665.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Ihr Gestirn, ihr hohlen Lüfte"D min.SATB 39: 236 III/2.2: 92after Z 3703; text by Franck, J. 00436
3675.1750 or earlierchorale setting "In allen meinen Taten"C maj.SATB 39: 236 III/2.2: 81after Z 2276; text by Fleming [45] 00437
3685.1750 or earlierchorale setting "In dulci jubilo"F maj.SATB 39: 236 III/2.2: 83after Z 4947 00438
3525.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Jesu, der du meine Seele"A min.SATB 39: 227 III/2.2: 22after Z 6804; text by Rist 00422
3535.c.1735 or earlierchorale setting "Jesu, der du meine Seele"G min.SATB 39: 228 III/2.1: 26
III/2.2: 160
after Z 6804; text by Rist 00423
3545.c.1735 or earlierchorale setting "Jesu, der du meine Seele" B Dor. SATB 39: 228 III/2.1: 99
III/2.2: 211
after Z 6804; text by Rist 00424
3555.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Jesu, der du selbsten wohl"A maj.SATB 39: 229 III/2.2: 97after Z 6335; text by Bapzien  [ de ] 00425
3565.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Jesu, du mein liebstes Leben"G min.SATB 39: 230 III/2.2: 144after Z 7891; text by Rist 00426
3575.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Jesu, Jesu, du bist mein" C Dor. SATB 39: 230 III/2.2: 144BWV 470, Z 6446 00427
3585.c.1735 or earlierchorale setting "Jesu, meine Freude"D min.SATB 39: 231 III/2.1: 80
III/2.2: 204
after Z 8032; text by Franck, J. 00428
3605.c.1735 or earlierchorale setting "Jesu, meiner Seelen Wonne"B maj.SATB 39: 232 III/2.1: 73
III/2.2: 201
after Z 6551a; text by Janus 00430
3595.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Jesu, meiner Seelen Wonne"A maj.SATB 39: 232 III/2.2: 209after BWV 154/3; text by Janus 00429
3615.c.1735 or earlierchorale setting "Jesu, meines Herzens Freud"B maj.SATB 39: 233 III/2.1: 34
III/2.2: 157
after Z 4797–4798; text by Flittner  [ de ] 00431
3625.c.1735 or earlierchorale setting "Jesu, nun sei gepreiset"B maj.SATB 39: 234 III/2.1: 12
III/2.2: 149
after Z 8477a; text by Hermann 00432
3645.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der den Tod überwand" G Dor. SATB 39: 235 III/2.2: 99after Z 1978; text by Luther 00434
3635.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der von uns den Gottes Zorn wandt"E min.SATB 39: 234 III/2.2: 19after Z 1576; text by Luther 00433
3655.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Jesus, meine Zuversicht"C maj.SATB 39: 235 III/2.2: 100after Z 3432b; text by Louise Henriette of N 00435
3695.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Keinen hat Gott verlassen"E min.SATB 39: 237 III/2.2: 73after Z 5395 00439
3705.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Komm, Gott Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist"C maj.SATB 39: 238 III/2.2: 105after Z 295; text by Luther 00440
3715.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit"A min.SATB 39: 238 III/2.2: 74after Z 8600c 00441
3725.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Lass, o Herr, dein Ohr sich neigen" G Dor. SATB 39: 240 III/2.2: 128after Z 6863; text by Opitz 00442
3735.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier"G maj.SATB 39: 240 III/2.2: 74, 190after Z 3498b; text by Clausnitzer 00443
3745.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Lobet den Herren, denn er ist sehr" G Dor. SATB 39: 241 III/2.2: 134after Z 975; text after Ps. 147 00444
3755.c.1735 or earlierchorale setting "Lobt Gott, ihr Christen, allzugleich"G maj.SATB 39: 241 III/2.1: 45
III/2.2: 164
after Z 198; text by Herman 00445
3765.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Lobt Gott, ihr Christen allzugleich"A maj.SATB 39: 242 III/2.2: 197after Z 198; text by Herman 00446
3775.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Machs mit mir, Gott, nach deiner Güt"D maj.SATB 39: 242 III/2.2: 26after Z 2383; text by Schein 00447
3785.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Mein Augen schließ ich jetzt"G maj.SATB 39: 243 III/2.2: 153after Z 1067; text by Löwenstern 00448
3795.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Meinen Jesum lass ich nicht, Jesus"G maj.SATB 39: 243 III/2.2: 87after Z 3448a 00449
3805.c.1735 or earlierchorale setting "Meinen Jesum lass ich nicht, weil"E maj.SATB 39: 244 III/2.1: 62
III/2.2: 178
after Z 3449; text by Keymann 00450
3245.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Meine Seele erhebet den Herren"E min.SATB 39: 212 III/2.2: 73after German Magnificat; text by Luther after Lk. 1:46–55 00394
3815.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Meines Lebens letzte Zeit"E min.SATB 39: 244 III/2.2: 199after Z 6380; ↔ BWV 488 00451
3825.c.1735 or earlierchorale setting "Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin" G Dor. SATB 39: 245 III/2.1: 40
III/2.2: 28
after Z 3986; text by Luther 00452
3835.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Mitten wir im Leben sind"A min.SATB 39: 246 III/2.2: 124after Z 8502; text by Luther after Media vita 00453
3845.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Nicht so traurig, nicht so sehr"C min.SATB 39: 247 III/2.2: 86Z 3355; text by Gerhardt 00454
3855.c.1735 or earlierchorale setting "Nun bitten wir den Heiligen Geist"A maj.SATB 39: 247 III/2.1: 76
III/2.2: 22
after Z 2029a; text by Luther 00455
3865.c.1735 or earlierchorale setting "Nun danket alle Gott"A maj.SATB 39: 248 III/2.1: 101
III/2.2: 20
after Z 5142; text by Rinkart 00456
3875.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Nun freut euch, Gottes Kinder all" D Dor. SATB 39: 248 III/2.2: 104after Z 364; text by Alberus 00457
3885.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gmein"G maj.SATB 39: 248 III/2.2: 103after Z 4427; text by Luther 00458
3895.c.1735 or earlierchorale setting "Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren"C maj.SATB 39: 249 III/2.1: 32
III/2.2: 159
after Z 8244; text by Gramann after Ps. 103 00459
3905.c.1735 or earlierchorale setting "Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren"C maj.SATB 39: 250 III/2.1: 58
III/2.2: 176
after Z 8244; text by Gramann after Ps. 103 00460
3915.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Nun preiset alle Gottes Barmherzigkeit"G maj.SATB 39: 250 III/2.2: 131after Z 4089a; text by Löwenstern 00461
3925.1734–1750chorale setting "Nun ruhen alle Wälder"B maj.SATB 39: 251 III/2.2: 172after BWV 97/9; text by Gerhardt 00462
3965.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Nun sich der Tag geendet hat"A min.SATB 39: 252 III/2.2: 142after Z 212b; text by Krieger 00466
3975.c.1735 or earlierchorale setting "O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort"F maj.SATB 39: 253 III/2.1: 23
III/2.2: 163
after Z 5820; text by Johann Rist; ↔ BWV 513 00467
3985.c.1728–1729chorale setting "O Gott, du frommer Gott"D maj.SATB 39: 254 III/2.2: 182after Z 5206b; text by Heermann; ↔ BWV 197a/7 00468
3995.1750 or earlierchorale setting "O Gott, du frommer Gott"G maj.SATB 39: 254 III/2.2: 184after Z 5148; text by Heermann 00469
4005.1750 or earlierchorale setting "O Herzensangst"E maj.SATB 39: 255 III/2.2: 99Z 1003; text by Müller von Königsberg 00470
4015.1750 or earlierchorale setting "O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig"F maj.SATB 39: 255 III/2.2: 94after Z 4361a; text by Decius after Agnus Dei 00471
4025.1750 or earlierchorale setting "O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß"E maj.SATB 39: 256 III/2.2: 114after Z 8303; text by Heyden 00472
4035.1750 or earlierchorale setting "O Mensch, schau Jesum Christum an" G Dor. SATB 39: 257 III/2.2: 116after Z 3994a–b; text by Specht; ↔ Z 3994c 00473
4045.1750 or earlierchorale setting "O Traurigkeit, o Herzeleid"A min.SATB 39: 257 III/2.2: 34after Z 1915; text by Rist 00474
F min.III/2.2: 215
3935.c.1735 or earlierchorale setting "O Welt, sieh hier dein Leben"A maj.SATB 39: 251 III/2.1: 44
III/2.2: 163
after Z 2293b; text by Gerhardt 00463
3945.c.1735 or earlierchorale setting "O Welt, sieh hier dein Leben"A maj.SATB 39: 252 III/2.1: 96
III/2.2: 210
after Z 2293b; text by Gerhardt 00464
3955.1724–1750chorale setting "O Welt, sieh hier dein Leben"A maj.SATB 39: 252 III/2.2: 208after BWV 245/11; text by Gerhardt 00465
4055.1750 or earlierchorale setting "O wie selig seid ihr doch, ihr Frommen"D min.SATB 39: 258 III/2.2: 124after Z 1583; text by Dach; ↔ BWV 495 00475
4065.1750 or earlierchorale setting "O wie selig seid ihr doch, ihr Frommen"D min.SATB 39: 258 III/2.2: 129after Z 1581; text by Dach 00476
4075.1750 or earlierchorale setting "O wir armen Sünder"D maj.SATB 39: 258 III/2.2: 114after Z 8187c; text by Bonnus  [ de ] 00477
4085.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Schaut, ihr Sünder" G Dor. SATB 39: 259 III/2.2: 98after Z 8569/B; text by Löwenstern 00478
4095.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Seelenbräutigam"A maj.SATB 39: 260 III/2.2: 82, 216after Z 3255a–b; text by Drese; ↔ BWV 496 00479
4105.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Sei gegrüßet, Jesu gütig"G min.SATB 39: 260 III/2.2: 98after Z 3889b; text by Keymann; ↔ BWV 499 00480
4115.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Singt dem Herrn ein neues Lied"G maj.SATB 39: 260 III/2.2: 146after Z 6424; text by Löwenstern 00481
4125.1750 or earlierchorale setting "So gibst du nun, mein Jesu, gute Nacht" G Dor. SATB 39: 261 III/2.2: 119after Z 849; text by Pfeiffer  [ de ]; ↔ BWV 501 00482
4135.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Sollt ich meinem Gott nicht singen"D min.SATB 39: 262 III/2.2: 130after Z 7886b; text by Gerhardt; ↔ BWV 481 00483
4145.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Uns ist ein Kindlein heut geborn"G maj.SATB 39: 262 III/2.2: 86after Z 439; ↔ BWV 253 00484
4155.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Valet will ich dir geben"D maj.SATB 39: 263 III/2.2: 16after Z 5404a; text by Herberger 00485
4165.1724-04-07chorale setting "Vater unser im Himmelreich"D min.SATB 39: 263 III/2.1: 94
III/2.2: 27
after Z 2561; text by Luther after Mt 6:9–13; ↔ BWV 245.1/5 00486
4175.c.1735 or earlierchorale setting "Von Gott will ich nicht lassen"B min.SATB 39: 264 III/2.1: 92
III/2.2: 209
after Z 5264b; text by Helmbold 00487
4185.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Von Gott will ich nicht lassen"A min.SATB 39: 264 III/2.2: 192after Z 5264b; text by Helmbold 00488
4195.1726–1761 (CPE)chorale setting "Helft mir Gotts Güte preisen"A min.SATB 39: 265 III/2.2: 64by Bach, C. P. E.; after BWV 16/6; text by Eber 00489
chorale setting "Von Gott will ich nicht lassen"by Bach, C. P. E.; after BWV 16/6; text by Helmbold
2575.c.1735 or earlierchorale setting "Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit"A min.SATB 39: 178 III/2.1: 46
III/2.2: 170
after Z 4441a; text by Luther after Ps. 124 00327
4205.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz"A min.SATB 39: 265 III/2.2: 84after Z 1689a 00490
4215.c.1735 or earlierchorale setting "Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz"A min.SATB 39: 266 III/2.1: 65
III/2.2: 178
after Z 1689a; ↔ BWV 1164/2 00491
4225.c.1735 or earlierchorale setting "Warum sollt ich mich denn grämen" G Mix. SATB 39: 266 III/2.1: 82
III/2.2: 204
after Z 6461; → Z 6462; text by Gerhardt 00492
4235.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Was betrübst du dich, mein Herze" G Dor. SATB 39: 267 III/2.2: 140Z 6830; text by Herrmann  [ wikisource:de ] 00493
4245.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Was bist du doch, o Seele, so betrübet"A min.SATB 39: 267 III/2.2: 108after Z 1837; text by Schultt, R. F.  [ scores ]; ↔ BWV 506 00494
4255.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Was willst du dich, o meine Seele, kränken"A min.SATB 39: 268 III/2.2: 142after Z 7844; text by Werder  [ de ] 00495
4265.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Weltlich Ehr und zeitlich Gut"C maj.SATB 39: 269 III/2.2: 122after Z 4972; text by Weiße 00496
4275.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Wenn ich in Angst und Not"E maj.SATB 39: 269 III/2.2: 85after Z 4233; text by Löwenstern 00497
4285.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Wenn mein Stündlein verhanden ist"G maj.SATB 39: 270 III/2.2: 187after Z 4482a; text by Herman 00498
4295.c.1735 or earlierchorale setting "Wenn mein Stündlein verhanden ist"A maj.SATB 39: 270 III/2.1: 91
III/2.2: 29
after Z 4482a; text by Herman 00499
4305.c.1735 or earlierchorale setting "Wenn mein Stündlein verhanden ist"A maj.SATB 39: 271 III/2.1: 68
III/2.2: 201
after Z 4482a; text by Herman 00500
4315.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein"F maj.SATB 39: 272 III/2.2: 38after Z 394; text by Eber 00501
4325.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein"G maj.SATB 39: 272 III/2.2: 146after Z 394; text by Eber 00502
4335.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Wer Gott vertraut, hat wohl gebaut"G maj.SATB 39: 273 III/2.2: 78after Z 8207; text by Magdeburg  [ de ] [45] 00503
4345.c.1735 or earlierchorale setting "Wer weiß, wie nahe mir mein Ende"A min.SATB 39: 273 III/2.1: 38 after Z 2778; text by Emilie Juliane of B-M 00504
chorale setting "Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten"III/2.2: 85after Z 2778; text by Neumark
4355.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Wie bist du, Seele, in mir so gar betrübt"E min.SATB 39: 274 III/2.2: 143after Z 4092; text by Zeutschner  [ choralwiki ] 00505
4365.c.1735 or earlierchorale setting "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern"E maj.SATB 39: 274 III/2.1: 45
III/2.2: 165
after Z 8359; text by Nicolai 00506
4375.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Wir glauben all an einen Gott" D Dor. SATB 39: 275 III/2.2: 76after Z 7971; text by Luther after Creed 00507
2585.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält"B min.SATB 39: 179 III/2.2: 194after Z 4441a; text by Jonas 00328
4385.1750 or earlierchorale setting "Wo Gott zum Haus nicht gibt sein Gunst"F maj.SATB 39: 276 III/2.2: 90after Z 305; text by Kolross 00508

In the 1725 Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach

Included in the second Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach (started 1725): BWV 299: "Dir, dir, Jehova, will ich singen" (included as No. 39, in both a four-part chorale version and a voice and bass version) • BWV 397: "O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort" (included as No. 42 in a voice and bass version = BWV 513)

With a voice and bass variant in Schemellis Gesangbuch

Two-part versions in Schemellis Gesangbuch : [46] No. 40 (3), BWV 447BWV 297 • No. 281 (18), BWV 481BWV 413 • No. 293 (22), BWV 499BWV 410 • No. 296 (23), BWV 500BWV 500a, four-part variant in St Mark Passion pasticcio • No. 315 (26), BWV 501BWV 412 • No. 320 (27), BWV 441BWV 441* or deest • No. 397 (32), BWV 452BWV 299 • No. 488 (37), BWV 461BWV 320 • No. 741 (53), BWV 470BWV 357 • No. 779 (55), BWV 506BWV 424 • No. 881 (63), BWV 488BWV 258 • No. 894 (65), BWV 495BWV 405

Other four-part chorales in early manuscripts

Authenticated as Bach's after the first edition (1950) of the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis: BWV 1089: "Da Jesus an dem Kreuze stund" • BWV 1122: "Denket doch, ihr Menschenkinder" • BWV 1123: "Wo Gott zum Haus nicht gibt sein Gunst" • BWV 1124: "Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ" • BWV 1125: "O Gott, du frommer Gott" • BWV 1126: "Lobet Gott, unsern Herren" • BWV deest: "Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben"

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