On this page, you will find your way to all relevant information about this chorale cantata by Bach.
Details
Choralkantate:
Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen (BWV 123).
Epiphanias.
6. Januar 1725, Leipzig, Thomaskirche (Erstaufführung).
Textdichter Choral:
Ahasverus Fritsch (1629-1701).
In: Ahasver Fritsch, Him[m]els Lust/ und Welt-Unlust, Leipzig und Jena, 1679.
Textdichter Kantate:
Ahasverus Fritsch (1679), Strophe 1 und 6 wörtlich beibehalten (Satz 1 und 6), Strophen 2–5 (Satz 2–5) umgedichtet (Verfasser unbekannt).
Hymnological Dossier
This Hymnological Dossier (PDF) contains the text of the song, along with Johann Martin Schamelius’ explanation, from Evangelischer Lieder-Commentarius II, 1725, p. 230. The text of each part of Bach’s chorale cantata is immediately next to the relevant stanza of the song in each case.
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Chorale
Cantata
External links
- Information about this song on Hymnary.org
- Information and sources of this cantata on Bach-digital.de
- Information about this cantata text on Bachcantatatexts.org
