Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König (BWV 137)

On this page, you will find your way to all relevant information about this chorale cantata by Bach.

Details

Choralkantate:
Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König (BWV 137).

19. August 1725, Leipzig, Nikolaikirche (Erstaufführung).

Textdichter Choral:
Joachim Neander (1650-1680).

Textdichter Kantate:
Joachim Neander (1680).

Hymnological Dossier

This Hymnological Dossier (PDF) contains the text of the song. The text of each part of Bach’s chorale cantata is immediately next to the relevant stanza of the song in each case.

Listen to examples

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

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