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The following is a list of church cantatas, sorted by the liturgical occasion for which they were composed and performed. The genre was particularly popular in 18th-century Lutheran Germany, although there are later examples. The liturgical calendar of the German Reformation era had, without counting
Reformation Day Reformation Day is a Protestant Christian religious holiday celebrated on 31 October, alongside All Hallows' Eve (Halloween) during the triduum of Allhallowtide, in remembrance of the onset of the Reformation. According to Philip Melanchtho ...
and days between Palm Sunday and Easter, 72 occasions for which a cantata could be presented. Composers such as Telemann composed cycles of church cantatas comprising all 72 of these occasions (e.g. ''
Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst ''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'' is a year-cycle of 72 church cantatas composed and published by Georg Philipp Telemann in 1725–26. References SourcesGoogle cache from a Swedish pagefeast day The calendar of saints is the traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint. The word "feast" in this context d ...
s could coincide with
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s, and the maximum number of Sundays after Epiphany and the maximum number of Sundays after Trinity could not all occur. In some places, of which Leipzig in Johann Sebastian Bach's time is best known, no concerted music was allowed for the three last Sundays of Advent, nor for the Sundays of Lent (apart when Annunciation fell on a Sunday in that period, or in Holy Week), so the "ideal" year cycle (German: ) for such places comprised only 64 cantatas (or 63 without the cantata for Reformation Day).Günther Zedler
''Die Kantaten von Johann Sebastian Bach: Eine Einführung in die Werkgattung''.
Books on Demand, 2011.
p. 24–25
/ref> As the bulk of extant cantatas were composed for occasions occurring in the liturgical calendar of the German Reformation era, including Passion cantatas for Good Friday, that calendar is followed for the presentation of cantatas in this section. Most cantatas made reference to the content of the readings and to Lutheran hymns appropriate for the occasion. The melodies of such hymns often appeared in cantatas, for example as in the four-part settings concluding Bach's works, or as a cantus firmus in larger choral movements. Other occasions for church cantatas include weddings and funeral services. Thus below also readings and hymns associated with the occasion are listed, for the hymns for instance based on
Vopelius Gottfried Vopelius (28 January 1645 – 3 February 1715), was a German Lutheran academic and hymn-writer, mainly active in Leipzig. He was born in Herwigsdorf, now a district of Rosenbach, Oberlausitz, and died in Leipzig at the age of 70.Robert ...
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Neu Leipziger Gesangbuch Gottfried Vopelius (28 January 1645 – 3 February 1715), was a German Lutheran academic and hymn-writer, mainly active in Leipzig. He was born in Herwigsdorf, now a district of Rosenbach, Oberlausitz, and died in Leipzig at the age of 70. Rober ...
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Gottfried Vopelius Gottfried Vopelius (28 January 1645 – 3 February 1715), was a German Lutheran academic and hymn-writer, mainly active in Leipzig. He was born in Herwigsdorf, now a district of Rosenbach, Oberlausitz, and died in Leipzig at the age of 70. Rober ...

"Kirchen-Ordnung dieser Christlichen lieder" (= first register), pp. 1105–1117
in ''
Neu Leipziger Gesangbuch Gottfried Vopelius (28 January 1645 – 3 February 1715), was a German Lutheran academic and hymn-writer, mainly active in Leipzig. He was born in Herwigsdorf, now a district of Rosenbach, Oberlausitz, and died in Leipzig at the age of 70. Rober ...
''. Leipzig: Christoph Klinger. 1682.
Data such as readings and hymns generally apply to Bach's Leipzig: differences may occur in other places, or other times, as indicated.


Occasions of the liturgical year

;Advent :
Advent Advent is a Christian season of preparation for the Nativity of Christ at Christmas. It is the beginning of the liturgical year in Western Christianity. The name was adopted from Latin "coming; arrival", translating Greek ''parousia''. In ...
is celebrated on the four Sundays before Christmas. Sometimes, as in Leipzig, there was a ''
tempus clausum The closed time (Latin: Tempus clausum), in the ancient Roman Catholic law : forbidden time (lat. Tempus feriatum) as well, denominates the penitential periods in the liturgical year, Lent and Advent. During this ''closed time'' the believers shal ...
'' (silent time: no cantatas performed) for the last three Sundays of Advent. ;Christmas to Epiphany : The Christmas season was celebrated from Christmas Day through
Epiphany Epiphany may refer to: * Epiphany (feeling), an experience of sudden and striking insight Religion * Epiphany (holiday), a Christian holiday celebrating the revelation of God the Son as a human being in Jesus Christ ** Epiphany season, or Epiph ...
. Three days were observed for Christmas, with a Christmas cantata performed every day. The next feast days were New Year and Epiphany. Sundays may occur between the third day of Christmas and New Year and/or between New Year and Epiphany: thus the period had at least five occasions, or at most seven. : For the Christmas season of 1734–35 Bach composed the '' Christmas Oratorio'' in six parts, to be performed as the cantata in the service on the six feast days, three days of Christmas, New Year, the Sunday after New Year and Epiphany (there was no Sunday between the third day of Christmas and New Year in 1734). ;Sundays after Epiphany : Depending on the date of Easter, a variable number (up to six) of Sundays occurred between Epiphany and Septuagesima, the third Sunday before
Ash Wednesday Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer and fasting in many Western Christian denominations. It is preceded by Shrove Tuesday and falls on the first day of Lent (the six weeks of penitence before Easter). It is observed by Catholics in the Rom ...
. The sixth Sunday after Epiphany is extremely rare: in the first half of the 18th century cantatas for this Sunday were only composed in "ideal" cantata cycles, but for instance not by composers such as Bach and Graupner who generally only composed what was to be performed under their direction. ;Pre-Lenten Season : There were three Sundays in the Pre-Lenten Season: Septuagesima, Sexagesima and Quinquagesima (the last one also known as Estomihi) ;Lent : During
Lent Lent ( la, Quadragesima, 'Fortieth') is a solemn religious observance in the liturgical calendar commemorating the 40 days Jesus spent fasting in the desert and enduring temptation by Satan, according to the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke ...
, the six Sundays between Ash Wednesday and Easter, " quiet time" was observed in Leipzig. Only the feast of
Annunciation The Annunciation (from Latin '), also referred to as the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Annunciation of Our Lady, or the Annunciation of the Lord, is the Christian celebration of the biblical tale of the announcement by the ange ...
was celebrated with a cantata, even if it fell in that time. On
Good Friday Good Friday is a Christian holiday commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at Calvary. It is observed during Holy Week as part of the Paschal Triduum. It is also known as Holy Friday, Great Friday, Great and Holy Friday (also Hol ...
, a Passion was performed, in most cases rather considered an Oratorio than a cantata. In Graupner's
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there was also a cantata on Maundy Thursday. ;Easter to Pentecost : Eastertide comprises the time up to
Pentecost Pentecost (also called Whit Sunday, Whitsunday or Whitsun) is a Christianity, Christian holiday which takes place on the 50th day (the seventh Sunday) after Easter Sunday. It commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles in the Ne ...
, starting with three days of Easter. There are five Sundays between Easter and Ascension. Ascension is followed by one Sunday before the three feast days of Pentecost. : The Sundays between Easter and Pentecost have Latin names, derived from the beginning of the prescribed readings. For example, the first Sunday after Easter is called Quasimodogeniti. Some sources name the Sunday after Easter the second Sunday in Easter, counting Easter Sunday as the first. ;Trinity and the Sundays after Trinity: Trinity is the Sunday after Pentecost. A variable number of Sundays occurs between Trinity and the first Sunday in Advent, a maximum of 27, if Easter is extremely early. ;Marian feasts : There are three
Marian feast days Marian feast days in the liturgical year are celebrated in honour of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The number of Marian feasts celebrated, their names (and at times dates) can vary among Christian denominations. History and development Early histor ...
that are usually observed in the German Reformation era: Purification on 2 February,
Annunciation The Annunciation (from Latin '), also referred to as the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Annunciation of Our Lady, or the Annunciation of the Lord, is the Christian celebration of the biblical tale of the announcement by the ange ...
on 25 March and
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on 2 July ;Feast of John the Baptist : St. John's Day was celebrated on 24 June, with cantatas written by, among others, Bach and Telemann. ;Feast of St. Michael:
St. Michael's Day Michaelmas ( ; also known as the Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, the Feast of the Archangels, or the Feast of Saint Michael and All Angels) is a Christian festival observed in some Western liturgical calendars on 29 September, an ...
was celebrated on 29 September with, for instance, cantatas by Bach and Telemann, but in Graupner's Darmstadt there was apparently no demand for such cantatas. ;Feast of St. Stephen :
St. Stephen's Day Saint Stephen's Day, also called the Feast of Saint Stephen, is a Christian saint's day to commemorate Saint Stephen, the first Christian martyr or protomartyr, celebrated on 26 December in Western Christianity and 27 December in Eastern Chr ...
falls on 26 December, the second day of Christmas, so generally not counted as a separate occasion. ;Reformation Day :
Reformation Day Reformation Day is a Protestant Christian religious holiday celebrated on 31 October, alongside All Hallows' Eve (Halloween) during the triduum of Allhallowtide, in remembrance of the onset of the Reformation. According to Philip Melanchtho ...
is celebrated on 31 October and for instance Bach and Graupner wrote cantatas for the occasion. Reformation Day is however not always seen as one of the feasts of the liturgical year: for instance in Telemann's and Picander's ideal cantata cycles the feast day isn't mentioned. Telemann's ideal cycle thus consists of four Sundays of Advent; Seven occasions from Christmas to Epiphany; Nine Sundays between Epiphany and Lent; Six Sundays of Lent; 14 occasions from Easter to Trinity; 27 Sundays after Trinity; Three Marian Feasts, St. John's Day (24 June) and Michaelmas – totalling 72 occasions for which he provided a cantata. Graupner's church cantatas don't include the sixth Sunday after Epiphany, nor cantatas for St. John's Day or Michaelmas, however there are cantatas for Maundy Thursday and Good Friday, which totals 71 occasions from
GWV Christoph Graupner (13 January 1683 – 10 May 1760) was a German composer and harpsichordist of late Baroque music who was a contemporary of Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Philipp Telemann and George Frideric Handel. Life Born in Hartmannsdorf ...
 1101 to 1171, with GWV 1173 indicating Reformation Day cantatas. ;Libretto cycles : Several cantata libretto cycles were published in the first half of the 18th century: :* Erdmann Neumeister: :** '' Geistliche Cantaten'' (1702) :* Anonymous (
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?) :** '' Sonn- und Fest-Andachten'' (Meiningen 1704) :*
Benjamin Schmolck Benjamin Schmolck (21 December 1672 – 12 February 1737) was a German Lutheran writer of hymns. He was born a pastor's son in Brauchitschdorf (Chróstnik), Silesia. After attending the gymnasium in Liegnitz (Legnica), he studied theology ...
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'' (1720) :* Picander: :** '' Sammlung Erbaulicher Gedanken'' (1724–25) :** '' Cantaten auf die Sonn- und Fest-Tage durch das gantze Jahr'' (1728–29)


First Sunday of Advent (Advent I)

;Occasion :
Advent Sunday Advent Sunday, also called the First Sunday of Advent or First Advent Sunday, among the Western Christian Churches, is the first day of the liturgical year and the start of the season of Advent. On the First Sunday of Advent, Christians start ligh ...
, first of the four Sundays of
Advent Advent is a Christian season of preparation for the Nativity of Christ at Christmas. It is the beginning of the liturgical year in Western Christianity. The name was adopted from Latin "coming; arrival", translating Greek ''parousia''. In ...
, which are the four Sundays preceding Christmas ;Readings :, night is advanced, day will come :, the
Entry into Jerusalem In the accounts of the four canonical Gospels, Jesus Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem took place in the days before the Last Supper, marking the beginning of his Passion, his time of suffering, death, and resurrection celebrated during H ...
;Hymns :" Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland" by Martin Luther ('' Erfurt Enchiridion'', 1524) and its Latin model " Veni redemptor gentium" by
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"Advents Lieder" pp. 1–23
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Eisenach: Rörer, 1673
:"Von Adam her so lange Zeit" by
Michael Weiße Michael Weiße or Weisse ( – 19 March 1534) was a German theologian, Protestant reformer and hymn writer. First a Franciscan, he joined the Bohemian Brethren. He published the most extensive early Protestant hymnal in 1531, supplying most hymn ...
:"Menschenkind merk eben" by Michael Weiße : by Michael Weiße or Sortable Index of the Chorales by J.S. Bach
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:"Als der gütige Gott" (text by Michael Weiße,
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by Johann Crüger) : (text by
Peter Abelard Peter Abelard (; french: link=no, Pierre Abélard; la, Petrus Abaelardus or ''Abailardus''; 21 April 1142) was a medieval French scholastic philosopher, leading logician, theologian, poet, composer and musician. This source has a detailed desc ...
) :"Lob sei dem allmächtigen Gott" (text by Michael Weiße, hymn tune by Johann Crüger) :"Gott durch deine Güte" : :"Gläubiges Herze, freu dich heut" by Michael Altenburg : and its Latin model "
Conditor alme siderum Conditor alme siderum, is a seventh-century Latin hymn used during the Christian liturgical season of Advent. It is also known in English as Creator of the Stars of Night, from a translation by J.M. Neale. History It was formerly ascribed to Sai ...
" : : by :"Gott Vater uns sein Sohn fürstellt" :"Wir danken dir, Herr Jesu Christ, Daß du vom Himmel kommen bist" by Bartholomäus Helder :"
Macht hoch die Tür "Macht hoch die Tür" (Fling wide the door) is a German popular Advent hymn, written in Ducal Prussia in the 17th century. The lyrics were written by Georg Weissel in 1623, for the inauguration of the Altroßgärter Kirche in Königsberg. The melo ...
" by
Georg Weissel Georg Weissel (1590 – 1 August 1635) was a German Lutheranism, Lutheran minister and hymn writer. Born in Domnovo, Domnau in Ducal Prussia, a vassal of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Weissel studied theology and music at the University o ...
(after Psalm 24:7-10) ;Cantatas :Georg Böhm: :* Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Saget der Tochter Zion'',
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 1:1234 ( 1716–17 cantata cycle) :* ', TWV 1:1074 (1722?; staged in Leipzig ; BDW ) :* ''Erwachet zum Kriegen'', TWV 1:481 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', 1725-1726) :Christoph Graupner (see also List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner § GWV 1101): :* ''Machet die Tore weit'', GWV 1101/27 (1727) :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach) § Advent I):
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(Bärenreiter). Volume 1: ''Adventskantaten'' i
Series I: Cantatas
/ref> :* '' Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland'', BWV 61 (; ) :* ''Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland'', BWV 62 (chorale cantata, ) :* ''Schwingt freudig euch empor'', BWV 36 (early version: 1725-30; final version: ) : Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich at IMSLP website :* '' O Herr hilf o Herr laß wohl gelingen'', H. 339 (1738)Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich: 12 Kantaten; V (X), Coro, orch, bc, 1750 (1750c)
at Berlin State Library website
Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich: 12 Cantatas
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:* '' Saget der Tochter Zion siehe dein Heil kommt'', H. 348Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich; Telemann, Georg Philipp: 17 Kantaten; V (X), Coro, orch, bc, 1760
at Berlin State Library website
Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich: 17 Cantatas
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:* '' Komm herein du Gesegneter des Herrn'', H. 349 :* '' Küsset den Sohn daß er nicht zürne'', H. 350 : Wilhelm Friedemann Bach :*''Lasset uns ablegen die Werke der Finsternis'', (, BDW )


Second Sunday of Advent (Advent II)

;Occasion :Second Sunday in Advent ;Readings :, call of the Gentiles :, coming of the Son of man ;Hymns (in addition to those listed for Advent I) :"Es ist gewißlich an der zeit" (text by
Bartholomäus Ringwaldt Bartholomäus Ringwaldt (c. 1530 – probably May 9, 1599) was a German didactic poet and Lutheran pastor. He is most recognized as a hymnwriter. Biography Bartholomäus Ringwaldt was born in Frankfort-on-the-Oder, Germany. From 1543, he studied ...
) ;Cantatas :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Huetet euch, dass eure Herzen'', TWV 1:811 (1716–17 cantata cycle) :* ''Endlich wird die Stunde schlagen'', TWV 1:440 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', 1725-1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner § GWV 1102 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach) § Advent II): :* ''Wachet! betet! betet! wachet!'' BWV 70a () :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* '' Es danken dir Gott die Völker'', H. 340 (1737)


Third Sunday of Advent (Advent III)

;Occasion :Third Sunday of Advent, a.k.a. Gaudete Sunday ;Readings :, the ministry of faithful
apostles An apostle (), in its literal sense, is an emissary, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (''apóstolos''), literally "one who is sent off", from the verb ἀποστέλλειν (''apostéllein''), "to send off". The purpose of such sending ...
:, John the Baptist in prison ;Hymns (in addition to those listed for Advent I) :"Helft mir Gotts Güte preisen" ;Cantatas :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Mein Kind, willtu Gottes Diener sein'', TWV 1:1129 (1716–17 cantata cycle) :* ''Das ist je gewißlich wahr'', TWV 1:183 (1719 or 1720, based on 1 Timothy 1:15; misattributed to Bach as BWV 141, BDW ) :* ''Vor des lichten Tages Schein'', TWV 1:1483 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', Hamburg 1726; text refers to
Psalm 139 Psalm 139 is the 139th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me". In Latin, it is known as "Domine probasti me et cognovisti me". The psalm is a hymn psalm. Attribu ...
:11–12, Matthew 7:5 and John 8:7)''Der Harmonische Gottesdienst'', Texts
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''Georg Philipp Telemann: Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst – Hamburg, 1725–26'', Vol. 4.
2012.
:Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner § GWV 1103 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach) § Advent III): :* ''Ärgre dich, o Seele, nicht'', BWV 186a () :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* '' Siehe da ist euer Gott'', H. 341 (1740) :* '' Erkennet doch daß der Herr seine Heiligen wunderlich führet'', H. 351


Fourth Sunday of Advent (Advent IV)

;Occasion :Fourth Sunday in Advent ;Readings :, Be joyful in the Lord :, testimony of John the Baptist ;Hymns :same as for Advent III ;Cantatas :Georg Philipp Telemann :* ''Ihr seid alle Gottes Kinder'', TWV 1:914 (1716–17 cantata cycle) :* ''Lauter Wonne, lauter Freude'', TWV 1:1040 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', 1725-1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner § GWV 1104 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach) § Advent IV): :* ''Bereitet die Wege, bereitet die Bahn'', BWV 132 (22 December 1715)Andreas Glöckner.
Weimar Cantatas
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, 2012.
:* ''Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben'', BWV 147a () :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* '' Gelobet sei Gott und der Vater'' (1737)Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich: 51 Kantaten, 1760
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Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich: 51 Cantatas
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Christmas (25 December)

;Occasion : Christmas (25 December) ;Readings :, God's mercy appeared (or :, Unto us a child is born) :, Nativity, Annunciation to the shepherds and the angels' song ;Hymns :"
Christum wir sollen loben schon "" (We should praise Christ beautifully) is a Lutheran Christmas hymn with a text by Martin Luther, first published in 1524 in the Erfurt ''Enchiridion''. He wrote it based on the Latin '' A solis ortus cardine'' and kept its melody ( Zahn No.&nbs ...
" (Luther, ''Erfurt Enchirdion'', 1524) :"
Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ "" ("Praise be to You, Jesus Christ") is a Lutheran hymn, written by Martin Luther in 1524. It was first published in 1524 in the . For centuries the chorale has been the prominent hymn (Hauptlied) for Christmas Day in German speaking Lutheranism, ...
" (Luther, ''
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'', 1524) :" Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her" (Luther, 1534; melody 1539) :" Vom Himmel kam der Engel Schar" (Luther, same melody as previous) ;Cantatas :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Erquickendes Wunder der ewigen Gnade'', TWV 1:469 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', Hamburg 1726) :Christoph Graupner (see also List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner § GWV 1105 and § GWV 1172): :* ''Magnificat anima mea'', GWV 1172/22 (1722; also January 1723 in Leipzig, as audition piece for his candidacy as Thomaskantor) :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach) § Christmas Day):
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(Bärenreiter). Volume 2: ''Kantaten zum 1. Weihnachtstag'' i
Series I: Cantatas
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(Bärenreiter). Volume 3: ''Magnificat'' i
Series II: Masses, Passions, Oratorios
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(Bärenreiter). Volume 6: ''Christmas Oratorio'' i
Series II: Masses, Passions, Oratorios
/ref> :* ''Christen, ätzet diesen Tag'', BWV 63 (1714; 1723) :* Magnificat, BWV 243a (1723) :* ''Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ'', BWV 91 (chorale cantata, two versions, earliest version 1724) :* ''Unser Mund sei voll Lachens'', BWV 110 (1725) :* ''Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe'', BWV 197a (1728) :* ''Jauchzet, frohlocket! Auf, preiset die Tage'', BWV 248I ( ''Christmas Oratorio'' Part I, 1734) :* ''Gloria in excelsis Deo'', BWV 191 (1745) :* ''Uns ist ein Kind geboren'', BWV 142 (probably spurious) :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* '' Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe'', H. 342 :* '' Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe'', H. 352 (1737) :* '' Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe'' (1720) :* '' Jauchzet ihr Himmel freue dich Erde'', H. 354 :Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: :* ''O Wunder, wer kann dieses fassen'', (BDW ) :* ''Ach, daß du den Himmel zerrissest'', (BDW ) :* ''Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe'', (BDW ) : Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: :* ''Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe'', H 811 (1772, 1778 and 1782; BDW ) :* ''Auf schicke dich'', H 815 (1775, 1779 and 1786; BDW ) :Georg Anton Benda: :* ''Gott steigt herab'' (arranged by for performances in 1771, 1777 and 1784: BD
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: Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach: :* ''Dessen Preis die Hirten sangen'' (1788 or later, BDW )


Second Day of Christmas (26 December: Christmas 2)

;Occasion :Second day of Christmas (
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), also
St. Stephen's Day Saint Stephen's Day, also called the Feast of Saint Stephen, is a Christian saint's day to commemorate Saint Stephen, the first Christian martyr or protomartyr, celebrated on 26 December in Western Christianity and 27 December in Eastern Chr ...
; On this day Leipzig celebrated Christmas and St. Stephen's Day in alternating years, with different readings. ;Readings :For Christmas (even years): ::, God's mercy appeared in Christ ::, the shepherds at the manger :for St. Stephen's Day (uneven years): :: and , Martyrdom of Stephen ::, Jerusalem killing her prophets ;Hymns :See Christmas ;Cantatas :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Jauchzet, frohlocket, der Himmel ist offen'', TWV 1:953 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', Hamburg 1726 – cantata for St. Stephen's Day) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner § GWV 1106 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach) § Second Day of Christmas): :* ''Darzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes'', BWV 40 (1723) :* ''Christum wir sollen loben schon'', BWV 121 (chorale cantata, 1724) :* ''Selig ist der Mann'', BWV 57 (1725) :* ''Und es waren Hirten in derselben Gegend'', BWV 248II ( ''Christmas Oratorio'' Part II, 1734) :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* '' Bist willkommen du edler Gast'', H. 343 :* '' Uns ist ein Kind geboren'', H. 353 : Carl Heinrich Graun and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach :* ''Ich nahe mich zu deiner Krippen'' ( arrangement of GraunWV Bv:IX:14; BDW&nbs
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Third Day of Christmas (27 December: Christmas 3)

;Occasion : Third day of Christmas, also Feast of St. John the Evangelist ;Readings :, Christ is higher than the angels (Leipzig); Isaiah 9:1–6 (Hamburg) :, prologue, also called
Hymn to the Word John 1 is the first chapter in the Gospel of John in the New Testament of the Holy Bible. The author of the book containing this chapter is anonymous, but early Christian tradition uniformly affirmed that John composed this gospel.Holman Illu ...
;Hymns :See Christmas ;Cantatas :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Unverzagt in allem Leiden'', TWV 1:1456 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', Hamburg 1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner § GWV 1107 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach) § Third Day of Christmas): :* ''Sehet, welch eine Liebe hat uns der Vater erzeiget'', BWV 64 (1723) :* ''Ich freue mich in dir'', BWV 133 (chorale cantata, 1724) :* ''Süßer Trost, mein Jesus kömmt'', BWV 151 (1725) :* ''Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen'', BWV 248III ( ''Christmas Oratorio'' Part III, 1734) :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* '' Herr tue meine Lippen auf'', H. 322 (St. John the Evangelist) :* '' Herzlich lieb hab ich dich o Herr'', H. 344 :* '' Kündlich groß ist das gottselige Geheimnis'' :* '' Sehet welch eine Liebe hat uns der Vater erzeiget'', H. 355 :* '' Sind wir denn Kinder so sind wir auch Erben'', H. 356


First Sunday after Christmas (Christmas I)

;Occasion :Sunday between 27 December and 1 January, which doesn't occur every year. A.k.a.
Christmas Sunday Christmas Sunday is a name for the Sunday after Christmas. In the United Kingdom, if Christmas Day falls on a Saturday, 26 December is sometimes referred to as "Christmas Sunday", and Boxing Day moves to 27 December, although this practice has ...
. ;Readings :, Through Christ we are free from the law :, Simeon and
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with Mary in the temple ;Hymns :See Christmas ;Cantatas :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Was gleicht dem Adel wahrer Christen'', TWV 1:1511 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', Hamburg 1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner § GWV 1108 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach) § Christmas I): :* ''Tritt auf die Glaubensbahn'', BWV 152 () :* ''Das neugeborne Kindelein'', BWV 122 (chorale cantata, ) :* ''Gottlob! nun geht das Jahr zu Ende'', BWV 28 () :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* '' Gott ist wundersam in seinem Heiligtum'' (1737)


New Year (1 January)

;Occasion : New Year; Feast of the Circumcision of Christ ;Readings :: by faith we inherit :: circumcision of Jesus ;Hymns : "Jesu, nun sei gepreiset" by Johannes Hermann ;Cantatas :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Halt ein mit deinem Wetterstrahle'', TWV 1:715 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', Hamburg 1726) : Melchior Hoffmann :* ''Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied'', previously attributed to Telemann as TWV 1:1748. :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner § GWV 1109 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach) § New Year's Day): :* ''Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied'', BWV 190 (1724; incomplete) :* ''Jesu, nun sei gepreiset'', BWV 41 (chorale cantata, 1725) :* ''Herr Gott, dich loben wir'', BWV 16 (1726) :* ''Gott, wie dein Name, so ist auch dein Ruhm'', BWV 171 (1729) :* ''Fallt mit Danken, fallt mit Loben'', BWV 248IV ( ''Christmas Oratorio'' Part IV, 1735) :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* ''
Nun danket alle Gott A nun is a woman who vows to dedicate her life to religious service, typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience in the enclosure of a monastery or convent.''The Oxford English Dictionary'', vol. X, page 599. The term is o ...
'', H. 345 :* '' Der Herr hat Großes an uns getan'', H. 360 :* '' Gehet zu seinen Toren ein'', H. 361 :* '' Alles was ihr tut mit Worten oder mit Werken'' (1738) :
Johann Friedrich Fasch Johann Friedrich Fasch (15 April 1688 – 5 December 1758) was a German violinist and composer. Much of his music is in the Baroque-Classical transitional style known as galant. Life Fasch was born in the town of Buttelstedt, 11 km north o ...
: :* ''Gehet zu seinen Toren ein mit Danken'', FWV D:G1, FR 9/2 (1723) :Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: :* ''Der Herr zu deiner Rechten'', (BDW )


Sunday after New Year (New Year I)

;Occasion :In some years, a Sunday falls between New Year's Day and Epiphany: it is known as the Sunday after New Year () or as the second Sunday after Christmas (Christmas II). ;Readings :: suffering of Christians (Leipzig); : God's mercy appeared in Christ (Hamburg)Toccata Classics
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''Georg Philipp Telemann: Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst – Hamburg, 1725–26'', Vol. 6.
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Flight into Egypt The flight into Egypt is a story recounted in the Gospel of Matthew ( Matthew 2:13– 23) and in New Testament apocrypha. Soon after the visit by the Magi, an angel appeared to Joseph in a dream telling him to flee to Egypt with Mary and the i ...
;Cantatas :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Schmeckt und sehet unsers Gottes Freundlichkeit'', TWV 1:1252 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', Hamburg 1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner § GWV 1110 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach) § New Year I): :* ''Schau, lieber Gott, wie meine Feind'', BWV 153 () :* ''Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid'', BWV 58 (: early version, incomplete; or : final version; strictly speaking not a chorale cantata, but later added to the
chorale cantata cycle Johann Sebastian Bach's chorale cantata cycle is the year-cycle of church cantatas he started composing in Leipzig from the first Sunday after Trinity in 1724. It followed the cantata cycle he had composed from his appointment as Thomaskantor after ...
) Alfred Dörffel. Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe Volume 27: '' Thematisches Verzeichniss der Kirchencantaten No. 1–120''. Breitkopf & Härtel, 1878. Introduction, p. VI :* ''Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen'', BWV 248V ( ''Christmas Oratorio'' Part V, ) :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* '' Ich freue mich und bin fröhlich in dir'' (1738)


Epiphany (6 January)

;Occasion :
Feast of the Epiphany Epiphany ( ), also known as Theophany in Eastern Christian traditions, is a Christian feast day that celebrates the revelation (theophany) of God incarnate as Jesus Christ. In Western Christianity, the feast commemorates principally (but not ...
;Readings :, the heathen will convert :, the
Wise Men From the East The biblical Magi from Middle Persian ''moɣ''(''mard'') from Old Persian ''magu-'' 'Zoroastrian clergyman' ( or ; singular: ), also referred to as the (Three) Wise Men or (Three) Kings, also the Three Magi were distinguished foreigners in the G ...
;Cantatas :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Ihr Völker hört, wie Gott aufs Neue spricht'', TWV 1:921 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', Hamburg 1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner § GWV 1111 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach) § Epiphany): :* ''Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen'', BWV 65 (1724) :* ''Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen'', BWV 123 (chorale cantata, 1725) :* ''Herr, wenn die stolzen Feinde schnauben'', BWV 248VI ( ''Christmas Oratorio'' Part VI, 1735) :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* '' Es danken dir Gott die Völker'', H. 362 :* '' Lobet den Herrn alle Heiden'' (1738)


First Sunday after Epiphany (Epiphany I)

;Readings :, the duties of a Christian :, the finding in the Temple ;Hymns :"
Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ "" ("Praise be to You, Jesus Christ") is a Lutheran hymn, written by Martin Luther in 1524. It was first published in 1524 in the . For centuries the chorale has been the prominent hymn (Hauptlied) for Christmas Day in German speaking Lutheranism, ...
" :" Dies sind die heilgen zehn Gebot" :"
Herr Christ, der einig Gotts Sohn "" (Lord Christ, the Only Son of God) is a Lutheran hymn by Elisabeth Cruciger. Printed in 1524 in the Erfurt ''Enchiridion'', together with 18 hymns by Martin Luther, it is one of the oldest Lutheran hymns. The text combines Lutheran teaching wi ...
" ;Cantatas :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''In gering- und rauhen Schalen'', TWV 1:941 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', Hamburg 1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner § GWV 1112 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach) § Epiphany I):
New Bach Edition The New Bach Edition (NBE) (german: Neue Bach-Ausgabe; NBA), is the second complete edition of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, published by Bärenreiter. The name is short for Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750): New Edition of the Complete W ...
(Bärenreiter). Volume 41: ''Varia: Kantaten, Quodlibet, Einzelsätze, Bearbeitungen'' i
Series I: Cantatas
/ref> :* ''Mein liebster Jesus ist verloren'', BWV 154 () :* ''Meinen Jesum laß ich nicht'', BWV 124 (chorale cantata, ) :* ''Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen'', BWV 32 () :* ''Gedenke, Herr, wie es uns gehet'', BWV 217 (very doubtful, possibly composed by Johann Christoph Altnickol) :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* '' Herr ich habe lieb die Stätte deines Hauses'' (1738)


Second Sunday after Epiphany (Epiphany II)

;Readings :, we have several gifts :, the Marriage at Cana ;Hymns :"
Herr Christ, der einig Gotts Sohn "" (Lord Christ, the Only Son of God) is a Lutheran hymn by Elisabeth Cruciger. Printed in 1524 in the Erfurt ''Enchiridion'', together with 18 hymns by Martin Luther, it is one of the oldest Lutheran hymns. The text combines Lutheran teaching wi ...
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Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern "" (; How lovely shines the morning star) is a Lutheran hymn by Philipp Nicolai written in 1597 and first published in 1599. It inspired musical settings through centuries, notably Bach's chorale cantata , but also vocal and instrumental works by ...
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Am dritten Tag ein Hochzeit ward Gottfried Vopelius (28 January 1645 – 3 February 1715), was a German Lutheran academic and hymn-writer, mainly active in Leipzig. He was born in Herwigsdorf, now a district of Rosenbach, Görlitz, Rosenbach, Upper Lusatia, Oberlausitz, and died ...
" ;Cantatas :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Ist Widerwärtigkeit den Frommen eigen?'', TWV 1:948 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', Hamburg 1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner § GWV 1113 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach) § Epiphany II): :* ''Mein Gott, wie lang, ach lange?'' BWV 155 () :* ''Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid'', BWV 3 (chorale cantata, ) :* ''Meine Seufzer, meine Tränen'', BWV 13 () :Wilhelm Friedemann Bach :* ''Wir sind Gottes Werke'', (incomplete, BDW ) : Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: :* ''Harre auf Gott'' ('s expansion of a 3-movement cantata by Fasch, BD
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:Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* '' Herr wie lange willst du mein so gar vergessen'', H. 300Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich: (Sammelhandschrift) 26 Kantaten; V (X), Coro, orch, bc, 1770
at Berlin State Library website
Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich: 26 Cantatas
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:* '' Was Gott tut das ist wohlgetan'', H. 389Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich: 14 Geistliche Gesänge; V (X), Coro, orch, bc, 1740-1770 (1740-1770)
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:* '' Gottes Rat ist wunderbarlich'' (1738)


Third Sunday after Epiphany (Epiphany III)

;Readings :, rules for life :, the healing of a leper ;Hymns :"
Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ Konrad Hubert, also Konrad Huber, Konrad Huober, or Konrad Humbert (1507 – 13 April 1577), was a German Reformed theologian, hymn writer and reformer. He was for 18 years the assistant of Martin Bucer at St. Thomas, Strasbourg. Life Hubert was ...
" :" Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ" :" Vater unser im Himmelreich" ;Cantatas :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Warum verstellst du die Gebärden?'', TWV 1:1502 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', Hamburg 1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner § GWV 1114 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach) § Epiphany III):
New Bach Edition The New Bach Edition (NBE) (german: Neue Bach-Ausgabe; NBA), is the second complete edition of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, published by Bärenreiter. The name is short for Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750): New Edition of the Complete W ...
(Bärenreiter). Volume 6: ''Kantaten zum 3. und 4. Sonntag nach Epiphanias'' i
Series I: Cantatas
/ref> :* ''Herr, wie du willt, so schicks mit mir'', BWV 73 (; restaged 1732–35 and 1748–49) :* ''Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit'', BWV 111 (chorale cantata, ) :* ''Alles nur nach Gottes Willen'', BWV 72 () :* ''Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe'', BWV 156 () :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* '' Siehe hie bin ich'', H. 329Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich: 16 Kantaten; V (X), Coro, orch, bc, 1770
at Berlin State Library website
Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich: 16 Cantatas
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:* '' Das ist die Freudigkeit die wir haben zu Gott'', H. 363 :* ''
Gelobet sei der Herr täglich (Praised be the Lord daily) is a church cantata by Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, for four voices, strings and continuo. The first movement is based on Psalm 68:20. Erlebach structured the composition in six movements, with the last movement repeatin ...
'' (1738)


Fourth Sunday after Epiphany (Epiphany IV)

;Readings :, love completes the law :, Jesus calming the storm ;Hymns :" Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein" :"
Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält "" (, original: ) is a Lutheran hymn by Justus Jonas, a paraphrase of Psalm 124 in eight stanzas. It was first published in 1524 in the Erfurt ''Enchiridion''. The theme of the psalm is the need of help against raging enemies. It has been translat ...
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Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit "" (; "Were God not with us at this time") is a Lutheran hymn, with words written by Martin Luther based on the Psalm 124. The hymn in three stanzas of seven lines each was first published in 1524. It was translated to English and has appeared in ...
" :" Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir" :"
Es ist das Heil uns kommen her "Es ist das Heil uns kommen her" (originally: "Es ist das heyl vns kommen her", English: "Salvation now has come for all" or more literally: It is our salvation come here to us) is a Lutheran hymn in 14 stanzas by Paul Speratus. It was first pub ...
" ;Cantatas : Johann Ludwig Bach: :* ''Gott ist unser Zuversicht'', JLB 1 (, BDW ) :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Hemmet den Eifer, verbannet die Rache'', TWV 1:730 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', Hamburg 1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner § GWV 1115 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach) § Epiphany IV): :* ''Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen?'' BWV 81 () :* ''Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit'', BWV 14 (chorale cantata, )


Purification (2 February)

;Occasion :
Candlemas Candlemas (also spelled Candlemass), also known as the Feast of the Presentation of Jesus Christ, the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, or the Feast of the Holy Encounter, is a Christian holiday commemorating the presentati ...
or Feast of the Purification of Mary (Mariae Reinigung), a.k.a. Presentation of Jesus at the Temple: celebrated on 2 February, occurring around the fourth Sunday after Epiphany ;Readings :, the Lord will come to his temple :, the purification of Mary and the presentation of Jesus at the Temple, including Simeon's canticle '' Nunc dimittis'' ;Hymns :" Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin" :"
Herr, nun lässest du deinen Diener "" (; In peace and joy I now depart) is a hymn by Martin Luther, a paraphrase in German of the , the canticle of Simeon. Luther wrote the text and melody, Zahn No. 3986, in 1524 and it was first published in the same year. Originally a son ...
" :" Nunc dimittis" :" Ex legis observantia" :" Heut hat Marien Kindelein" ;Cantatas :Johann Ludwig Bach: :* ''Mache dich auf, werde licht'', JLB 9 (1726, BDW ) :Georg Philipp Telemann:"Fête de la Purification de Marie"
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:* ''Ich habe Lust abzuscheiden'', TWV 1:836 (1724; a.k.a. BWV Anh. 157, BDW ) :* ''Erscheine, Gott, in deinem Tempel'', TWV 1:471 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', Hamburg 1726) :Christoph Graupner (see also List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1169): :* ''Valet will ich dir geben'', GWV 1169/32 (1732) :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach) § Purification):
New Bach Edition The New Bach Edition (NBE) (german: Neue Bach-Ausgabe; NBA), is the second complete edition of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, published by Bärenreiter. The name is short for Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750): New Edition of the Complete W ...
(Bärenreiter). Volume 28: ''Kantaten zu Marienfesten'' i
Series I: Cantatas
/ref> :* ''Erfreute Zeit im neuen Bunde'', BWV 83 (1724) :* ''Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin'', BWV 125 (chorale cantata, 1725) :* ''Ich habe genug'', BWV 82 (1727, and later modified versions) :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* '' Wir haben hier keine bleibende Stätte'', H. 313 :* '' So nimm doch nun Herr meine Seele von mir'', H. 358 :
Johann Ernst Bach II Johann Ernst Bach (28 January 1722 – 1 September 1777) was a German composer of the Classical Period. He was the son of Johann Bernhard Bach. Life Johann Ernst Bach, the son of Johann Bernhard Bach, was born in Eisenach and baptized on Janua ...
: :* '' Mein Odem ist schwach'' (misattributed to J. S. Bach as BWV 222; BDW )


Fifth Sunday after Epiphany (Epiphany V)

;Readings :Colossians 3:12–17 :... ;Hymns :" Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein" :" Es spricht der Unweisen Mund wohl" :" Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ" ;Cantatas :Johann Ludwig Bach: :* ''Der Gottlosen Arbeit'', JLB 2 (, BDW ) :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Seid nüchtern und wachet'', TWV 1:1273 (1716–17 cantata cycle) :* ''Liebe, die vom Himmel stammet'', TVWV 1:1044 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', Hamburg 1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner § GWV 1116 :Johann Sebastian Bach: :* no extant cantata for Epiphany V: see Church cantata (Bach) § Epiphany V. :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* '' Singet und spielet dem Herrn in euren Herzen'', H. 390


Sixth Sunday after Epiphany (Epiphany VI)

;Readings :2 Peter 1:16–21 :... ;Hymns :"
Herr Christ, der einig Gotts Sohn "" (Lord Christ, the Only Son of God) is a Lutheran hymn by Elisabeth Cruciger. Printed in 1524 in the Erfurt ''Enchiridion'', together with 18 hymns by Martin Luther, it is one of the oldest Lutheran hymns. The text combines Lutheran teaching wi ...
" ;Cantatas :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Was ist das Herz? Ein finstrer Ort'', TWV 1:1516 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', Hamburg 1726) :Wilhelm Friedemann Bach :* ''Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (Ihr Lichter jener schönen Höhen)'', (, BDW ) :Johann Sebastian Bach:Tatiana Shabalin
"Recent Discoveries in St Petersburg and their Meaning for the Understanding of Bach’s Cantatas"
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''Understanding Bach'' 4
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:* no extant cantata for Epiphany VI: see Church cantata (Bach) § Epiphany VI.


Third Sunday before Lent (Septuagesima)

;Occasion : Septuagesima (third Sunday before Ash Wednesday) ;Readings :, race for victory :, parable of the Workers in the Vineyard ;Hymns :" Vater unser im Himmelreich" :" Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ" :" O Herre Gott, dein göttlich Wort" :"
Es ist das Heil uns kommen her "Es ist das Heil uns kommen her" (originally: "Es ist das heyl vns kommen her", English: "Salvation now has come for all" or more literally: It is our salvation come here to us) is a Lutheran hymn in 14 stanzas by Paul Speratus. It was first pub ...
" ;Cantatas :Johann Ludwig Bach: :* ''Darum will ich auch erwählen'', JLB 3 (, BDW ) :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Ein jeder läuft, der in den Schranken läuft'', TWV 1:425 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', Hamburg 1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner § GWV 1117 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach) § Septuagesima):
New Bach Edition The New Bach Edition (NBE) (german: Neue Bach-Ausgabe; NBA), is the second complete edition of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, published by Bärenreiter. The name is short for Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750): New Edition of the Complete W ...
(Bärenreiter). Volume 7: ''Kantaten zu den Sonntagen Septuagesimae und Sexagesimae'' i
Series I: Cantatas
/ref> :* ''Nimm, was dein ist, und gehe hin'', BWV 144 () :* ''Ich hab in Gottes Herz und Sinn'', BWV 92 (chorale cantata, ) :* ''Ich bin vergnügt mit meinem Glücke'', BWV 84 () :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* '' Freuet euch der Barmherzigkeit Gottes'' (1738)


Second Sunday before Lent (Sexagesima)

;Occasion : Sexagesima (second Sunday before Ash Wednesday) ;Readings :, God's power is mighty in the week, :, parable of the Sower ;Hymns :" Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ" :" Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein" ;Cantatas :Johann Ludwig Bach: :* ''Darum säet euch Gerechtigkeit'', JLB 4 (, BDW ) :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Was ist mir doch das Rühmen nütze?'', TWV 1:1521 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', Hamburg 1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner § GWV 1118 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach) § Sexagesima): :* ''Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fällt'', BWV 18 (early version: ; A minor version: ) :* ''Leichtgesinnte Flattergeister'', BWV 181 (; restaged 1743–46) :* ''Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort'', BWV 126 (chorale cantata, ) :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* '' Selig sind die Gottes Wort hören'', H. 330 :* '' O Land höre des Herren Wort'', H. 338 :* '' Nehmet das Wort an mit Sanftmut'' (1738)


Last Sunday before Lent (Estomihi)

;Occasion : Quinquagesima a.k.a. Quintagesima, Esto Mihi or Estomihi Sunday (last Sunday before Lent) ;Readings :, praise of love :, Healing the blind near Jericho ;Hymns :"
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Die Propheten han propheceyt Gottfried Vopelius (28 January 1645 – 3 February 1715), was a German Lutheran academic and hymn-writer, mainly active in Leipzig. He was born in Herwigsdorf, now a district of Rosenbach, Oberlausitz, and died in Leipzig at the age of 70.Rober ...
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O wir armen Sünder Gottfried Vopelius (28 January 1645 – 3 February 1715), was a German Lutheran academic and hymn-writer, mainly active in Leipzig. He was born in Herwigsdorf, now a district of Rosenbach, Oberlausitz, and died in Leipzig at the age of 70.Rober ...
" :"
Sündiger Mensch, schau wer du bist Gottfried Vopelius (28 January 1645 – 3 February 1715), was a German Lutheran academic and hymn-writer, mainly active in Leipzig. He was born in Herwigsdorf, now a district of Rosenbach, Oberlausitz, and died in Leipzig at the age of 70.Rober ...
" ;Cantatas :Johann Ludwig Bach: :* ''Ja, mir hast du Arbeit gemacht'', JLB 5 (, BDW ) :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Seele, lerne dich erkennen'', TWV 1:1258 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', Hamburg 1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner § GWV 1119 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach) § Estomihi):
New Bach Edition The New Bach Edition (NBE) (german: Neue Bach-Ausgabe; NBA), is the second complete edition of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, published by Bärenreiter. The name is short for Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750): New Edition of the Complete W ...
(Bärenreiter). Volume 8: ''Kantaten zum Sonntag Estomihi, Oculi und Palmarum'' i
Series I: Cantatas
/ref> :* ''Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe'', BWV 22 ( and ) :* ''Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn'', BWV 23 (second version in B minor: and ; earlier and later versions in C minor) :* ''Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott'', BWV 127 (chorale cantata, ) :* ''Sehet, wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem'', BWV 159 () :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* '' Siehe dein König kommt zu dir'' (1738) :
Gottfried August Homilius Gottfried August Homilius (2 February 1714 – 2 June 1785) was a German composer, cantor and organist.Dennis Shrock ''Choral Repertoire'' 2009 -- Page 303 "1714–1785 Homilius was born near Dresden, where he was educated and where he served ...
: :* ''Legt eure Harfen hin'', HoWV II.49 (BDW
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First Sunday of Lent (Invocabit)

;Occasion : Quadragesima Sunday, a.k.a. Invocabit or Invocavit Sunday ;Readings :
2 Corinthians 6 2 Corinthians 6 is the sixth chapter of the Second Epistle to the Corinthians in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It is authored by Paul the Apostle and Timothy ( 2 Corinthians 1:1) in Macedonia in 55–56 CE. Text The original text w ...
:1–10, marks of the Ministry : Matthew 4:1–11, the Temptation of Christ ;Hymns :" Vater unser im Himmelreich" :" Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott" :" Gott der Vater wohn uns bei" :"
Christe, der du bist Tag und Licht Gottfried Vopelius (28 January 1645 – 3 February 1715), was a German Lutheran academic and hymn-writer, mainly active in Leipzig. He was born in Herwigsdorf, now a district of Rosenbach, Görlitz, Rosenbach, Upper Lusatia, Oberlausitz, and died ...
" and its Latin version, "
Christe qui lux es et dies Gottfried Vopelius (28 January 1645 – 3 February 1715), was a German Lutheran academic and hymn-writer, mainly active in Leipzig. He was born in Herwigsdorf, now a district of Rosenbach, Oberlausitz, and died in Leipzig at the age of 70.Robert ...
" :Hymns related to the Passion of Christ (e.g. pp. 122–177 in Vopelius' ''Neu Leipziger Gesangbuch'') ;Cantatas :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Fleuch der Lüste Zauberauen'', TWV 1:549 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', Hamburg 1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1120 :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* '' Gelobet sei der Herr mein Hort'' (1738)


Second Sunday of Lent (Reminiscere)

;Occasion :
Reminiscere Lent ( la, Quadragesima, 'Fortieth') is a solemn religious observance in the liturgical calendar commemorating the 40 days Jesus spent fasting in the desert and enduring temptation by Satan, according to the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, ...
(second Sunday of Lent) ;Readings :
1 Thessalonians 4 1 Thessalonians 4 is the fourth chapter of the First Epistle to the Thessalonians in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It is authored by Paul the Apostle, likely written in Corinth in about 50-51 CE for the church in Thessalonica. This cha ...
:1–7, plea for Purity :
Matthew 17 Matthew 17 is the seventeenth chapter in the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament section of the Christian Bible. Jesus continues his final journey to Jerusalem ministering through Galilee. William Robertson Nicoll identifies "three impressive ...
:1–9, the Transfiguration of Jesus ;Hymns :" Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ" :" Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein" :" Gott der Vater wohn uns bei" :" Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott" :" Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott" :"
Christe, der du bist Tag und Licht Gottfried Vopelius (28 January 1645 – 3 February 1715), was a German Lutheran academic and hymn-writer, mainly active in Leipzig. He was born in Herwigsdorf, now a district of Rosenbach, Görlitz, Rosenbach, Upper Lusatia, Oberlausitz, and died ...
" and its Latin version, "
Christe qui lux es et dies Gottfried Vopelius (28 January 1645 – 3 February 1715), was a German Lutheran academic and hymn-writer, mainly active in Leipzig. He was born in Herwigsdorf, now a district of Rosenbach, Oberlausitz, and died in Leipzig at the age of 70.Robert ...
" :Hymns related to the Passion of Christ (e.g. pp. 122–177 in Vopelius' ''Neu Leipziger Gesangbuch'') ;Cantatas : Johann Michael Bach: :* ''Liebster Jesu, hör mein Flehen'', ABA II, 6 (BDW ) :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Der Reichtum macht allein beglückt'', TWV 1:313 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', Hamburg 1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1121 :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* '' Ich danke dir Herr dass du zornig bist gewesen'' (1738)


Third Sunday of Lent (Oculi)

;Occasion :
Oculi An oculus (; ) is a circular opening in the center of a dome or in a wall. Originating in antiquity, it is a feature of Byzantine and Neoclassical architecture. It is also known as an '' œil-de-boeuf'' from the French, or simply a "bull's-e ...
(third Sunday of Lent) ;Readings :, advice for a righteous life :, casting out a devil ;Hymns :" Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ" :" Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein" :" Gott der Vater wohn uns bei" :" Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott" :" Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott" :"
Christe, der du bist Tag und Licht Gottfried Vopelius (28 January 1645 – 3 February 1715), was a German Lutheran academic and hymn-writer, mainly active in Leipzig. He was born in Herwigsdorf, now a district of Rosenbach, Görlitz, Rosenbach, Upper Lusatia, Oberlausitz, and died ...
" and its Latin version, "
Christe qui lux es et dies Gottfried Vopelius (28 January 1645 – 3 February 1715), was a German Lutheran academic and hymn-writer, mainly active in Leipzig. He was born in Herwigsdorf, now a district of Rosenbach, Oberlausitz, and died in Leipzig at the age of 70.Robert ...
" :Hymns related to the Passion of Christ (e.g. pp. 122–177 in Vopelius' ''Neu Leipziger Gesangbuch'') ;Cantatas :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Wandelt in der Liebe'', TWV 1:1498 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', Hamburg 1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1122 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach) § Oculi):
New Bach Edition The New Bach Edition (NBE) (german: Neue Bach-Ausgabe; NBA), is the second complete edition of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, published by Bärenreiter. The name is short for Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750): New Edition of the Complete W ...
(Bärenreiter). Volume 18: ''Kantaten zum 7. und 8. Sonntag nach Trinitatis'' i
Series I: Cantatas
/ref> :* ''Widerstehe doch der Sünde'', BWV 54 (4 March 1714?) :* ''Alles, was von Gott geboren'', BWV 80a (24 March 1715 or 15 March 1716; music lost) :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* '' Dazu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes'' (1738)


Fourth Sunday of Lent (Laetare)

;Occasion :
Laetare Laetare Sunday (Church Latin: ; Classical Latin: ; English: , , , , ) is the fourth Sunday in the season of Lent, in the Western Christian liturgical calendar. Traditionally, this Sunday has been a day of celebration, within the austere period ...
(fourth Sunday of Lent) ;Readings :
Galatians 4 Galatians 4 is the fourth chapter of the Epistle to the Galatians in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It is authored by Paul the Apostle for the churches in Galatia, written between 49 and 58 CE. This chapter contains one of Paul's riche ...
:21–31, two Covenants : John 6:1–15,
feeding of the 5000 In Christianity, the feeding the multitude is two separate miracles of Jesus reported in the Gospels. The first miracle, the "Feeding of the 5,000", is the only miracle—aside from the resurrection—recorded in all four gospels (Matthew 14:13 ...
;Hymns :"
Herr Jesu Christ, wahr Mensch und Gott "" (Lord Jesus Christ, true man and God) is a Lutheran hymn by Paul Eber. It is a hymn for the dying. One of the hymn's tunes, Zahn No. 423, is also used for . History The hymn appeared in both High German, such as a Frankfurt print of 1 ...
" :"
O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht O, or o, is the fifteenth letter and the fourth vowel letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''o'' (pronounced ), plu ...
" :"
In dich hab ich gehoffet, Herr "" ("In Thee, Lord, have I put my trust", literally: "In thee have I hoped, Lord") is a Lutheran hymn in seven stanzas, written by Adam Reusner and first published in 1533. He paraphrased the beginning of Psalm 31. It was first sung to the melody ...
" :"
Christe, der du bist Tag und Licht Gottfried Vopelius (28 January 1645 – 3 February 1715), was a German Lutheran academic and hymn-writer, mainly active in Leipzig. He was born in Herwigsdorf, now a district of Rosenbach, Görlitz, Rosenbach, Upper Lusatia, Oberlausitz, and died ...
" and its Latin version, "
Christe qui lux es et dies Gottfried Vopelius (28 January 1645 – 3 February 1715), was a German Lutheran academic and hymn-writer, mainly active in Leipzig. He was born in Herwigsdorf, now a district of Rosenbach, Oberlausitz, and died in Leipzig at the age of 70.Robert ...
" :Hymns related to the Passion of Christ (e.g. pp. 122–177 in Vopelius' ''Neu Leipziger Gesangbuch'') ;Cantatas :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Du bist verflucht, o Schreckensstimme'', TWV 1:385 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', Hamburg 1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1123 :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* '' Danke für alles dem der dich geschaffen'' (1738)


Fifth Sunday of Lent (Judica)

;Occasion : Judica (fifth Sunday of Lent) ;Readings :
Hebrews 9 Hebrews 9 is the ninth chapter of the Epistle to the Hebrews in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The author is anonymous, although the internal reference to "our brother Timothy" ( Hebrews 13:23) causes a traditional attribution to Paul, ...
:11–15, the Heavenly Sanctuary : John 8:46–59, last part of Jesus' debate with the Pharisees ;Hymns :"
Herr Jesu Christ, wahr Mensch und Gott "" (Lord Jesus Christ, true man and God) is a Lutheran hymn by Paul Eber. It is a hymn for the dying. One of the hymn's tunes, Zahn No. 423, is also used for . History The hymn appeared in both High German, such as a Frankfurt print of 1 ...
" :"
O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht O, or o, is the fifteenth letter and the fourth vowel letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''o'' (pronounced ), plu ...
" :"
In dich hab ich gehoffet, Herr "" ("In Thee, Lord, have I put my trust", literally: "In thee have I hoped, Lord") is a Lutheran hymn in seven stanzas, written by Adam Reusner and first published in 1533. He paraphrased the beginning of Psalm 31. It was first sung to the melody ...
" :"
Christe, der du bist Tag und Licht Gottfried Vopelius (28 January 1645 – 3 February 1715), was a German Lutheran academic and hymn-writer, mainly active in Leipzig. He was born in Herwigsdorf, now a district of Rosenbach, Görlitz, Rosenbach, Upper Lusatia, Oberlausitz, and died ...
" and its Latin version, "
Christe qui lux es et dies Gottfried Vopelius (28 January 1645 – 3 February 1715), was a German Lutheran academic and hymn-writer, mainly active in Leipzig. He was born in Herwigsdorf, now a district of Rosenbach, Oberlausitz, and died in Leipzig at the age of 70.Robert ...
" :Hymns related to the Passion of Christ (e.g. pp. 122–177 in Vopelius' ''Neu Leipziger Gesangbuch'') ;Cantatas :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Wer ist, der dort von Edom kömmt?'' TWV 1:1584 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', Hamburg 1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1124 :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* '' Ihr Heiligen lobsinget dem Herren'' (1738)


Annunciation (25 March)

;Occasion :
Annunciation The Annunciation (from Latin '), also referred to as the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Annunciation of Our Lady, or the Annunciation of the Lord, is the Christian celebration of the biblical tale of the announcement by the ange ...
(Mariae Verkündigung) is celebrated on 25 March, around Palm Sunday. ;Readings :, prophecy of the birth of the Messiah :, the angel Gabriel announces the birth of Jesus ;Hymns :" Haec est dies quam fecit Dominus" :"
Herr Christ, der einig Gotts Sohn "" (Lord Christ, the Only Son of God) is a Lutheran hymn by Elisabeth Cruciger. Printed in 1524 in the Erfurt ''Enchiridion'', together with 18 hymns by Martin Luther, it is one of the oldest Lutheran hymns. The text combines Lutheran teaching wi ...
" :" Fit porta Christi pervia" ;Cantatas :Georg Philipp Telemann:"Fête de l'Assomption de Marie" (sic – should be Annonciation instead of Assomption)
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:* ''Siehe, eine Jungfrau ist schwanger'', TWV 1:1326 (1716–17 cantata cycle) :* ''Gott will Mensch und sterblich werden'', TWV 1:694 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', Hamburg 1726) :* ''Herr Christ der ein'ge Gottessohn'', TWV 1:732 (misattributed to Bach as BWV Anh. 156, BDW ) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1170 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach) § Annunciation): :* ''Himmelskönig, sei willkommen'', BWV 182 (performed on Palm Sunday , and ) :* ''Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern'', BWV 1 (chorale cantata: 1725, also Palm Sunday) :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* '' Fürchte dich nicht du hast Gnade bei Gott funden'', H. 312 :* '' Christus kommt her von den Vätern'' (1738)


Palm Sunday

;Occasion : Palm Sunday (Sunday before Easter). Apart from cantatas, Passion settings such as Johann Walter's '' Passio Secundum Matthæum'' may be performed on this day. ;Readings :, everyone be in the spirit of Christ —or— , of the Last Supper :,
Entry into Jerusalem In the accounts of the four canonical Gospels, Jesus Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem took place in the days before the Last Supper, marking the beginning of his Passion, his time of suffering, death, and resurrection celebrated during H ...
;Hymns :" Gloria, laus et honor tibi sit, Rex Christe Redemptor" :" Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir" :"
Christus, der uns selig macht "" (literally: Christ who makes us blessed) is a German Lutheran Passion hymn in eight stanzas in German by Michael Weiße Michael Weiße or Weisse ( – 19 March 1534) was a German theologian, Protestant reformer and hymn writer. First a Francis ...
" :"
Christe, der du bist Tag und Licht Gottfried Vopelius (28 January 1645 – 3 February 1715), was a German Lutheran academic and hymn-writer, mainly active in Leipzig. He was born in Herwigsdorf, now a district of Rosenbach, Görlitz, Rosenbach, Upper Lusatia, Oberlausitz, and died ...
" and its Latin version, "
Christe qui lux es et dies Gottfried Vopelius (28 January 1645 – 3 February 1715), was a German Lutheran academic and hymn-writer, mainly active in Leipzig. He was born in Herwigsdorf, now a district of Rosenbach, Oberlausitz, and died in Leipzig at the age of 70.Robert ...
" :Hymns related to the Passion of Christ (e.g. pp. 122–177 in Vopelius' ''Neu Leipziger Gesangbuch'') ;Cantatas :Georg Philipp Telemann :* ''Christus hat gelitten für uns, und uns'', TWV 1:800 (1716–17 cantata cycle) :* ''Schaut die Demut Palmen tragen'', TWV 1:1245 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', Hamburg 1726) :* '' Wer ist der, so von Sodom kommt'', TWV 1:1585 (opening movements reappear in the ''
Wer ist der, so von Edom kömmt ''Wer ist der, so von Edom kömmt'' is a pasticcio Passion oratorio based on compositions by Carl Heinrich Graun, Georg Philipp Telemann, Johann Sebastian Bach and others. The pasticcio was assembled around 1750. The only extant manuscript of ...
'' pasticcio
Passion oratorio In Christian music, a Passion is a setting of the Passion of Christ. Liturgically, most Passions were intended to be performed as part of church services in the Holy Week. Passion settings developed from Medieval intoned readings of the Gospe ...
) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1125 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach) § Palm Sunday): :* Both extant Palm Sunday cantatas by Bach ( BWV 182, BWV 1) were written for Annunciation, see above, in years when Palm Sunday fell on 25 March. :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* '' Hosianna gelobet sei der da kommt'', H. 383 :Picander :* ''Machet die Thore weit'' (1728–29 libretto cycle: same libretto as for Advent I)


Maundy Thursday

;Occasion : Maundy Thursday ;Readings :... ;Hymns :" Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der von uns den Gotteszorn wandt" :"
Wir wollen singen Heut von grossen Dingen Gottfried Vopelius (28 January 1645 – 3 February 1715), was a German Lutheran academic and hymn-writer, mainly active in Leipzig. He was born in Herwigsdorf, now a district of Rosenbach, Görlitz, Rosenbach, Upper Lusatia, Oberlausitz, and died ...
" :"
Als Jesus Christus in der Nacht Gottfried Vopelius (28 January 1645 – 3 February 1715), was a German Lutheran academic and hymn-writer, mainly active in Leipzig. He was born in Herwigsdorf, now a district of Rosenbach, Oberlausitz, and died in Leipzig at the age of 70.Rober ...
" :"
Ich danke dem Herrn von ganzem Herzen Gottfried Vopelius (28 January 1645 – 3 February 1715), was a German Lutheran academic and hymn-writer, mainly active in Leipzig. He was born in Herwigsdorf, now a district of Rosenbach, Oberlausitz, and died in Leipzig at the age of 70.Rober ...
" ;Cantatas :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1126


Good Friday

;Occasion :On
Good Friday Good Friday is a Christian holiday commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at Calvary. It is observed during Holy Week as part of the Paschal Triduum. It is also known as Holy Friday, Great Friday, Great and Holy Friday (also Hol ...
(sometimes indicated by its Latin name Parasceve) the Passion of Christ is commemorated. Extended
Passion settings Passion, the Passion or the Passions may refer to: Emotion * Passion (emotion), a very strong feeling about a person or thing * Passions (philosophy), emotional states as used in philosophical discussions * Stoic passions, various forms of emotio ...
such as settings of the ''
Brockes Passion The ''Brockes Passion'', or ' (title in English: ''The Story of Jesus, Suffering and Dying for the Sins of the World''), is a German oratorio libretto by Barthold Heinrich Brockes, first published in 1712 and going through 30 or so editions in th ...
'' Passion oratorio libretto, and other settings by Georg Philipp Telemann, by Johann Sebastian Bach or by his son Carl Philipp Emanuel are not usually listed as cantatas. Other Passion compositions are however sometimes indicated as Passion cantatas. Vopelius' 1682 ''Neu Leipziger Gesangbuch'' indicated Johann Walter's '' Passio Secundum Johannem'' and
Jacob Handl Jacobus Gallus (a.k.a. Jacob(us) Handl, Jacob(us) Händl, Jacob(us) Gallus; sl, Jakob Petelin Kranjski; between 15 April and 31 July 155018 July 1591) was a late-Renaissance composer of presumed Slovene ethnicity.Skei/Pokorn, Grove online Born ...
's ''
Ecce quomodo moritur justus The righteous perishes are the words with which the 57th chapter of the Book of Isaiah starts. In Christianity, Isaiah 57:1–2 is associated with the death of Christ, leading to liturgical use of the text at Tenebrae: the 24th responsory for H ...
'' motet for performance on Good Friday. ;Hymns :"
Da Jesus an dem Kreuze stund "" (When Jesus stood by the Cross) is a Lutheran Passion hymn in German by (1472–1540), which contains seven stanzas related to seven sayings of Jesus on the cross, framed by a stanza to introduce them, and one to conclude the meditation. It app ...
" and other hymns related to the Passion of Christ (e.g. pp. 122–177 in Vopelius' ''Neu Leipziger Gesangbuch'') ;Cantatas :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1127 :Carl Heinrich Graun :* ''Ein Lämmlein geht und trägt die Schuld'', GraunWV B:VII:4 (1730; later expanded into the ''Wer ist der, so von Edom kömmt'' pasticcio) :* '' Der Tod Jesu'' (1755; this Passion libretto by Karl Wilhelm Ramler was also set by other composers) :Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: :* ''Passions-Cantate'', H 776 (1772 or earlier, BDW )


Easter

;Occasion: : Easter, celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus. Music for Easter is often in the format of an Oratorio, although there are many Easter cantatas too. ;Readings :, Christ is our Easter lamb :, Resurrection ;Hymns :"
Also heilig ist der Tag Gottfried Vopelius (28 January 1645 – 3 February 1715), was a German Lutheran academic and hymn-writer, mainly active in Leipzig. He was born in Herwigsdorf, now a district of Rosenbach, Oberlausitz, and died in Leipzig at the age of 70.Robert ...
" :" Vita sanctorum, decus angelorum", and German " Der Heiligen Leben thut stets nach Gott streben" :"
Christ lag in Todes Banden "" (also ""; "Christ lay in death's bonds") is an Easter hymn by Martin Luther. Its melody is by Luther and Johann Walter. Both the text and the melody were based on earlier examples. It was published in 1524 in the Erfurt ''Enchiridion'' and in ...
" by Luther/ Johann Walter (1524: ''Erfurt Enchiridion'' and ''Eyn geystlich Gesangk Buchleyn''), based on " Victimae paschali laudes" (text) and " Surrexit Christus hodie" (melody) :" Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der den Tod überwand" :" Christ ist erstanden" :" Surrexit Christus hodie" :"
Erstanden ist der heilige Christ Gottfried Vopelius (28 January 1645 – 3 February 1715), was a German Lutheran academic and hymn-writer, mainly active in Leipzig. He was born in Herwigsdorf, now a district of Rosenbach, Görlitz, Rosenbach, Upper Lusatia, Oberlausitz, and died ...
" :"
Erschienen ist der herrlich Tag "" (Appeared is the splendid day) is a German Easter hymn, with text and tune ( Zahn No. 1743) written by Nikolaus Herman and published in 1561. It has inspired musical settings by composers from the 17th to the 20th century. It appears in se ...
" :"
Heut triumphieret Gottes Sohn "" ("This Day in Triumph God the Son") is a Lutheran hymn for Easter. Kaspar Stolzhagen published the hymn in 1592, and its setting by Bartholomäus Gesius ( Zahn No. 2585) was published in 1601. The hymn was adopted in several hymnals, including ...
" :"
Gelobt sei Gott im höchsten Thron "" (literally: Praised be God on highest throne) is a hymn for Easter in 20 stanzas in German by Michael Weiße, widely known with a later melody by Melchior Vulpius. Shortened, it is part of current Protestant and Catholic German hymnals. Histor ...
" by
Michael Weiße Michael Weiße or Weisse ( – 19 March 1534) was a German theologian, Protestant reformer and hymn writer. First a Franciscan, he joined the Bohemian Brethren. He published the most extensive early Protestant hymnal in 1531, supplying most hymn ...
(1531), best known in a setting by
Melchior Vulpius Melchior Vulpius (c. 1570 in Wasungen – 7 August 1615 in Weimar) was a German singer and composer of church music. Vulpius came from a poor craftsman's family. He studied at the local school in Wasungen (in Thuringia) with Johannes Steuerl ...
(1609) :Other Easter hymns, e.g. pp. 272–309 in Vopelius' ''Neu Leipziger Gesangbuch'' ;Cantatas : Johann Ludwig Bach: :* ''Denn du wirst meine Seele nicht in der Hölle lassen'', JLB 21 (, misattributed to as BWV 15, BDW ) :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Ich bin der Erste und der Letzte'', TWV 1:816 (1716–17 cantata cycle) :* ''Ich weiß, daß mein Erlöser lebt'', TWV 1:877 (1725; misattributed to as
BWV 160 The (BWV; ; ) is a catalogue of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach. It was first published in 1950, edited by Wolfgang Schmieder. The catalogue's second edition appeared in 1990. An abbreviated version of that second edition, known as BWV2a ...
: BDW ) :* ''Weg mit Sodoms gift'gen Früchten'', TWV 1:1534 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', Hamburg 1726) :* ''Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied'', TWV 1:1344 (1761) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1128 :
Johann David Heinichen Johann David Heinichen (17 April 1683 – 16 July 1729) was a German Baroque composer and music theorist who brought the musical genius of Venice to the court of Augustus II the Strong in Dresden. After he died, Heinichen's music attracted little a ...
: :* ''Es lebet Jesus unser Hort'' (BD
10488
:Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach) § Easter Sunday):
New Bach Edition The New Bach Edition (NBE) (german: Neue Bach-Ausgabe; NBA), is the second complete edition of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, published by Bärenreiter. The name is short for Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750): New Edition of the Complete W ...
(Bärenreiter). Volume 9: ''Kantaten zum 1. Ostertag'' i
Series I: Cantatas
/ref> :* ''Christ lag in Todes Banden'', BWV 4 (chorale cantata; early version probably ; Leipzig version and ) :* ''Der Himmel lacht! Die Erde jubilieret'', BWV 31 (Weimar version ; Leipzig version and ) :* ''Kommt, eilet und laufet'', BWV 249 (: first version of the '' Easter Oratorio'', then still a cantata BDW ) :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* '' Ich war tot und siehe ich bin lebendig'', H. 325 :* '' Lebt Christus was bin ich betrübt'', H. 346 :* '' Gott sei Dank der uns den Sieg gegeben hat'', H. 435a :Gottfried August Homilius: :* ''Was suchet ihr den Lebendigen bei den Toten'', HoWV II.66 (BDW ) :Wilhelm Friedemann Bach :* ''Erzittert und fallet'', (BDW ) :Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: :* ''Gott hat den Herrn auferwecket'', H 803 (, and later; BDW ) :* ''Sing, Volk der Christen'', H 808.3 (, and ; BDW ) :* ''Ist Christus nicht auferstanden'', H 808.4 (1771, pasticcio BDW based on ''In Kedars bangen Hütten'', Lor 534) :* ''Jauchzet, frohlocket'', H 804 ( and , pasticcio BDW based on compositions by , and ) :* ''Nun danket alle Gott'', H 805 (, BDW ) :* ''Amen, Lob und Preis und Stärke'', H 834 (, BDW ) :* ''Gott, du wirst seine Seele'', H 808.1 (, BD
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:* ''Anbetung dem Erbarmer'', H 807 (1784 and 1788, BDW ) :* ''Auf, mein Herz, des Herren Tag'' (pasticcio BD
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probably realised by ; based on BWV 145, H 336.3 and TWV 1:1350) :Georg Anton Benda: :* ''Er ist nicht mehr'', Lor 550 (Münter year-cycle 1760–61; arranged by for performance and : BD
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Easter Monday (Easter 2)

;Occasion :
Easter Monday Easter Monday refers to the day after Easter Sunday in either the Eastern or Western Christian traditions. It is a public holiday in some countries. It is the second day of Eastertide. In Western Christianity, it marks the second day of the Octa ...
, second day of Easter. ;Readings :, sermon of St. Peter :, the
road to Emmaus According to the Gospel of Luke, the road to Emmaus appearance is one of the early post-resurrection appearances of Jesus after his crucifixion and the discovery of the empty tomb. Both the meeting on the road to Emmaus and the subsequent supper ...
(Leipzig); Mark 16, the empty tomb, resurrection appearances and ascension of Jesus (Hamburg) ;Hymns :See Easter ;Cantatas : Johann Ludwig Bach: :* ''Er ist aus der Angst und Gericht genommen'', JLB 10 (, BDW ) :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Triumphierender Versöhner, tritt aus deiner Kluft hervor'', TWV 1:1422 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', Hamburg 1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1129 : Johann David Heinichen: :* ''Einsamkeit, o stilles Wesen'' (BDW ) :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach) § Easter Monday):
New Bach Edition The New Bach Edition (NBE) (german: Neue Bach-Ausgabe; NBA), is the second complete edition of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, published by Bärenreiter. The name is short for Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750): New Edition of the Complete W ...
(Bärenreiter). Volume 10: ''Kantaten zum 2. und 3. Ostertag'' i
Series I: Cantatas
/ref> :* ''Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen'', BWV 66 (, and ) :* ''Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden'', BWV 6 ( and later) :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* '' Bleibe bei uns denn es will Abend werden'', H. 326 :* '' Gott aber sei Dank der uns den Sieg gegeben'', H. 327Stoelzel catalogue
at
:* '' Wo bist du Sonne blieben'', H. 347 :Picander :* ''Ich bin ein Pilgrim auf der Welt'' (1728–29 libretto cycle; fragment of a setting of this libretto by or is known as
BWV Anh. 190 The (BWV; ; ) is a catalogue of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach. It was first published in 1950, edited by Wolfgang Schmieder. The catalogue's second edition appeared in 1990. An abbreviated version of that second edition, known as BWV2 ...
, BDW ) :Gottfried August Homilius: :* ''Musste nicht Christus solches leiden'', HoWV II.72 (BDW )


Easter Tuesday (Easter 3)

;Readings :, sermon of St. Paul in Antiochia (Leipzig);
1 Corinthians 15 1 Corinthians 15 is the fifteenth chapter of the First Epistle to the Corinthians in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It is authored by Paul the Apostle and Sosthenes in Ephesus. The first eleven verses contain the earliest account o ...
:50–58, resurrection of the body, "O death where is thy sting?" (Hamburg) :, the appearance of Jesus to the
Apostles An apostle (), in its literal sense, is an emissary, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (''apóstolos''), literally "one who is sent off", from the verb ἀποστέλλειν (''apostéllein''), "to send off". The purpose of such sending ...
in Jerusalem ;Hymns :See Easter ;Cantatas : Johann Ludwig Bach: :* ''Er machet uns lebendig'', JLB 11 (, BDW ) :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Jauchzt, ihr Christen, seid vergnügt'', TWV 1:955 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', Hamburg 1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1130 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach) § Easter Tuesday): :* ''Ein Herz, das seinen Jesum lebend weiß'', BWV 134 (early version: ; later version: , and probably also ) :* ''Ich lebe, mein Herze, zu deinem Ergötzen'', BWV 145 (; may have been composed by and contains a chorus by Telemann, TWV 1:1350; BDW ) :* ''Der Friede sei mit dir'', BWV 158 (1730?; incomplete?; reworked from an earlier cantata?; BDW ) :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* '' Halte im Gedächtnis Jesum Christum'', H. 324 :Gottfried August Homilius: :* ''Lobsinget dem Heiland'', HoWV II.74 (three reworked versions by : , and ; BDW an
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First Sunday after Easter (Quasimodogeniti)

;Occasion : Quasimodogeniti Sunday, the second Sunday of Eastertide, or the first Sunday after Easter. ;Readings : , our faith is the victory (Leipzig);
1 John 5 The First Epistle of John is the first of the Johannine epistles of the New Testament, and the fourth of the catholic epistles. There is no scholarly consensus as to the authorship of the Johannine works. The author of the First Epistle is te ...
:1–13, obedience by Faith, the Certainty of God’s Witness (Hamburg) : , the appearance of Jesus to the Disciples, first without then with Thomas, in Jerusalem ;Hymns :See Easter ;Cantatas : Johann Ludwig Bach: :* ''Wie lieblich sind auf den Bergen'', JLB 6 (, BDW ) :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Auf ehernen Mauern ruht unsrer Hoffnung Zuversicht'', TWV 1:96 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', Hamburg 1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1131 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach) § Easter I):
New Bach Edition The New Bach Edition (NBE) (german: Neue Bach-Ausgabe; NBA), is the second complete edition of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, published by Bärenreiter. The name is short for Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750): New Edition of the Complete W ...
(Bärenreiter). Volume 11: ''Kantaten zu den Sonntagen Quasimodogeniti und Misericordias Domini''; ''Kantaten zum Sonntag Jubilate'' i
Series I: Cantatas
/ref> :* ''Halt im Gedächtnis Jesum Christ'', BWV 67 () :* ''Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats'', BWV 42 (; ) :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* '' Der Herr wird seinem Volk Kraft geben'' (1738)


Second Sunday after Easter (Misericordias Domini)

;Occasion :
Misericordia Sunday The Third Sunday of Easter is the day that occurs two weeks after the Christian celebration of Easter. Western Christianity In the historical Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, this day was officially known as the Second Sunday after Easter ...
, a.k.a. Misericordias Domini, the third Sunday of Eastertide, or the second Sunday after Easter. ;Readings :, Christ as a model :, the Good Shepherd ;Hymns :See Easter ;Cantatas : Johann Ludwig Bach: :* ''Und ich will ihnen einen einigen Hirten'', JLB 12 (, BDW ) :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Hirt' und Bischof uns'rer Seelen'', TWV 1:804b (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', Hamburg 1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1132 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach) § Easter II): :* ''Du Hirte Israel, höre'', BWV 104 () :* ''Ich bin ein guter Hirt'', BWV 85 () :* ''Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt'', BWV 112 (chorale cantata, ) :Gottfried August Homilius: :* ''Uns schützet Israels Gott'', HoWV II.78 (BDW an
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:Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* '' Wir dein Volk und Schafe deiner Weide'' (1738)


Third Sunday after Easter (Jubilate)

;Occasion :
Jubilate Sunday The Fourth Sunday of Easter is the day that occurs three weeks after the Christian celebration of Easter. Western Christianity Tridentine Catholicism (pre-1970) In the historical Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, this day was officially ...
, the fourth Sunday of Eastertide, or the third Sunday after Easter. ;Readings :, "Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man" :,
Farewell discourse In the New Testament, chapters 14–17 of the Gospel of John are known as the Farewell Discourse given by Jesus to eleven of his disciples immediately after the conclusion of the Last Supper in Jerusalem, the night before his crucifixion.''Joh ...
, announcement of the Second Coming ;Hymns :See Easter ;Cantatas : Johann Ludwig Bach: :* ''Die mit Tränen säen'', JLB 8 (, BDW ) :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Dies ist der Gotteskinder Last'', TWV 1:356 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', Hamburg 1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1133 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach) § Easter III): :* ''Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen'', BWV 12 (; ) :* ''Ihr werdet weinen und heulen'', BWV 103 (; repeat performance probably ) :* ''Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal'', BWV 146 ( or ?) :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* '' Das Warten der Gerechten wird Freude werden'', H. 384


Fourth Sunday after Easter (Cantate)

;Occasion :
Cantate Sunday The Fifth Sunday of Easter is the Sunday four weeks after the Christianity, Christian celebration of Easter. In Western Christianity, this day is also known as the Fourth Sunday after Easter or Cantate Sunday. Eastern Christianity also calls this d ...
, the fifth Sunday of Eastertide, or the fourth Sunday after Easter. ;Readings :, "Every good gift comes from the Father of lights" :,
Farewell discourse In the New Testament, chapters 14–17 of the Gospel of John are known as the Farewell Discourse given by Jesus to eleven of his disciples immediately after the conclusion of the Last Supper in Jerusalem, the night before his crucifixion.''Joh ...
, announcement of Comforter ;Hymns :See Easter ;Cantatas : Johann Ludwig Bach: :* ''Die Weisheit kömmt nicht'', JLB 14 (, BDW ) :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Ew'ge Quelle, milder Strom'', TWV 1:546 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', Hamburg 1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1134 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach) § Easter IV):
New Bach Edition The New Bach Edition (NBE) (german: Neue Bach-Ausgabe; NBA), is the second complete edition of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, published by Bärenreiter. The name is short for Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750): New Edition of the Complete W ...
(Bärenreiter). Volume 12: ''Kantaten zu den Sonntagen Cantate bis Exaudi'' i
Series I: Cantatas
/ref> :* ''Wo gehest du hin?'' BWV 166 () :* ''Es ist euch gut, daß ich hingehe'', BWV 108 () :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* '' O Herr laß mich dein Angesicht oft sehen'', H. 387 :* '' Gelobet sei Gott und der Vater unsres Herrn Jesu Christi'' (1738)


Fifth Sunday after Easter (Rogate)

;Occasion :Rogation Sunday, a.k.a. Prayer Sunday, is the sixth Sunday of Eastertide, or the fifth Sunday after Easter. It is the last Sunday before Ascension: the three days between Rogate Sunday and Ascension are known as
rogation days Rogation days are days of prayer and fasting in Western Christianity. They are observed with processions and the Litany of the Saints. The so-called ''major'' rogation is held on 25 April; the ''minor'' rogations are held on Monday to Wednesday ...
. ;Readings :, doers of the word, not only listeners :,
Farewell discourse In the New Testament, chapters 14–17 of the Gospel of John are known as the Farewell Discourse given by Jesus to eleven of his disciples immediately after the conclusion of the Last Supper in Jerusalem, the night before his crucifixion.''Joh ...
, prayers will be fulfilled ;Hymns :" Vater unser im Himmelreich" ;Cantatas :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Deine Toten werden leben'', TWV 1:213 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', Hamburg 1726) – the cantata libretto is based on :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1135 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach) § Easter V): :* ''Wahrlich, wahrlich, ich sage euch'', BWV 86 () :* ''Bisher habt ihr nichts gebeten in meinem Namen'', BWV 87 () :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* '' Gelobet sei Gott der mein Gebet nicht verwirft'', H. 385 :* '' Aus der Tiefen rufe ich Herr höre meine Stimme'', H. 419b


Ascension

;Occasion : Feast of the Ascension, which falls on a Thursday, the fortieth day after Easter. ;Readings :, prologue, farewell and Ascension :, Ascension ;Hymns :" Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein" :"
Christ fuhr gen Himmel "" (Christ rose to Heaven) is a German Ascension hymn. The church song is based the medieval melody of the Easter hymn "". It was an ecumenical song from the beginning, with the first stanza published in 1480, then included in a Lutheran hymnal ...
" :" Nun begehn wir das Fest", and Latin model " Festum nunc celebre" :"
Nun freut euch, Gottes Kinder all Gottfried Vopelius (28 January 1645 – 3 February 1715), was a German Lutheran academic and hymn-writer, mainly active in Leipzig. He was born in Herwigsdorf, now a district of Rosenbach, Görlitz, Rosenbach, Upper Lusatia, Oberlausitz, and died ...
" :"
Gen Himmel aufgefahren ist Gottfried Vopelius (28 January 1645 – 3 February 1715), was a German Lutheran academic and hymn-writer, mainly active in Leipzig. He was born in Herwigsdorf, now a district of Rosenbach, Görlitz, Rosenbach, Upper Lusatia, Oberlausitz, and died ...
", and Latin model " Coelos ascendit hodie" :"
Christus ist heut gen Himmel gefahren Gottfried Vopelius (28 January 1645 – 3 February 1715), was a German Lutheran academic and hymn-writer, mainly active in Leipzig. He was born in Herwigsdorf, now a district of Rosenbach, Oberlausitz, and died in Leipzig at the age of 70.Rober ...
", and Latin model " Ascendit Christus hodie" ;Cantatas :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied'', TWV 1:1343 (1725) :* ''Du fährest mit Jauchzen empor'', TWV 1:387 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', Hamburg 1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1136 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach) § Ascension): :* ''Wer da gläubet und getauft wird'', BWV 37 () :* ''Auf Christi Himmelfahrt allein'', BWV 128 () :* ''Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen'', BWV 43 () :* ''Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen'', BWV 11 (, '' Ascension Oratorio'') :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* '' Ich will wiederkommen und euch zu mir nehmen'', H. 331 :* '' Der hinunter gefahren ist'', H. 332 :Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: :* ''Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen'', (BDW ) :* ''Wo geht die Lebensreise hin?'' (BDW ) :Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach: :* ''Groß und mächtig, stark und prächtig'', Wf XIV/8 (two versions: BDW  and )


Sunday after Ascension (Exaudi)

;Occasion :
Exaudi Eastertide (also known as Eastertime or the Easter season) or Paschaltide (also known as Paschaltime or the Paschal season) is a festal season in the liturgical year of Christianity that focuses on celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus Christ ...
, the Sunday after Ascension, is the seventh Sunday of Eastertide, or the sixth Sunday after Easter, a week before
Pentecost Pentecost (also called Whit Sunday, Whitsunday or Whitsun) is a Christianity, Christian holiday which takes place on the 50th day (the seventh Sunday) after Easter Sunday. It commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles in the Ne ...
;Readings :, "serve each other" :,
Farewell discourse In the New Testament, chapters 14–17 of the Gospel of John are known as the Farewell Discourse given by Jesus to eleven of his disciples immediately after the conclusion of the Last Supper in Jerusalem, the night before his crucifixion.''Joh ...
, the promise of the
Paraclete Paraclete ( grc, παράκλητος, la, paracletus) means 'advocate' or 'helper'. In Christianity, the term ''paraclete'' most commonly refers to the Holy Spirit. Etymology ''Paraclete'' comes from the Koine Greek word (). A combination o ...
, the Spirit of Truth, and announcement of persecution (Leipzig);
Matthew 20 Matthew 20 is the twentieth chapter in the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. Jesus continues his final journey through Perea and Jericho, heading towards Jerusalem, which he enters in the following chapter. Text ...
:1–16, Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard (Hamburg) ;Hymns :" Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott" :"
Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält "" (, original: ) is a Lutheran hymn by Justus Jonas, a paraphrase of Psalm 124 in eight stanzas. It was first published in 1524 in the Erfurt ''Enchiridion''. The theme of the psalm is the need of help against raging enemies. It has been translat ...
" :"
Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit "" (; "Were God not with us at this time") is a Lutheran hymn, with words written by Martin Luther based on the Psalm 124. The hymn in three stanzas of seven lines each was first published in 1524. It was translated to English and has appeared in ...
" :" Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein" ;Cantatas :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Erwachet, entreißt euch den sündlichen Träumen'', TWV 1:480 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', Hamburg 1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1137 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach) § Ascension I): :* ''Sie werden euch in den Bann tun'', BWV 44 () :* ''Sie werden euch in den Bann tun'', BWV 183 () :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* '' Ich danke dir daß du mich demütigest'', H. 386 :* '' Wir sind voller Angst und Plag'', H. 388


Pentecost

;Occasion :
Pentecost Pentecost (also called Whit Sunday, Whitsunday or Whitsun) is a Christianity, Christian holiday which takes place on the 50th day (the seventh Sunday) after Easter Sunday. It commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles in the Ne ...
(German: ), a.k.a. Whitsun, Whit Sunday, or the first day of Pentecost (German: ). ;Readings :, the
Holy Spirit In Judaism, the Holy Spirit is the divine force, quality, and influence of God over the Universe or over his creatures. In Nicene Christianity, the Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost is the third person of the Trinity. In Islam, the Holy Spirit acts as ...
:,
Farewell discourse In the New Testament, chapters 14–17 of the Gospel of John are known as the Farewell Discourse given by Jesus to eleven of his disciples immediately after the conclusion of the Last Supper in Jerusalem, the night before his crucifixion.''Joh ...
, announcement of the Spirit who will teach ;Hymns :"
Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott "" ("Come, Holy Ghost, Lord God") is a Lutheran hymn for Pentecost, with words written by Martin Luther based on " Veni Sancte Spiritus, reple tuorum corda fidelium". The hymn in three stanzas was first published in 1524. For centuries the chorale ...
" :"
Komm, Gott Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist "" ("Come, God Creator, Holy Ghost") is a Lutheran hymn for Pentecost, with words written by Martin Luther based on the Latin "". The hymn in seven stanzas was first published in 1524. Its hymn tunes are Zahn number, Zahn No. 294, derived fro ...
", and Latin model "
Veni Creator Spiritus "Veni Creator Spiritus" (Come, Creator Spirit) is a traditional Christian hymn believed to have been written by Rabanus Maurus, a ninth-century German monk, teacher, and archbishop. When the original Latin text is used, it is normally sung in Greg ...
" :"
Nun bitten wir den Heiligen Geist A nun is a woman who vows to dedicate her life to religious service, typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience in the enclosure of a monastery or convent.''The Oxford English Dictionary'', vol. X, page 599. The term is o ...
" :" Als Jesus Christus, Gottes Sohn" :"
O Heiliger Geist, o heiliger Gott Gottfried Vopelius (28 January 1645 – 3 February 1715), was a German Lutheran academic and hymn-writer, mainly active in Leipzig. He was born in Herwigsdorf, now a district of Rosenbach, Görlitz, Rosenbach, Upper Lusatia, Oberlausitz, and died ...
" ;Cantatas :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Zischet nur, stechet, ihr feurigen Zungen'', TWV 1:1732 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', Hamburg 1726) :* ''Gott der Hoffnung erfülle euch'', TWV 1:634 (misattributed to as BWV 218) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1138 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach) § Pentecost Sunday):
New Bach Edition The New Bach Edition (NBE) (german: Neue Bach-Ausgabe; NBA), is the second complete edition of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, published by Bärenreiter. The name is short for Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750): New Edition of the Complete W ...
(Bärenreiter). Volume 13: ''Kantaten zum 1. Pfingsttag'' i
Series I: Cantatas
/ref> :* ''Erschallet, ihr Lieder, erklinget, ihr Saiten!'' BWV 172 (C major, Weimar: ; D major, first Leipzig version: ; C major, second Leipzig version: ) :* ''Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten'', BWV 59 (, restaged ) :* ''Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten'', BWV 74 () :* ''O ewiges Feuer, o Ursprung der Liebe'', BWV 34 (; in Halle, see below) :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* '' Die Liebe Gottes ist ausgegossen in unser Herz'', H. 333 :* '' Ich will meinen Geist ausgießen'', H. 334 :* '' Lehre mich tun nach deinem Wohlgefallen'', H. 335 :* '' Ich habe einen Held erwecket'', H. 337 :* '' Singet Gott lobsinget seinen Namen'' (1738) :Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: :* ''Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten'', ( premiered this cantata , together with a repeat performance of his father's BWV 34, as the start of his tenure in Halle; BDW ) :* ''Dies ist der Tag, da Jesu Leidenskraft'', (1755–58?, BDW ) :* ''Ertönt, ihr seligen Völker'', (based on earlier compositions, BDW ) :* ''Ach, daß du den Himmel zerrissest'', (parody of / F 93: BDW ) :Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: :* ''Lasset uns ablegen die Werke der Finsternis'' ( and : 's reworking of 's as a cantata for Pentecost; BD
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:Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and Gottfried August Homilius: :* ''Herr, lehr uns tun'', H 817 ( and : pasticcio by involving his own earlier work and a composition by Homilius; BDW ) :* ''Ihr waret weiland Finsternis'' (pasticcio realised in 1787? by , based on several compositions by Homilius; BD
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:* ''Nun ist er da'' (pasticcio realised in 1788 by , based on several compositions by Homilius; BD
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: Johann Friedrich Doles (see also Picander cycle of 1728–29 § Reception): :* ''Raset und brauset ihr hefftigen Winde'' (1740)


Pentecost Monday (Pentecost 2)

;Occasion :Pentecost Monday (German: ), a.k.a. Whit Monday or the second day of Pentecost (German: ) ;Readings :, sermon of Peter for Cornelius :, "God loved the world so much ..." from the meeting of Jesus and Nicodemus ;Hymns :See
Pentecost Pentecost (also called Whit Sunday, Whitsunday or Whitsun) is a Christianity, Christian holiday which takes place on the 50th day (the seventh Sunday) after Easter Sunday. It commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles in the Ne ...
;Cantatas :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Schmückt das frohe Fest mit Maien'', TWV 1:1256 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', Hamburg 1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1139 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach) § Pentecost Monday):
New Bach Edition The New Bach Edition (NBE) (german: Neue Bach-Ausgabe; NBA), is the second complete edition of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, published by Bärenreiter. The name is short for Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750): New Edition of the Complete W ...
(Bärenreiter). Volume 14: ''Kantaten zum 2. und 3. Pfingsttag'' i
Series I: Cantatas
/ref> :* ''Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt'', BWV 68 () :* ''Erhöhtes Fleisch und Blut'', BWV 173 (; ) :* ''Ich liebe den Höchsten von ganzem Gemüte'', BWV 174 () :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* '' Also hat Gott die Welt geliebet'', H. 336 :* '' Sehet welch eine Liebe'' (1738)


Pentecost Tuesday (Pentecost 3)

;Occasion :Pentecost Tuesday, a.k.a. Whit Tuesday or the third day of Pentecost (German: ) ;Readings :, the Holy Spirit in Samaria :, the Good Shepherd ;Hymns :See
Pentecost Pentecost (also called Whit Sunday, Whitsunday or Whitsun) is a Christianity, Christian holiday which takes place on the 50th day (the seventh Sunday) after Easter Sunday. It commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles in the Ne ...
;Cantatas :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Ergeuß dich zur Salbung der schmachtenden Seele'', TWV 1:448 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', Hamburg 1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1140 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach) § Pentecost Tuesday): :* ''Erwünschtes Freudenlicht'', BWV 184 (; ; ) :* ''Er rufet seinen Schafen mit Namen'', BWV 175 () :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* '' Ich will selbst meine Schafe weiden'', H. 382 :* '' Hilf deinem Volk und segne dein Erbe'' (1738)


Trinity

;Occasion : Trinity Sunday, last of the feasts tied to the date of Easter, is the last Sunday before the time after Trinity, or the first Sunday of the time after Pentecost. ;Readings :, depth of wisdom :, the meeting of Jesus and Nicodemus ;Hymns :" Gott der Vater wohn uns bei" :"
Der du bist drei in Einigkeit Gottfried Vopelius (28 January 1645 – 3 February 1715), was a German Lutheran academic and hymn-writer, mainly active in Leipzig. He was born in Herwigsdorf, now a district of Rosenbach, Oberlausitz, and died in Leipzig at the age of 70.Rober ...
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O lux beata Trinitas The Ambrosian hymns are a collection of early hymns of the Latin liturgical rites, whose core of four hymns were by Ambrose of Milan in the 4th century. The hymns of this core were enriched with another eleven to form the Old Hymnal, which spread ...
" :" Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr" ;Cantatas :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Unbegreiflich ist dein Wesen'', TWV 1:1745 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', Hamburg 1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1141 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach) § Trinity):
New Bach Edition The New Bach Edition (NBE) (german: Neue Bach-Ausgabe; NBA), is the second complete edition of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, published by Bärenreiter. The name is short for Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750): New Edition of the Complete W ...
(Bärenreiter). Volume 15: ''Kantaten zum Trinitatisfest und zum 1. Sonntag nach Trinitatis'' i
Series I: Cantatas
/ref> :* ''O heilges Geist- und Wasserbad'', BWV 165 () :* ''Höchsterwünschtes Freudenfest'', BWV 194 (derived from a 1723 consecration cantata; as a cantata for Trinity Sunday: and ; alternative version, with movements in a different order: ) :* ''Es ist ein trotzig und verzagt Ding'', BWV 176 () :* ''Gelobet sei der Herr, mein Gott'', BWV 129 () :* ''Nun danket alle Gott'', BWV 192 () :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* '' Geht hin und lehret alle Völker'', H. 298 :* '' Drei sind die da zeugen im Himmel'', H. 299 :* ''O Herr dreieiniger Gott'', H.364Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich: 15 Kantaten; V (X), Coro, orch, bc, 1760 (1760c)
at Berlin State Library website
:* '' Heilig ist der Herr Zebaoth'' (1738)


First Sunday after Trinity (Trinity I)

;Readings :, God is Love :, the parable of the Rich man and Lazarus ;Hymns :" Es spricht der Unweisen Mund wohl" ("The Mouth of Fools May Say Indeed"), Luther's version of Psalm 14, sung to a melody by J. Walter (''
Eyn geystlich Gesangk Buchleyn ' ("A spiritual song booklet"), sometimes called First Wittenberg Hymnal and ' (Choir hymnal), was the first German hymnal for choir, published in Wittenberg in 1524 by Johann Walter who collaborated with Martin Luther. It contains 32 sacred songs ...
'' 1524, Zahn No. 4436) :"
Weltlich Ehr und zeitlich Gut Gottfried Vopelius (28 January 1645 – 3 February 1715), was a German Lutheran academic and hymn-writer, mainly active in Leipzig. He was born in Herwigsdorf, now a district of Rosenbach, Oberlausitz, and died in Leipzig at the age of 70.Rober ...
" by Michael Weiße, melody by Valentin Triller (Zahn no. 4972, 4975) :"
Es war einmal ein reicher Mann Gottfried Vopelius (28 January 1645 – 3 February 1715), was a German Lutheran academic and hymn-writer, mainly active in Leipzig. He was born in Herwigsdorf, now a district of Rosenbach, Görlitz, Rosenbach, Upper Lusatia, Oberlausitz, and died ...
" :" Ach Gott thu dich erbarmen" :"
Kommt her zu mir spricht Gottes Sohn Gottfried Vopelius (28 January 1645 – 3 February 1715), was a German Lutheran academic and hymn-writer, mainly active in Leipzig. He was born in Herwigsdorf, now a district of Rosenbach, Oberlausitz, and died in Leipzig at the age of 70.Rober ...
" ;Cantatas : Philipp Heinrich Erlebach :* ''
Gelobet sei der Herr täglich (Praised be the Lord daily) is a church cantata by Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, for four voices, strings and continuo. The first movement is based on Psalm 68:20. Erlebach structured the composition in six movements, with the last movement repeatin ...
'' (c. 1710) :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Verlöschet, ihr Funken der irdischen Liebe'', TWV 1:1471 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', Hamburg 1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1142 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach) § Trinity I): :* ''Die Elenden sollen essen'', BWV 75 (; first cantata of Bach's first cantata cycle) :* ''O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort'', BWV 20 (chorale cantata, ; first cantata of the
chorale cantata cycle Johann Sebastian Bach's chorale cantata cycle is the year-cycle of church cantatas he started composing in Leipzig from the first Sunday after Trinity in 1724. It followed the cantata cycle he had composed from his appointment as Thomaskantor after ...
) :* ''Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot'', BWV 39 () :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* '' Wohl zu tun und mitzuteilen'' (1738)


Second Sunday after Trinity (Trinity II)

;Readings :: whoever doesn't love, remains in Death :: parable of the great banquet ;Hymns :" Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ" :" Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein" (Luther, first published in '' Achtliederbuch'' 1724) :"
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern "" (; How lovely shines the morning star) is a Lutheran hymn by Philipp Nicolai written in 1597 and first published in 1599. It inspired musical settings through centuries, notably Bach's chorale cantata , but also vocal and instrumental works by ...
" :" Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" :" Es spricht der Unweisen Mund wohl" ;Cantatas :Johann Ludwig Bach: :* ''
Kommet, es ist alles bereit Johann Ludwig Bach ( – 1 May 1731) was a German composer and violinist. He was born in Thal near Eisenach. At the age of 22 he moved to Meiningen eventually being appointed cantor there, and later Kapellmeister. He wrote a large amount of mus ...
'', JLB deest (1719 or earlier, BDW ) :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Stille die Tränen des winselnden Armen'', TWV 1:1401 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', 1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1143 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach) § Trinity II):
New Bach Edition The New Bach Edition (NBE) (german: Neue Bach-Ausgabe; NBA), is the second complete edition of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, published by Bärenreiter. The name is short for Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750): New Edition of the Complete W ...
(Bärenreiter). Volume 16: ''Kantaten zum 2. und 3. Sonntag nach Trinitatis'' i
Series I: Cantatas
/ref> :* ''Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes'', BWV 76 () :* ''Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein'', BWV 2 (chorale cantata, ) :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* '' Befiehl dem Herrn deine Wege'', H. 320 :* ''Ach ich fühle keine Reue'', H.365 :* '' Schmecket und sehet wie freundlich der Herr ist'' (1738)


St. John's Day (24 June)

;Occasion :The
Feast of John the Baptist The Nativity of John the Baptist (or Birth of John the Baptist, or Nativity of the Forerunner, or colloquially Johnmas or St. John's Day (in German) Johannistag) is a Christian feast day celebrating the birth of John the Baptist. It is observed ...
(), remembering the birth of John the Baptist, is celebrated on 24 June, around the third Sunday after Trinity. ;Readings :, the voice of a preacher in the desert :, the
birth of John the Baptist The Nativity of John the Baptist (or Birth of John the Baptist, or Nativity of the Forerunner, or colloquially Johnmas or St. John's Day (in German) Johannistag) is a Christianity, Christian feast day celebrating the birth of John the Baptist. I ...
and the '' Benedictus'' of
Zechariah Zechariah most often refers to: * Zechariah (Hebrew prophet), author of the Book of Zechariah * Zechariah (New Testament figure), father of John the Baptist Zechariah or its many variant forms and spellings may also refer to: People *Zechariah ...
;Hymns :"
Herr Christ, der einig Gotts Sohn "" (Lord Christ, the Only Son of God) is a Lutheran hymn by Elisabeth Cruciger. Printed in 1524 in the Erfurt ''Enchiridion'', together with 18 hymns by Martin Luther, it is one of the oldest Lutheran hymns. The text combines Lutheran teaching wi ...
" :" Gelobet sei der Herr der Gott Israel" and Latin model "
Benedictus Dominus Deus Israel The Benedictus (also Song of Zechariah or Canticle of Zachary), given in Gospel of , is one of the three canticles in the first two chapters of this Gospel, the other two being the " Magnificat" and the "Nunc dimittis". The Benedictus was ...
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Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam "" ("Christ our Lord came to the Jordan") is a Lutheran hymn about baptism by Martin Luther, written in 1541 and published in 1543. It has been set in many musical compositions, including cantatas and chorale preludes by Johann Sebastian Bach. ...
" ;Cantatas :Johann Ludwig Bach: :* ''Siehe, ich will meinen Engel senden'', JLB 17 (1726, BDW ) :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied'', TWV 1:1345 ( or earlier) :* ''Die Kinder des Höchsten sind rufende Stimmen'', TWV 1:349 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', 1726) :Johann Sebastian Bach:
New Bach Edition The New Bach Edition (NBE) (german: Neue Bach-Ausgabe; NBA), is the second complete edition of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, published by Bärenreiter. The name is short for Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750): New Edition of the Complete W ...
(Bärenreiter). Volume 29: ''Kantaten zum Johannisfest'' i
Series I: Cantatas
/ref> :* ''Ihr Menschen, rühmet Gottes Liebe'', BWV 167 (1723) :* ''Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam'', BWV 7 (chorale cantata, 1724) :* ''Freue dich, erlöste Schar'', BWV 30 (1738) :* ''Lobt ihn mit Herz und Munde'', BWV 220 (doubtful) :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* '' Schreib meinen Nam' aufs beste ins Buch des Lebens ein'', H. 380 :* '' Stimmt an mit vollen Chören'', H. 381 :* '' Gelobet sei der Herr der Gott Israel'' (1738) :Wilhelm Friedemann Bach :* ''Es ist eine Stimme eines Predigers'', (BDW ) : Johann Gottlieb Goldberg: :* ''Durch die herzliche Barmherzigkeit'' (1745–46, BDW )


Third Sunday after Trinity (Trinity III)

;Readings :, Cast thy burden upon the Lord :, parable of the Lost Sheep and
parable of the Lost Coin The Parable of the Lost Coin is one of the parables of Jesus. It appears in . In it, a woman searches for a lost coin, finds it, and rejoices. It is a member of a trilogy on Redemption (theology), redemption that Jesus tells after the Pharisees ...
;Hymns :" Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott" :"
Wo soll ich fliehen hin "" (Where should I flee) is a hymn in seven stanzas by the German Baroque poet, Lutheran minister and hymn-writer Johann Heermann. It was first published in 1630 during the Thirty Years' War. It is a penitential hymn for Lent. History Heermann, ...
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O Herre Gott, begnade mich Gottfried Vopelius (28 January 1645 – 3 February 1715), was a German Lutheran academic and hymn-writer, mainly active in Leipzig. He was born in Herwigsdorf, now a district of Rosenbach, Oberlausitz, and died in Leipzig at the age of 70.Rober ...
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Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ Konrad Hubert, also Konrad Huber, Konrad Huober, or Konrad Humbert (1507 – 13 April 1577), was a German Reformed theologian, hymn writer and reformer. He was for 18 years the assistant of Martin Bucer at St. Thomas, Strasbourg. Life Hubert was ...
" ;Cantatas :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Wer sehnet sich nach Kerker, Stein und Ketten'', TWV 1:1594 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', 1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1144 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach) § Trinity III): :* ''Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis'', BWV 21 (C minor, Weimar: ; D minor, Köthen/Hamburg: 1720; C minor, Leipzig: ) :* ''Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder'', BWV 135 () :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* '' Es wird Freude sein vor den Engeln Gottes'', H. 302 :* ''
Das ist je gewißlich wahr ' (This is now the gospel truth), TWV 1:183, is a cantata by Georg Philipp Telemann. Due to an erroneous attribution to Johann Sebastian Bach, it appears in the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (BWV) as No. 141, but was moved to Anhang III, the Appendix o ...
'', H. 303 :* ''Ach was soll ich Sünder machen'', H.366 :* '' O wie ist die Barmherzigkeit des Herrn so groß'' (1738)


Fourth Sunday after Trinity (Trinity IV)

;Readings :, "For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God." :,
Sermon on the Mount The Sermon on the Mount (anglicized from the Matthean Vulgate Latin section title: ) is a collection of sayings attributed to Jesus of Nazareth found in the Gospel of Matthew (chapters 5, 6, and 7). that emphasizes his moral teachings. It is ...
: be merciful, judge not ;Hymns :" Dies sind die heilgen zehn Gebot" :"
Mensch, willst du leben seliglich Gottfried Vopelius (28 January 1645 – 3 February 1715), was a German Lutheran academic and hymn-writer, mainly active in Leipzig. He was born in Herwigsdorf, now a district of Rosenbach, Oberlausitz, and died in Leipzig at the age of 70.Robert ...
" :" O Mensch wiltu vor Gott bestahn" ;Cantatas :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Ihr seligen Stunden erquickender Freude'', TWV 1:917 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', 1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1145 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach) § Trinity IV):
New Bach Edition The New Bach Edition (NBE) (german: Neue Bach-Ausgabe; NBA), is the second complete edition of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, published by Bärenreiter. The name is short for Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750): New Edition of the Complete W ...
(Bärenreiter). Volume 17: ''Kantaten zum 4. Sonntag nach Trinitatis''; ''Kantaten zum 5. und 6. Sonntag nach Trinitatis'' i
Series I: Cantatas
/ref> :* ''Barmherziges Herze der ewigen Liebe'', BWV 185 (; ) :* ''Ein ungefärbt Gemüte'', BWV 24 () :* ''Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ'', BWV 177 (chorale cantata, ) :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* ''Du Vater bist voll Güte'', H.367 :* '' Wer Barmherzigkeit übet'' (1738)


Fifth Sunday after Trinity (Trinity V)

;Readings : "Sanctify the Lord God in your hearts" :, Peter's great catch of fish ;Hymns :"
Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit "" (; "Were God not with us at this time") is a Lutheran hymn, with words written by Martin Luther based on the Psalm 124. The hymn in three stanzas of seven lines each was first published in 1524. It was translated to English and has appeared in ...
" :" Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ" :" Vater unser im Himmelreich" :" Wo Gott zum Haus nicht gibt sein Gunst" ;Cantatas :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Begnadigte Seelen gesegneter Christen'', TWV 1:119 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', 1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1146 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach) § Trinity V): :* ''Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten'', BWV 93 (chorale cantata, ) :* ''Siehe, ich will viel Fischer aussenden'', BWV 88 () :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* ''Des Herren Segen machet reich'', H.368 :* '' Gott segnet den Frommen ihre Güter'' (1738)


Visitation (2 July)

;Occasion :Feast of
Visitation Visitation may refer to: Law * Visitation (law) or contact, the right of a non-custodial parent to visit with their children * Prison visitation rights, the rules and conditions under which prisoners may have visitors Music * ''Visitation'' (D ...
, celebrated on 2 July (around the sixth Sunday after Trinity) ;Readings :, prophecy of the Messiah :, Mary, pregnant of Jesus, visits Elizabeth, pregnant of John the Baptist – includes Mary's song of praise, Magnificat, Luke 1:46–55 ;Hymns and canticles :"
Herr Christ, der einig Gotts Sohn "" (Lord Christ, the Only Son of God) is a Lutheran hymn by Elisabeth Cruciger. Printed in 1524 in the Erfurt ''Enchiridion'', together with 18 hymns by Martin Luther, it is one of the oldest Lutheran hymns. The text combines Lutheran teaching wi ...
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Meine Seele erhebt den Herren Meine Seele erhebt den Herren (My soul magnifies the Lord) is Martin Luther's translation of the Magnificat canticle. It is traditionally sung to a German variant of the , a rather exceptional psalm tone in Gregorian chant.Lundberg 2012 p. 7-17 Th ...
" and Latin model " Magnificat anima mea Dominum" :" Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein" ;Cantatas, including Magnificat settings performed as Visitation cantata :Johann Ludwig Bach: :* ''Der Herr wird ein Neues im Lande'', JLB 13 (1726, BDW ) :Georg Philipp Telemann:"Fête de la Visitation de Marie"
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:* ''Gottlob, die Frucht hat sich gezeiget'', TWV 1:670 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', Hamburg 1726) :* ''Meine Seele erhebt den Herrn'', TWV 1:1104, 1:1107 and 1:1108 :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1171 and GWV 1172 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach) § Visitation): :* ''Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben'', BWV 147 (1723, adaptation of BWV 147a) :* Magnificat, BWV 243a (early version without Christmas interpolations possibly first performed on ) :* ''Meine Seel erhebt den Herren'', BWV 10 (chorale cantata: 1724) :* ''Meine Seele erhebet den Herrn'' (cantata text by an unknown librettist without extant composition by Bach: , BDW ) Alfred Dürr, Yoshitake Kobayashi (eds.), Kirsten Beißwenger. '' Bach Werke Verzeichnis: Kleine Ausgabe, nach der von Wolfgang Schmieder vorgelegten 2. Ausgabe''. Preface in English and German. Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1998. -
p. 458
/ref> :* Magnificat, BWV 243 (D major version: ) : Melchior Hoffmann (formerly attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach): :* ''Meine Seele rühmt und preist'', BWV 189 (BDW ) :* ''Meine Seel erhebt den Herren'', BWV Anh. 21, formerly attributed to Bach (BDW ), and then Telemann :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* '' Lobt ihn mit Herz und Munde'', H. 379 :* '' Preiset mit mir den Herrn'' (1738) :Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: :* ''Der Herr wird mit Gerechtigkeit'', (BDW ) : Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: :* ''Meine Seele erhebt den Herrn'' (1768, BDW )


Sixth Sunday after Trinity (Trinity VI)

;Readings :, "By Christ's death we are dead for sin" :,
Sermon on the Mount The Sermon on the Mount (anglicized from the Matthean Vulgate Latin section title: ) is a collection of sayings attributed to Jesus of Nazareth found in the Gospel of Matthew (chapters 5, 6, and 7). that emphasizes his moral teachings. It is ...
: better justice ;Hymns :"
Es ist das Heil uns kommen her "Es ist das Heil uns kommen her" (originally: "Es ist das heyl vns kommen her", English: "Salvation now has come for all" or more literally: It is our salvation come here to us) is a Lutheran hymn in 14 stanzas by Paul Speratus. It was first pub ...
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Mensch, willst du leben seliglich Gottfried Vopelius (28 January 1645 – 3 February 1715), was a German Lutheran academic and hymn-writer, mainly active in Leipzig. He was born in Herwigsdorf, now a district of Rosenbach, Oberlausitz, and died in Leipzig at the age of 70.Robert ...
" :" Dies sind die heilgen zehn Gebot" :" Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ" ;Cantatas :Johann Ludwig Bach: :* ''Ich will meinen Geist'', JLB 7 (, BDW ) :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Ich bin getauft in Christi Tode'', TWV 1:820 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', 1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1147 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach) § Trinity VI): :* ''Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust'', BWV 170 () :* ''Es ist das Heil uns kommen her'', BWV 9 (chorale cantata, ) :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* ''Verleih daß ich aus Herzensgrund'', H.369 :* '' Sprich nicht ich will Böses vergelten'' (1738)


Seventh Sunday after Trinity (Trinity VII)

;Readings :, "the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life" :, The Feeding of the 4000 ;Hymns :" Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren" :" Vater unser im Himmelreich" :"
Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz "Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz" (Why are you afflicted, my heart) is a Lutheran hymn. According to some sources, both hymn writer and composer are anonymous. The melody, Zahn No. 1689a, appeared on broadsides from the mid-16th century i ...
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Wohl dem, der in Gottesfurcht steht Wohl may refer to: Chemistry * Wohl–Aue reaction * Wohl degradation * Wohl equation * Wohl–Ziegler bromination People Wohl is a spelling of Wahl, which corresponds to English ''well'' from German Language ''well'' or ''sure''. Also fro ...
" ;Cantatas :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Wenn Israel am Nilusstrande'', TWV 1:1562 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', 1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1148 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach) § Trinity VII): :* ''Ärgre dich, o Seele, nicht'', BWV 186 () :* ''Was willst du dich betrüben'', BWV 107 (chorale cantata, ) :* ''Es wartet alles auf dich'', BWV 187 () :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* ''O Herr gib uns ein fruchtbar Jahr'', H.370 :* '' Wenn du 'gessen hast und satt bist'' (1738) :Carl Heinrich Graun and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach :* ''Der Himmel allenthalben'' ( 1774 parody of GraunWV B:VIII:1; BDW ) :Wilhelm Friedemann Bach :* ''Verhängnis, dein Wüten entkräftet die Armen'', (, BDW )


Eighth Sunday after Trinity (Trinity VIII)

;Readings :, "For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God" :,
Sermon on the Mount The Sermon on the Mount (anglicized from the Matthean Vulgate Latin section title: ) is a collection of sayings attributed to Jesus of Nazareth found in the Gospel of Matthew (chapters 5, 6, and 7). that emphasizes his moral teachings. It is ...
: warning of false prophets ;Hymns :" Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein" :" Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ" :" O Herre Gott, dein göttlich Wort" ;Cantatas :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Weicht, ihr Sünden, bleibt dahinten'', TWV 1:1538 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', 1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1149 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach) § Trinity VIII): :* ''Erforsche mich, Gott, und erfahre mein Herz'', BWV 136 () :* ''Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält'', BWV 178 (chorale cantata, ) :* ''Es ist dir gesagt, Mensch, was gut ist'', BWV 45 () :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* '' Es werden nicht alle die zu mir sagen'', H. 304 :* '' Wende meine Augen ab'', H. 328 :* ''Wie wenig sind der Heilgen dein'', H.371 :* ''scores:Die Lehrer werden mit viel Segen geschmückt (Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich), Die Lehrer werden mit viel Segen geschmückt'' (1738) :Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: :* ''Zeige du mir deine Wege'', H 832 (incomplete, BDW )


Ninth Sunday after Trinity (Trinity IX)

;Readings :, warning of false gods, consolation in temptation :, parable of the Unjust Steward ;Hymns :"
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" :"Menschenkind, merk eben" :" Es spricht der Unweisen Mund wohl" :"
Weltlich Ehr und zeitlich Gut Gottfried Vopelius (28 January 1645 – 3 February 1715), was a German Lutheran academic and hymn-writer, mainly active in Leipzig. He was born in Herwigsdorf, now a district of Rosenbach, Oberlausitz, and died in Leipzig at the age of 70.Rober ...
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Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz "Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz" (Why are you afflicted, my heart) is a Lutheran hymn. According to some sources, both hymn writer and composer are anonymous. The melody, Zahn No. 1689a, appeared on broadsides from the mid-16th century i ...
" ;Cantatas :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Das Wetter rührt mit Strahl und Blitzen'', TWV 1:199 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', 1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1150 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach)#Trinity IX, Church cantata (Bach) § Trinity IX):
New Bach Edition The New Bach Edition (NBE) (german: Neue Bach-Ausgabe; NBA), is the second complete edition of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, published by Bärenreiter. The name is short for Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750): New Edition of the Complete W ...
(Bärenreiter). Volume 19: ''Kantaten zum 9. und 10. Sonntag nach Trinitatis'' i
Series I: Cantatas
/ref> :* Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht mit deinem Knecht, BWV 105, ''Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht mit deinem Knecht'', BWV 105 () :* Was frag ich nach der Welt, BWV 94, ''Was frag ich nach der Welt'', BWV 94 (chorale cantata, ) :* Tue Rechnung! Donnerwort, BWV 168, ''Tue Rechnung! Donnerwort'', BWV 168 () :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* ''scores:Herr gehe nicht ins Gericht (Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich), Herr gehe nicht ins Gericht'', H. 305 :* ''scores:Tue Rechnung von deinem Haushalten (Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich), Tue Rechnung von deinem Haushalten'', H. 323 :* scores:Erbarm dich mein o Herre Gott, H.372 (Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich), ''Erbarm dich mein o Herre Gott'', H.372 :* ''scores:Vergib uns alle Sünde und tue uns wohl (Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich), Vergib uns alle Sünde und tue uns wohl'' (1738)


Tenth Sunday after Trinity (Trinity X)

;Readings :, different gifts, but one spirit :, Jesus announces the destruction of Jerusalem, Cleansing of the Temple ;Hymns :"An Wasserflüssen Babylon" :"Ach lieben Christen seid getrost" ;Cantatas :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Kein Vogel kann im weiten Fliegen'', TWV 1:994 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', 1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1151 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach)#Trinity X, Church cantata (Bach) § Trinity X): :* Schauet doch und sehet, ob irgend ein Schmerz sei, BWV 46, ''Schauet doch und sehet, ob irgend ein Schmerz sei'', BWV 46 () :* Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer Gott, BWV 101, ''Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer Gott'', BWV 101 (chorale cantata, ) :* Herr, deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben, BWV 102, ''Herr, deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben'', BWV 102 (; reworked version by : , , and , BDW&nbs
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:Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* scores:Nimm von uns Herr du treuer Gott, H.373 (Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich), ''Nimm von uns Herr du treuer Gott'', H.373 :* ''scores:So wasche nun Jerusalem dein Herz (Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich), So wasche nun Jerusalem dein Herz'' (1738) :Wilhelm Friedemann Bach :* ''Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein (Heraus, verblendender Hochmut)'', (BDW )


11th Sunday after Trinity (Trinity XI)

;Readings :, on the gospel of Christ and his (Paul's) duty as an apostle :, parable of the Pharisee and the Publican, Pharisee and the Tax Collector ;Hymns :" Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott" :"
O Herre Gott, begnade mich Gottfried Vopelius (28 January 1645 – 3 February 1715), was a German Lutheran academic and hymn-writer, mainly active in Leipzig. He was born in Herwigsdorf, now a district of Rosenbach, Oberlausitz, and died in Leipzig at the age of 70.Rober ...
" :"
Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ Konrad Hubert, also Konrad Huber, Konrad Huober, or Konrad Humbert (1507 – 13 April 1577), was a German Reformed theologian, hymn writer and reformer. He was for 18 years the assistant of Martin Bucer at St. Thomas, Strasbourg. Life Hubert was ...
" :"
Es ist das Heil uns kommen her "Es ist das Heil uns kommen her" (originally: "Es ist das heyl vns kommen her", English: "Salvation now has come for all" or more literally: It is our salvation come here to us) is a Lutheran hymn in 14 stanzas by Paul Speratus. It was first pub ...
" :" Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir" :" Vater unser im Himmelreich" ;Cantatas :Johann Ludwig Bach: :* Durch sein Erkenntnis, JLB 15, ''Durch sein Erkenntnis'', JLB 15 (, BDW ) :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Durchsuche dich, o stolzer Geist'', TWV 1:399 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', 1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1152 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach)#Trinity XI, Church cantata (Bach) § Trinity XI):
New Bach Edition The New Bach Edition (NBE) (german: Neue Bach-Ausgabe; NBA), is the second complete edition of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, published by Bärenreiter. The name is short for Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750): New Edition of the Complete W ...
(Bärenreiter). Volume 20: ''Kantaten zum 11. und 12. Sonntag nach Trinitatis'' i
Series I: Cantatas
/ref> :* Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut, BWV 199, ''Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut'', BWV 199 (Weimar version in C minor: ; Köthen version in D minor; Leipzig version in D minor: ) :* Siehe zu, daß deine Gottesfurcht nicht Heuchelei sei, BWV 179, ''Siehe zu, daß deine Gottesfurcht nicht Heuchelei sei'', BWV 179 () :* Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut, BWV 113, ''Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut'', BWV 113 (chorale cantata, ) :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* ''scores:Es ist hie kein Unterschied sie sind allzumal Sünder (Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich), Es ist hie kein Unterschied sie sind allzumal Sünder'', H. 301 :* ''scores:Wer seine Missetat leugnet (Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich), Wer seine Missetat leugnet'', H. 319 :* scores:Wie dürft' ich bitten wenn mein Sinn, H.374 (Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich), ''Wie dürft' ich bitten wenn mein Sinn'', H.374


12th Sunday after Trinity (Trinity XII)

;Readings :, the ministration of the Spirit :, the Healing the deaf mute of Decapolis, healing of a deaf mute man ;Hymns :" Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren" :"
Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt The following is a glossary of terms used in card games. Besides the terms listed here, there are thousands of common and uncommon slang terms. Terms in this glossary should not be game-specific (e.g. specific to Bridge (card game), Bridge, Hearts ...
" :" Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein" :"Herr Gott, dich loben wir" ;Cantatas :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Ihr, deren Leben mit banger Finsternis umgeben'', TWV 1:897 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', 1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1153 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach)#Trinity XII, Church cantata (Bach) § Trinity XII): :* Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele, BWV 69a, ''Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele'', BWV 69a () :* Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren, BWV 137, ''Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren'', BWV 137 (chorale cantata, ) :* Geist und Seele wird verwirret, BWV 35, ''Geist und Seele wird verwirret'', BWV 35 () :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* ''scores:Er hat alles wohl gemacht (Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich), Er hat alles wohl gemacht'', H. 311 :* scores:Ihn laßt tun und walten, H.375 (Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich), ''Ihn laßt tun und walten'', H.375 :* ''scores:Ich danke dir Gott ewiglich (Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich), Ich danke dir Gott ewiglich'' (1738)


13th Sunday after Trinity (Trinity XIII)

;Readings :, law and promise :, parable of the Good Samaritan ;Hymns :" Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein" :" Dies sind die heilgen zehn Gebot" :"
Es ist das Heil uns kommen her "Es ist das Heil uns kommen her" (originally: "Es ist das heyl vns kommen her", English: "Salvation now has come for all" or more literally: It is our salvation come here to us) is a Lutheran hymn in 14 stanzas by Paul Speratus. It was first pub ...
" :"
O Herre Gott, begnade mich Gottfried Vopelius (28 January 1645 – 3 February 1715), was a German Lutheran academic and hymn-writer, mainly active in Leipzig. He was born in Herwigsdorf, now a district of Rosenbach, Oberlausitz, and died in Leipzig at the age of 70.Rober ...
" :" Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott" ;Cantatas :Johann Ludwig Bach: :* Ich aber ging für dir über, JLB 16, ''Ich aber ging für dir über'', JLB 16 (, BDW ) :* Du sollst lieben Gott deinen Herrn, JLB 24, ''Du sollst lieben Gott deinen Herrn'', JLB 24 (BDW&nbs
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:Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Deines neuen Bundes Gnade'', TWV 1:212 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', 1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1154 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach)#Trinity XIII, Church cantata (Bach) § Trinity XIII):
New Bach Edition The New Bach Edition (NBE) (german: Neue Bach-Ausgabe; NBA), is the second complete edition of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, published by Bärenreiter. The name is short for Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750): New Edition of the Complete W ...
(Bärenreiter). Volume 21: ''Kantaten zum 13. und 14. Sonntag nach Trinitatis'' i
Series I: Cantatas
/ref> :* Du sollt Gott, deinen Herren, lieben, BWV 77, ''Du sollt Gott, deinen Herren, lieben'', BWV 77 () :* Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 33, ''Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ'', BWV 33 (chorale cantata, ) :* Ihr, die ihr euch von Christo nennet, BWV 164, ''Ihr, die ihr euch von Christo nennet'', BWV 164 () :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* ''scores:Meister was muß ich tun (Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich), Meister was muß ich tun'', H. 306 :* ''scores:Du sollt Gott deinen Herren lieben (Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich), Du sollt Gott deinen Herren lieben'', H. 307 :* scores:Heil du mich lieber Herre, H.376 (Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich), ''Heil du mich lieber Herre'', H.376 :* ''scores:Ich danke dir von rechtem Herzen (Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich), Ich danke dir von rechtem Herzen'' (1738) :Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: :* ''Wer meine Gebote hat'' ('s reworking of a cantata by Fasch, BD
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14th Sunday after Trinity (Trinity XIV)

;Readings :, works of the flesh, fruit of the Spirit :, Cleansing ten lepers ;Hymns :" Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott" :"
Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt The following is a glossary of terms used in card games. Besides the terms listed here, there are thousands of common and uncommon slang terms. Terms in this glossary should not be game-specific (e.g. specific to Bridge (card game), Bridge, Hearts ...
" :" Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren" :" Vater unser im Himmelreich" :"
Ich danke dem Herrn von ganzem Herzen Gottfried Vopelius (28 January 1645 – 3 February 1715), was a German Lutheran academic and hymn-writer, mainly active in Leipzig. He was born in Herwigsdorf, now a district of Rosenbach, Oberlausitz, and died in Leipzig at the age of 70.Rober ...
" :"Fröhlich wollen wir Alleluja singen" ;Cantatas :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Schau nach Sodom nicht zurücke'', TWV 1:1243 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', 1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1155 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach)#Trinity XIV, Church cantata (Bach) § Trinity XIV): :* Es ist nichts Gesundes an meinem Leibe, BWV 25, ''Es ist nichts Gesundes an meinem Leibe'', BWV 25 () :* Jesu, der du meine Seele, BWV 78, ''Jesu, der du meine Seele'', BWV 78 (chorale cantata, ; restaged after 1735) :* Wer Dank opfert, der preiset mich, BWV 17, ''Wer Dank opfert, der preiset mich'', BWV 17 () :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* ''scores:Opfere Gott Dank (Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich), Opfere Gott Dank'' (1738)


15th Sunday after Trinity (Trinity XV)

;Readings :, admonition to "walk in the Spirit" :,
Sermon on the Mount The Sermon on the Mount (anglicized from the Matthean Vulgate Latin section title: ) is a collection of sayings attributed to Jesus of Nazareth found in the Gospel of Matthew (chapters 5, 6, and 7). that emphasizes his moral teachings. It is ...
: don't worry about material needs, but seek God's kingdom first ;Hymns :" Vater unser im Himmelreich" :"
Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz "Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz" (Why are you afflicted, my heart) is a Lutheran hymn. According to some sources, both hymn writer and composer are anonymous. The melody, Zahn No. 1689a, appeared on broadsides from the mid-16th century i ...
" :"Verzage nicht, o frommer Christ" :"Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt" ;Cantatas :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Trifft menschlich und voll Fehler sein die meiste zeit zusammen'', TWV 1:1417 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', 1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1156 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach)#Trinity XV, Church cantata (Bach) § Trinity XV):
New Bach Edition The New Bach Edition (NBE) (german: Neue Bach-Ausgabe; NBA), is the second complete edition of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, published by Bärenreiter. The name is short for Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750): New Edition of the Complete W ...
(Bärenreiter). Volume 22: ''Kantaten zum 15. Sonntag nach Trinitatis'' i
Series I: Cantatas
/ref> :* Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz, BWV 138, ''Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz'', BWV 138 () :* Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 99, ''Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan'', BWV 99 (chorale cantata, ) :* Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, BWV 51, ''Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen'', BWV 51 () :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* ''scores:Die da reich werden wollen (Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich), Die da reich werden wollen'', H. 308 :* ''scores:Niemand kann zweien Herren dienen (Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich), Niemand kann zweien Herren dienen'', H. 309 :* ''scores:Was betrübst du dich meine Seele (Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich), Was betrübst du dich meine Seele'' (1738)


16th Sunday after Trinity (Trinity XVI)

;Readings :, Paul the Apostle, Paul praying for the strengthening of faith in the congregation of Ephesus :, Raising of the Young man from Nain ;Hymns :"Mitten wir im Leben sind" :" Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein" ;Cantatas :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Die stärkende Wirkung des Geistes'', TWV 1:363 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', 1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1157 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach)#Trinity XVI, Church cantata (Bach) § Trinity XVI):
New Bach Edition The New Bach Edition (NBE) (german: Neue Bach-Ausgabe; NBA), is the second complete edition of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, published by Bärenreiter. The name is short for Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750): New Edition of the Complete W ...
(Bärenreiter). Volume 23: ''Kantaten zum 16. und 17. Sonntag nach Trinitatis'' i
Series I: Cantatas
/ref> :* Komm, du süße Todesstunde, BWV 161, ''Komm, du süße Todesstunde'', BWV 161 ( or ) :* Christus, der ist mein Leben, BWV 95, ''Christus, der ist mein Leben'', BWV 95 () :* Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben? BWV 8, ''Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben?'' BWV 8 (chorale cantata, , second version ) :* Wer weiß, wie nahe mir mein Ende? BWV 27, ''Wer weiß, wie nahe mir mein Ende?'' BWV 27 () :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* ''scores:Herr lehre doch mich daß es ein Ende (Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich), Herr lehre doch mich daß es ein Ende'', H. 310 :* scores:Wer weiß wie nahe mir mein Ende, H.377 (Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich), ''Wer weiß wie nahe mir mein Ende'', H.377 :Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: :* ''Der Gerechte, ob er gleich zu zeitlich stirbt'', H 818 (: pasticcio with movements by Johann Christoph Bach and , BDW ) :Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: :* ''Die mit Tränen säen'' ('s reworking of a cantata by Fasch, BD
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17th Sunday after Trinity (Trinity XVII)

;Readings :, admonition to keep the unity of the Spirit :, Healing a man with dropsy on the Sabbath ;Hymns :" Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein" :"
Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält "" (, original: ) is a Lutheran hymn by Justus Jonas, a paraphrase of Psalm 124 in eight stanzas. It was first published in 1524 in the Erfurt ''Enchiridion''. The theme of the psalm is the need of help against raging enemies. It has been translat ...
" ;Cantatas :Heinrich Bach: :* Ich danke dir, Gott, ABA II, 1, ''Ich danke dir, Gott'', (BDW ) :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Umschlinget uns, ihr sanften Friedensbande'', TWV 1:1426 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', 1726) :* ''Erwäg', o Mensch'', TWV 1:487 b (''Fortsetzung des Harmonischen Gottes-Dienstes'', 1732) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1158 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach)#Trinity XVII, Church cantata (Bach) § Trinity XVII): :* Bringet dem Herrn Ehre seines Namens, BWV 148, ''Bringet dem Herrn Ehre seines Namens'', BWV 148 () :* Ach, lieben Christen, seid getrost, BWV 114, ''Ach, lieben Christen, seid getrost'', BWV 114 (chorale cantata, ) :* Wer sich selbst erhöhet, der soll erniedriget werden, BWV 47, ''Wer sich selbst erhöhet, der soll erniedriget werden'', BWV 47 ()


St. Michael's Day (29 September)

;Occasion :St. Michael's Day, a.k.a. Michaelmas (German: Michaelisfest) is celebrated on 29 September, around the 17th Sunday after Trinity. ;Readings :, fight of Michael with the dragon :, heaven belongs to the children, the angels see the face of God ;Hymns :"Dicimus grates tibi" and German derivatives "Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir" and "Laßt uns von Herzen danken Gott dem Herren" :"Es stehn für Gottes Throne" :"Fürst und Herr der starken Helden" ;Cantatas :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Packe dich, gelähmter Drache'', TWV 1:1222 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', 1726) :* Siehe, es hat überwunden der Löwe, TWV 1:1328, ''Siehe, es hat überwunden der Löwe'', TWV 1:1328 (misattributed to Bach as BWV 219) :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach)#St. Michael's Day, Church cantata (Bach) § St. Michael's Day):
New Bach Edition The New Bach Edition (NBE) (german: Neue Bach-Ausgabe; NBA), is the second complete edition of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, published by Bärenreiter. The name is short for Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750): New Edition of the Complete W ...
(Bärenreiter). Volume 30: ''Kantaten zum Michaelisfest'' i
Series I: Cantatas
/ref> :* Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir, BWV 130, ''Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir'', BWV 130 (chorale cantata, 1724, and later version with slightly modified instrumentation) :* Es erhub sich ein Streit, BWV 19, ''Es erhub sich ein Streit'', BWV 19 (1726) :* Man singet mit Freuden vom Sieg, BWV 149, ''Man singet mit Freuden vom Sieg'', BWV 149 (1729) :* Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft, BWV 50, ''Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft'', BWV 50 (year and purpose unknown: movement of an incomplete or lost cantata, possibly for Michaelmas) :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* ''scores:Der Engel des Herrn lagert sich (Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich), Der Engel des Herrn lagert sich'', H. 314 :* ''scores:Sie sind allzumal dienstbare Geister (Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich), Sie sind allzumal dienstbare Geister'', H. 315 :* ''scores:Widerstehet dem Teufel (Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich), Widerstehet dem Teufel'', H. 316 :Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: :* ''Den Engeln gleich'', H 809 (1769 and 1774, BDW ) :* ''Es erhub sich ein Streit'' (1770, 1776 and 1781, pasticcios involving BWV 19 and L 597 and 544, BDW&nbs
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:* ''Ich will den Namen des Herrn preisen'', H 810 (1772, 1777, 1782 and 1786, pasticcio involving L 603, BDW ) :* ''Siehe, ich begehre deiner Befehle'', H 812 (1775, BDW ) :* ''Wenn Christus seine Kirche schützt'' (1778 and 1784, pasticcio involving Wf XIV/6 and music by , BDW ) :* ''Der Frevler mag die Wahrheit schmähn'', H 814 (1785, pasticcio involving a movement of Wf XIV/5, BDW ) :Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach: :* ''Wie wird uns werden'', Wf XIV/5 (1771, BDW )


18th Sunday after Trinity (Trinity XVIII)

;Readings :, Paul the Apostle, Paul's thanks for grace of God in Ephesus :, the Great Commandment ;Hymns :"
Herr Christ, der einig Gotts Sohn "" (Lord Christ, the Only Son of God) is a Lutheran hymn by Elisabeth Cruciger. Printed in 1524 in the Erfurt ''Enchiridion'', together with 18 hymns by Martin Luther, it is one of the oldest Lutheran hymns. The text combines Lutheran teaching wi ...
" :" Dies sind die heilgen zehn Gebot" :"
Es ist das Heil uns kommen her "Es ist das Heil uns kommen her" (originally: "Es ist das heyl vns kommen her", English: "Salvation now has come for all" or more literally: It is our salvation come here to us) is a Lutheran hymn in 14 stanzas by Paul Speratus. It was first pub ...
" :" Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein" ;Cantatas :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Ich schaue bloß auf Gottes Güte'', TWV 1:859 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', 1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1159 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach)#Trinity XVIII, Church cantata (Bach) § Trinity XVIII):
New Bach Edition The New Bach Edition (NBE) (german: Neue Bach-Ausgabe; NBA), is the second complete edition of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, published by Bärenreiter. The name is short for Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750): New Edition of the Complete W ...
(Bärenreiter). Volume 24: ''Kantaten zum 18. und 19. Sonntag nach Trinitatis'' i
Series I: Cantatas
/ref> :* Herr Christ, der einge Gottessohn, BWV 96, ''Herr Christ, der einge Gottessohn'', BWV 96 (chorale cantata, and ) :* Gott soll allein mein Herze haben, BWV 169, ''Gott soll allein mein Herze haben'', BWV 169 ()


19th Sunday after Trinity (Trinity XIX)

;Readings :, "put on the new man, which after God is created" :, Healing the paralytic at Capernaum ;Hymns :" Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ" :" Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir" :" Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren" :"Aus tiefer Not laßt uns zu Gott" :"
O Herre Gott, begnade mich Gottfried Vopelius (28 January 1645 – 3 February 1715), was a German Lutheran academic and hymn-writer, mainly active in Leipzig. He was born in Herwigsdorf, now a district of Rosenbach, Oberlausitz, and died in Leipzig at the age of 70.Rober ...
" ;Cantatas :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Es ist ein schlechter Ruhm'', TWV 1:506 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', 1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1160 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach)#Trinity XIX, Church cantata (Bach) § Trinity XIX): :* Ich elender Mensch, wer wird mich erlösen, BWV 48, ''Ich elender Mensch, wer wird mich erlösen'', BWV 48 () :* Wo soll ich fliehen hin, BWV 5, ''Wo soll ich fliehen hin'', BWV 5 (chorale cantata, ) :* Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, BWV 56, ''Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen'', BWV 56 ()


20th Sunday after Trinity (Trinity XX)

;Readings :, "walk circumspectly, ... filled with the Spirit" :, parable of the great banquet ;Hymns :" Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein" :" Es spricht der Unweisen Mund wohl" :"
Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält "" (, original: ) is a Lutheran hymn by Justus Jonas, a paraphrase of Psalm 124 in eight stanzas. It was first published in 1524 in the Erfurt ''Enchiridion''. The theme of the psalm is the need of help against raging enemies. It has been translat ...
" :"
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern "" (; How lovely shines the morning star) is a Lutheran hymn by Philipp Nicolai written in 1597 and first published in 1599. It inspired musical settings through centuries, notably Bach's chorale cantata , but also vocal and instrumental works by ...
" :" Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" :"Fröhlich wollen wir Alleluja singen" ;Cantatas :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Die Ehre des herrlichen Schöpfers zu melden'', TWV 1:334 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', 1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1161 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach)#Trinity XX, Church cantata (Bach) § Trinity XX):
New Bach Edition The New Bach Edition (NBE) (german: Neue Bach-Ausgabe; NBA), is the second complete edition of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, published by Bärenreiter. The name is short for Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750): New Edition of the Complete W ...
(Bärenreiter). Volume 25: ''Kantaten zum 20. und 21. Sonntag nach Trinitatis'' i
Series I: Cantatas
/ref> :* Ach! ich sehe, itzt, da ich zur Hochzeit gehe, BWV 162, ''Ach! ich sehe, itzt, da ich zur Hochzeit gehe'', BWV 162 ( and ) :* Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, BWV 180, ''Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele'', BWV 180 (chorale cantata, ) :* Ich geh und suche mit Verlangen, BWV 49, ''Ich geh und suche mit Verlangen'', BWV BWV 49 () :Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: :* ''In deinem Schmuck gehen der Könige Töchter'', H 818.5 (pasticcio, BDW )


21st Sunday after Trinity (Trinity XXI)

;Readings :, "take unto you the whole armour of God" :, healing the nobleman's son ;Hymns :" Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ" :" Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir" :"
Herr Christ, der einig Gotts Sohn "" (Lord Christ, the Only Son of God) is a Lutheran hymn by Elisabeth Cruciger. Printed in 1524 in the Erfurt ''Enchiridion'', together with 18 hymns by Martin Luther, it is one of the oldest Lutheran hymns. The text combines Lutheran teaching wi ...
" :"
Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ Konrad Hubert, also Konrad Huber, Konrad Huober, or Konrad Humbert (1507 – 13 April 1577), was a German Reformed theologian, hymn writer and reformer. He was for 18 years the assistant of Martin Bucer at St. Thomas, Strasbourg. Life Hubert was ...
" ;Cantatas :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Ich will den Kreuzweg gerne gehen'', TWV 1:884 :* ''Verfolgter Geist, wohin?'' TWV 1:1467 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', 1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1162 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach)#Trinity XXI, Church cantata (Bach) § Trinity XXI): :* Ich glaube, lieber Herr, hilf meinem Unglauben, BWV 109, ''Ich glaube, lieber Herr, hilf meinem Unglauben'', BWV 109 () :* Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir, BWV 38, ''Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir'', BWV 38 (chorale cantata, ) :* Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 98, ''Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan'', BWV 98 () :* Ich habe meine Zuversicht, BWV 188, ''Ich habe meine Zuversicht'', BWV 188 ()


22nd Sunday after Trinity (Trinity XXII)

;Readings :, Thanks and prayer for the congregation in Philippi :, parable of the unforgiving servant ;Hymns :" Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott" :"
O Herre Gott, begnade mich Gottfried Vopelius (28 January 1645 – 3 February 1715), was a German Lutheran academic and hymn-writer, mainly active in Leipzig. He was born in Herwigsdorf, now a district of Rosenbach, Oberlausitz, and died in Leipzig at the age of 70.Rober ...
" :" Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir" :"
Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ Konrad Hubert, also Konrad Huber, Konrad Huober, or Konrad Humbert (1507 – 13 April 1577), was a German Reformed theologian, hymn writer and reformer. He was for 18 years the assistant of Martin Bucer at St. Thomas, Strasbourg. Life Hubert was ...
" :" Vater unser im Himmelreich" :" Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ" ;Cantatas :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Erhalte mich, o Herr, in deinem Werke'', TWV 1:449 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', 1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1163 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach)#Trinity XXII, Church cantata (Bach) § Trinity XXII):
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/ref> :* Was soll ich aus dir machen, Ephraim, BWV 89, ''Was soll ich aus dir machen, Ephraim'', BWV 89 () :* Mache dich, mein Geist, bereit, BWV 115, ''Mache dich, mein Geist, bereit'', BWV 115 (chorale cantata, ) :* Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht, BWV 55, ''Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht'', BWV 55 () :Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: :* ''scores:Seid barmherzig wie auch euer Vater barmherzig ist (Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich), Seid barmherzig wie auch euer Vater barmherzig ist'', H. 318


Reformation Day (31 October)

;Occasion :
Reformation Day Reformation Day is a Protestant Christian religious holiday celebrated on 31 October, alongside All Hallows' Eve (Halloween) during the triduum of Allhallowtide, in remembrance of the onset of the Reformation. According to Philip Melanchtho ...
is celebrated on 31 October, around a month before the end of the liturgical year. ;Readings :, be steadfast against adversaries :, fear God and honour him ;Cantatas :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1173 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach)#Reformation Day, Church cantata (Bach) § Reformation Day):
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/ref> :* Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild, BWV 79, ''Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild'', BWV 79 (1725) :* Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 80, ''Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott'', BWV 80 (chorale cantata, two versions: 1727–31?)


23rd Sunday after Trinity (Trinity XXIII)

;Readings :, "our conversation is in heaven" :, the question about paying taxes, answered by Render unto Caesar... ;Hymns :" Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott" :"
Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält "" (, original: ) is a Lutheran hymn by Justus Jonas, a paraphrase of Psalm 124 in eight stanzas. It was first published in 1524 in the Erfurt ''Enchiridion''. The theme of the psalm is the need of help against raging enemies. It has been translat ...
" :"Wer nicht sitzt im Gottlosen Rat" :"
Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit "" (; "Were God not with us at this time") is a Lutheran hymn, with words written by Martin Luther based on the Psalm 124. The hymn in three stanzas of seven lines each was first published in 1524. It was translated to English and has appeared in ...
" ;Cantatas :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, TWV 1:1342, ''Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied'', TWV 1:1342 (1724; only text extant)Georg Philipp Telemann: Catalogo delle composizioni, cantate religiose - pagina 2 (I–Z)
/ref> :* ''Locke nur, Erde, mit schmeichelndem Reize'', TWV 1:1069 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', 1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1164 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach)#Trinity XXIII, Church cantata (Bach) § Trinity XXIII): :* Nur jedem das Seine, BWV 163, ''Nur jedem das Seine'', BWV 163 (; probably also ) :* Wohl dem, der sich auf seinen Gott, BWV 139, ''Wohl dem, der sich auf seinen Gott'', BWV 139 (chorale cantata, ) :* Falsche Welt, dir trau ich nicht, BWV 52, ''Falsche Welt, dir trau ich nicht'', BWV 52 ()


24th Sunday after Trinity (Trinity XXIV)

;Readings :, prayer for the Colossians :, the story of Mark 5#Jairus' daughter and the woman who touched Jesus' garment, Jairus' daughter ;Hymns :"Mitten wir im Leben sind" :"
Herr Jesu Christ, wahr Mensch und Gott "" (Lord Jesus Christ, true man and God) is a Lutheran hymn by Paul Eber. It is a hymn for the dying. One of the hymn's tunes, Zahn No. 423, is also used for . History The hymn appeared in both High German, such as a Frankfurt print of 1 ...
" :"
Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ Konrad Hubert, also Konrad Huber, Konrad Huober, or Konrad Humbert (1507 – 13 April 1577), was a German Reformed theologian, hymn writer and reformer. He was for 18 years the assistant of Martin Bucer at St. Thomas, Strasbourg. Life Hubert was ...
" :"Ich weiß, daß mein Erlöser lebt" ;Cantatas :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Beglückte Zeit, die uns des Wortes Licht'', TWV 1:118 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', 1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1165 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach)#Trinity XXIV, Church cantata (Bach) § Trinity XXIV):
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/ref> :* O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, BWV 60, ''O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort'', BWV 60 () :* Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig, BWV 26, ''Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig'', BWV 26 (chorale cantata, )


25th Sunday after Trinity (Trinity XXV)

;Readings :, the coming of the Lord :, the Tribulation ;Hymns :" Vater unser im Himmelreich" :"Es wird schier der letzte Tag herkommen" :"Gott hat das Evangelium" :" Ach Gott thu dich erbarmen" ;Cantatas :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Ein zartes Kind hat nirgends größ're Lust'', TWV 1:436 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', 1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1166 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach)#Trinity XXV, Church cantata (Bach) § Trinity XXV): :* Es reißet euch ein schrecklich Ende, BWV 90, ''Es reißet euch ein schrecklich Ende'', BWV 90 () :* Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 116, ''Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ'', BWV 116 (chorale cantata, )


26th Sunday after Trinity (Trinity XXVI)

;Readings :, look for new heavens and a new earth :, the Second Coming of Christ ;Hymns :"Es wird schier der letzte Tag herkommen" :"Es ist gewißlich an der Zeit" :" Gott der Vater wohn uns bei" :"
Kommt her zu mir spricht Gottes Sohn Gottfried Vopelius (28 January 1645 – 3 February 1715), was a German Lutheran academic and hymn-writer, mainly active in Leipzig. He was born in Herwigsdorf, now a district of Rosenbach, Oberlausitz, and died in Leipzig at the age of 70.Rober ...
" ;Cantatas :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Glaubet, hoffet, leidet, duldet'', TWV 1:626 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', 1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1167 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach)#Trinity XXVI, Church cantata (Bach) § Trinity XXVI): :* Wachet! betet! betet! wachet! BWV 70, ''Wachet! betet! betet! wachet!'' BWV 70 ()


27th Sunday after Trinity (Trinity XXVII)

;Readings :, be prepared for the day of the Lord :, parable of the Ten Virgins ;Hymns :" Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" :" Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein" :" Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott" :"
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern "" (; How lovely shines the morning star) is a Lutheran hymn by Philipp Nicolai written in 1597 and first published in 1599. It inspired musical settings through centuries, notably Bach's chorale cantata , but also vocal and instrumental works by ...
" ;Cantatas :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Daß Herz und Sinn, o schwacher Mensch'', TWV 1:194 (''Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst'', 1726) :Christoph Graupner: :* see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1168 :Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach)#Trinity XXVII, Church cantata (Bach) § Trinity XXVII): :* Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140, ''Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme'', BWV 140 (chorale cantata, )


Other occasions


Consecration of church and/or organ

;Readings :, the new Jerusalem :, conversion of Zacchaeus ;Cantatas :Georg Philipp Telemann: :* ''Heilig, heilig ist Gott'', TWV 2:6 (1747) :* ''Zerschmettert die Götzen'', TWV 2:7 () :* scores:Wie lieblich sind doch deine Wohnungen, TWV 2:13 (Telemann, Georg Philipp), ''Wie lieblich sind doch deine Wohnungen'', TWV 2:13 :Johann Sebastian Bach: :* ''Höchsterwünschtes Freudenfest'', BWV 194 (: Störmthal version, BDW )


New council

The election or inauguration of a new town council was celebrated with a service. Normally this was an annual event. The cantata written for such celebrations were indicated with the term "Ratswechsel" (changing of the council) or "Ratswahl" (election of the council). ;Cantatas :Johann Michael Bach: :* Die Furcht des Herren, ABA II, 8, ''Die Furcht des Herren'', ABA II, 8 (BDW ) :Johann Sebastian Bach:
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/ref> :* In Mühlhausen the celebration was held on 4 February: :** Gott ist mein König, BWV 71, ''Gott ist mein König'', BWV 71 (1708; Bach's first List of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach printed during his lifetime, printed work) :** second Ratswahl cantata for Mühlhausen, BWV Anh. 192 (1709; lost, BDW ) :* In Leipzig the service was held at the Nikolaikirche, Leipzig, Nikolaikirche on the Monday following Bartholomew the Apostle, Bartholomew (Bartholomäus), 24 August: :** Preise, Jerusalem, den Herrn, BWV 119, ''Preise, Jerusalem, den Herrn'', BWV 119 () :** Wünschet Jerusalem Glück, BWV Anh. 4, ''Wünschet Jerusalem Glück'', BWV Anh. 4 (; only Picander's text extant) :** Ihr Tore zu Zion, BWV 193, ''Ihr Tore zu Zion'', BWV 193 (, incomplete) :** Gott, gib dein Gerichte dem Könige, BWV Anh. 3, ''Gott, gib dein Gerichte dem Könige'', BWV Anh. 3 (, only Picander's text extant) :** Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir, BWV 29, ''Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir'', BWV 29 (, reused and ) :** Herrscher des Himmels, König der Ehren, BWV Anh. 193, ''Herrscher des Himmels, König der Ehren'', BWV Anh. 193 (, only text extant) :** Gott, man lobet dich in der Stille, BWV 120, ''Gott, man lobet dich in der Stille'', BWV 120 () :** Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele, BWV 69, ''Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele'', BWV 69 ()


200th anniversary of the Augsburg Confession

25 June 1730 was 200 years after the Augsburg Confession. In Leipzig the occasion was remembered by a three-day festival. Picander wrote three cantata librettos (later published in ''Ernst-Schertzhaffte und Satyrische Gedichte'', Vol. III, 1732), one for each day of the celebration. Picander (=Christian Friedrich Henrici)
''Ernst-Schertzhaffte und Satyrische Gedichte'', Volume III.
Leipzig: Joh. Theod. Boetii Tochter (1732; 2nd printing 1737)
pp. 73–79
/ref> Johann Sebastian Bach set these librettos. The music of these settings is however largely lost:
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/ref> # Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 190a, ''Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied'', BWV 190a (, BDW  – music lost but presumably borrowed from movements 1, 2, 3 and 5 of BWV 190) # Gott, man lobet dich in der Stille, BWV 120b, ''Gott, man lobet dich in der Stille'', BWV 120b (, BDW  – music lost but partially reconstructable from BWV 120, BWV 120a, 120a, BWV 232, 232II/9 and BWV 1019a, 1019a) # ''Wünschet Jerusalem Glück'', BWV Anh. 4a (, BDW  – music lost, probably based on the —equally lost— cantata BWV Anh. 4)


Wedding

Music for weddings includes sacred cantatas for wedding ceremonies and secular cantatas for wedding celebrations. Telemann's music for weddings includes wedding anniversary cantatas. BWV 202, BWV 201, 210 and BWV 216, 216 are examples of secular cantatas for weddings by J. S. Bach.
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/ref> ;Sacred cantatas for weddings :Johann Christoph Bach :*Meine Freundin, du bist schön, ABA II, 9, ''Meine Freundin, du bist schön'', ABA II, 9 (BDW ) :Johann Sebastian Bach:
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/ref> :* Der Herr denket an uns, BWV 196, ''Der Herr denket an uns'', BWV 196 () :* Sein Segen fließt daher wie ein Strom, BWV Anh. 14, ''Sein Segen fließt daher wie ein Strom'', BWV Anh. 14 (, music lost) :* Auf, süß entzückende Gewalt, BWV Anh. 196, ''Auf, süß entzückende Gewalt'', BWV Anh. 196 (, music lost) :* O ewiges Feuer, o Ursprung der Liebe, BWV 34a, ''O ewiges Feuer, o Ursprung der Liebe'', BWV 34a, (1726, incomplete) :* Dem Gerechten muß das Licht, BWV 195, ''Dem Gerechten muß das Licht'', BWV 195, (1727–31?, several versions) :* Der Herr ist freundlich dem, der auf ihn harret, BWV Anh. 211, ''Der Herr ist freundlich dem, der auf ihn harret'', BWV Anh. 211 (, music lost) :* Vergnügende Flammen, verdoppelt die Macht, BWV Anh. 212, ''Vergnügende Flammen, verdoppelt die Macht'', BWV Anh. 212 (, music lost) :* Herr Gott, Beherrscher aller Dinge, BWV 120a, ''Herr Gott, Beherrscher aller Dinge'', BWV 120a (?1729, incomplete, based on various movements of other compositions) :* Gott ist unsre Zuversicht, BWV 197, ''Gott ist unsre Zuversicht'', BWV 197 (1736/37)


Anniversary

Christoph Graupner: * see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1174 Georg Christoph Bach: *Birthday cantata Siehe, wie fein und lieblich ist, ABA II, 2, ''Siehe, wie fein und lieblich ist'', (, BDW ) Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel wrote birthday cantatas for his employer, Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg:Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich: 6 Kantaten, 1750
at Berlin State Library website
Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich: 6 Cantatas
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* ''scores:Deine Gnade müsse mein Trost sein (Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich), Deine Gnade müsse mein Trost sein'', H. 391 * ''scores:Verbirg dein Antlitz nicht für mir (Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich), Verbirge dein Antlitz nicht für mir'', H. 392 (1744) * ''scores:Laß meinen Mund deines Ruhmes (Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich), Laß meinen Mund deines Ruhmes'', H. 393 * ''scores:Laß meinen Gang gewiß sein (Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich), Laß meinen Gang gewiß sein'', H. 394 * ''scores:Deine Hand hat mich gemacht und bereitet (Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich), Deine Hand hat mich gemacht und bereitet'', H. 395 * ''scores:Nun merke ich daß der Herr seinen Gesalbten hilft (Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich), Nun merke ich daß der Herr seinen Gesalbten hilft'', H. 396


Funeral

Georg Philipp Telemann wrote cantatas for funerals. Christoph Graupner: * see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner#GWV 1175 In addition to funeral motets (e.g. BWV 118) and secular cantatas for memorial services (e.g. BWV 198) Johann Sebastian Bach wrote church cantatas for funerals: * Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106, ''Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit'', BWV 106 (a.k.a. ''Actus tragicus'', ) * ''Was ist, das wir Leben nennen'' (; music lost, BDW ) * Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn, BWV 157, ''Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn'', BWV 157 () * Klagt, Kinder, klagt es aller Welt, BWV 244a, ''Klagt, Kinder, klagt es aller Welt'', BWV 244a () * ''Mein Gott, nimm die gerechte Seele'', BWV Anh. 17 (music lost, BDW ) Johann Sebastian Bach or Georg Melchior Hoffmann: * Schlage doch, gewünschte Stunde, BWV 53, ''Schlage doch, gewünschte Stunde'', BWV 53 (BDW )


Communion service

Georg Philipp Telemann wrote chorale cantatas intended for Eucharist, communion in a .


Occasion not specified


Chorale cantatas

Georg Philipp Telemann (in addition to chorale cantatas for specified occasions): * ''Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott'', TWV 1:419 and 1:420 Johann Sebastian Bach (in addition to chorale cantatas for specified occasions): * Sei Lob und Ehr dem höchsten Gut, BWV 117, ''Sei Lob und Ehr dem höchsten Gut'', BWV 117 (1728–1731) * ''Nun danket alle Gott'', BWV 192 (Autumn 1730, incomplete but the extant parts seem to indicate a chorale cantata setup) * Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 100, ''Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan'', BWV 100 (1732–1735) * In allen meinen Taten, BWV 97, ''In allen meinen Taten'', BWV 97 (possibly , 5th Sunday after Trinity) Felix Mendelssohn:Lee David Nelson
''The chorale cantatas of Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: An examination of Mendelssohn's translation of J.S. Bach's musical syntax and form''.
University of Arizona, 2009.
* ''Christe, du Lamm Gottes'', Mendelssohn-Werkverzeichnis, MWV A5 (1827) * ''Jesu, meine Freude'', MWV A6 (1828) * ''Wer nur den lieben Gott läβt walten'', MWV A7 (1829) * ''O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden'', MWV A8 (1830) * ''Vom Himmel hoch (Mendelssohn), Vom Himmel hoch'', MWV A10 (1831) * ''Wir glauben all an einem Gott'', MWV A12 (1831) * ''Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein'', MWV A13 (1832)


In ogni tempore

"Et in ogni tempore" (literally "and at all times") was specified by Bach for his cantatas BWV 21 and BWV 51, 51. It may apply for other cantatas with an unknown designation.


Occasion not known or uncertain

Johann Michael Bach: * Es ist ein großer Gewinn, ABA II, 3, ''Es ist ein großer Gewinn'', (BDW ) * Ach, wie sehnlich wart' ich der Zeit, ABA II, 4, ''Ach, wie sehnlich wart' ich der Zeit'', (BDW ) * Auf, lasst uns den Herren loben, ABA II, 5, ''Auf, lasst uns den Herren loben'', (BDW ) * Ach bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ, ABA II, 7, ''Ach bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ'', (BDW ) Johann Christoph Bach?: * Ach, dass ich Wassers genug hätte, BNB I/B/9, ''Ach, dass ich Wassers genug hätte'', BNB I/B/9 (lamento, BDW ) Johann Ludwig Bach: * Es wird des Herren Tag kommen, JLB 25, ''Es wird des Herren Tag kommen'', JLB 25 (BDW ) For several of Georg Philip Telemann's church cantatas no occasion is indicated. Also several of Johann Sebastian Bach's church cantatas have an unknown or uncertain designation: * Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich, BWV 150, ''Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich'', BWV 150 (early cantata (Bach), early cantata, 1707, various possible occasions suggested, including Trinity III or a – text partly based on Psalm 25) * Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir, BWV 131, ''Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir'', BWV 131 (early cantata, 1707, occasion uncertain – text based on Psalm 130) * Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele, BWV 143, ''Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele'', BWV 143 (Weimar cantata) * Bekennen will ich seinen Namen, BWV 200, ''Bekennen will ich seinen Namen'', BWV 200 (1742, arrangement of the aria "Dein Kreuz, o Bräutgam meiner Seele" from Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel's Passion Oratorio ''Ein Lämmlein geht und trägt die Schuld'', for an otherwise lost cantata, possibly for Epiphany or Purification)BJ 2008, p. 123, Peter Wollny * Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden, BWV 1083, ''Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden'', BWV 1083 (1746, arrangement of Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Pergolesi's Stabat Mater (Pergolesi), Stabat Mater, with a German paraphrase of Psalm 51 as parody (music), parody text – not known for which occasion it was performed in Leipzig)


19th century


Felix Mendelssohn

Felix Mendelssohn wrote several sacred cantatas, many of these at least in part a tribute to Johann Sebastian Bach.


20th century


Arthur Honegger

In 1953 Arthur Honegger composed ''Une cantate de Noël'' (''A Christmas Cantata'').


References


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''Vollständiges Kirchen-Buch: Darinnen Die Evangelia und Episteln auf alle Fest- Sonn- und Apostel-Tage durchs gantze Jahr (...)''
Leipzig: Lanckisch, 1743 (1748) * Alfred Dürr: ''Johann Sebastian Bach: Die Kantaten.'' Bärenreiter, Kassel 1999, (in German) * Alfred Dürr: ''The Cantatas of J.S. Bach'', Oxford University Press, 2006. * * Werner Neumann: ''Handbuch der Kantaten J.S.Bachs'', 1947, 5th ed. 1984, * * Hans-Joachim Schulze: ''Die Bach-Kantaten: Einführungen zu sämtlichen Kantaten Johann Sebastian Bachs'' (in German) * Christoph Wolff/Ton Koopman: ''Die Welt der Bach-Kantaten'' Verlag J.B. Metzler, Stuttgart, Weimar 2006 (in German)


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in Alfred Dürr, Yoshitake Kobayashi (eds.), Kirsten Beißwenger. '' Bach Werke Verzeichnis: Kleine Ausgabe, nach der von Wolfgang Schmieder vorgelegten 2. Ausgabe''. Preface in English and German. Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1998. -
The Sources of Bach's works: Liturgical/secular designation of vocal works
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