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List of chorale harmonisations by Johann Sebastian Bach

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

  • four-part harmony
  • SATB vocal forces
  • pre-existing hymn tune allotted to the soprano part
  • text treatment:
    • homophonic
    • no repetitions (i.e., each syllable of the hymn text is sung one time)

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

  • Around half of that number are chorales which were transmitted in the context of larger vocal works such as cantatas, motets, Passions and oratorios. A large part of these chorales are extant as autographs by the composer, and for nearly all of them a colla parte instrumental and/or continuo accompaniment are known.
  • All other four-part chorales exclusively survived in collections of short works, which include manuscripts and 18th-century prints. Apart from the Three Wedding Chorales collection (BWV 250–252), these are copies by other scribes and prints only published after the composer's death, lacking context information, such as instrumental accompaniment, for the individual harmonisations.

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

  • sung chorale fantasias in some of Bach's larger vocal works
  • hymn melodies for which Bach composed or improved a thorough bass accompaniment, for instance as included in Georg Christian Schemelli's Musicalisches Gesang-Buch
  • harmonisations included in purely instrumental compositions, most typically organ compositions such as chorale preludes or chorale partitas.

History

The compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach that had been printed during his lifetime were nearly exclusively instrumental works. Moreover, by the time Bach died in 1750 it was forgotten that a few of his vocal works (BWV 71, BWV 439–507,...) had indeed been printed in the first half of the 18th century. In the period between the publication of The Art of Fugue in the early 1750s, and the publication of further works from 1800, only one group of Bach's works was published: his four-part chorales.

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

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

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

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

Manuscripts

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

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

; "Y" manuscript hypothesis : Hypothetical early autograph collection of chorale harmonisations from which Bach would have selected settings he later integrated into his larger vocal works.

; Larger vocal works manuscripts : Mostly extant as autograph score and/or as parts written out under Bach's supervision: many of these works, such as cantatas and Passions, include four-part chorales

; Three Wedding Chorales autograph : Bach's autograph of the wedding chorales BWV 250–252, written between 1734 and 1738.

; Dietel manuscript, a.k.a. Dietel Collection and, in German, Choralsammlung Dietel : : Earliest of the extant larger collection of chorale harmonisations manuscripts. It contains 149 chorale harmonisations (not 150 as is written on its title page) and originated around 1735. The music in the manuscript was copied by Johann Ludwig Dietel, one of Bach's pupils from the Thomasschule.{{cite web | access-date = 4 June 2017

Printed editions

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

  • , also known as closing movement of cantata BWV 27: five-part harmonisation published, for instance, in Vopelius' 1682 Neu Leipziger Gesangbuch, p. 947.
  • Cantata BWV 43, movement 11: harmonisation by published in 1652, later adopted in Vopelius' Neu Leipziger Gesangbuch: "Ermuntre dich, mein schwacher Geist", p. 70.
  • Cantata BWV 8, movement 6 (BWV 8/6): Daniel Vetter's four-part setting of "Liebster Gott, wann werd ich sterben", published in 1713. Several more harmonisations stay close to the version published by Vopelius: for example "Christus, der ist mein Leben", BWV 281, is a variant of the harmonisation found in the Neu Leipziger Gesangbuch, with added embellishments and the harmonic structure altered for one of the tune's four phrases.

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

18th century

Main article: 18th-century prints of Bach's four-part chorales

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

; Chorales published by Birnstiel (200) : In 1765 F. W. Birnstiel published 100 chorales in Berlin. The edition had been initiated by F. W. Marpurg and completed, edited and supplemented with a preface and a list of errata by C. P. E. Bach. A second volume of 100 was issued by the same publisher in 1769, edited by J. F. Agricola. C. P. E. Bach criticised this publication as being full of mistakes in an article which was published in Hamburg in the Staats- und Gelehrte Zeitung des Hamburgischen unpartheyeschen Correspondenten on 30 May 1769, in which he also claimed that some of the chorale harmonisations included in the volume had not been composed by his father.

; C. P. E. Bach's edition for Breitkopf (371) : After Kirnberger died in 1783, C. P. E. Bach became Breitkopf's editor for the chorales, which he then published in four parts: :* Vol. I (1784): Nos. 1–96 :* Vol. II (1785): Nos. 97–194 :* Vol. III (1786): Nos. 195–283 :* Vol. IV (1787): Nos. 283–370 : Since the number 283 was used twice (last number of Vol. III and first number of Vol. IV), the collection actually contained 371 items. The collection also contained several doubles (e.g. No. 156 is identical to No. 307): it totalled 348 independent harmonisations.

19th century

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

; Bach Gesellschaft (larger vocal works + 3 + 185): The Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe (BGA, Bach Gesellschaft edition) kept the chorale settings that were part of a larger vocal work (cantata, motet, Passion or oratorio) together with these larger vocal works and added the Three Wedding Chorales to its 13th volume containing wedding cantatas. The remaining separate four-part chorales, purged from doubles, were ordered alphabetically and numbered from 1 to 185 in the 39th volume which was published in 1892.

; Richter's edition for Breitkopf (389) : In the late 19th century Bernhard Friedrich Richter collected all straightforward chorale harmonisations that had appeared in the BGA edition —including as well the separate ones as those from larger vocal works—, added a "Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir" harmonisation from a variant version of Cantata 130, and numbered all of these chorales in alphabetical order. The set contained a few doubtful and spurious settings (e.g. from Telemann cantatas which at the time were still attributed to Bach), but four-part settings which were part of a more complex texture (e.g. the fifth movement of Cantata 22 where the vocal homophony is supplemented by instrumental figuration) were not always included by Richter. The set was published by Breitkopf as Joh. Seb. Bach: 389 Choral-Gesänge für gemischten Chor in 1899.

20th century

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

; Terry (405) : Published in 1929, Charles Sanford Terry's J. S. Bach's Four-Part Chorales contains 405 chorale harmonisations and 95 melodies with figured bass. The collection was reprinted 1964, with a foreword by Walter Emery.

; Riemenschneider (371) : Albert Riemenschneider's collection of 371 chorales was published in 1941. It contained the same 371 settings as the C. P. E. Bach edition for Breitkopf, but with a few differences in the collation. In some cases Riemenschneider restored some information about obbligato instrumental parts based on extant larger works, e.g. his No. 270 from cantata BWV 161, or about the continuo bass line if this does not exactly coincide with the vocal bass, e.g. his No. 29 from cantata BWV 32 and his No. 35 from the Christmas Oratorio. Riemenschneider did however not restore original keys to the extant larger works, but instead kept the chorales in the keys as they had been published in the Breitkopf collection, e.g. his No. 22, in E-flat major, comes from cantata BWV 180 where it is in F major. At times the key signature in Riemenschneider's edition does not correspond to the key, for instance No. 19, in G minor but written with a "Dorian" G key signature. This too is presumably reproduced from the Breitkopf edition, which would have followed a common 17th- and 18th-century practice.

; Editio Musica Budapest (388) : Editio Musica Budapest (EMB) published Imre Sulyok's edition of 388 chorale harmonisations in 1982. With a few differences (e.g. a de-doubling of the near-identical BWV 253 and 414, and some differences in the collation) the collection is largely comparable to the Richter edition.

; Kalmus (389) : Kalmus republished the 389 chorales of Richter's collection.

; NBA : The New Bach Edition published the Three Wedding Chorales and the four-part chorales contained in the Dietel collection in 1991 (Series III, Vol. 2/1). The chorales from C. P. E. Bach's collection were published in 1996 (Series III, Vol. 2/2). Vol. 3 of the same series, published in 2002, contains a few chorales of doubtful authenticity found in other manuscripts and early editions. Vol. 9 of the second series, published in 2000, contains a few doubtful chorales found in various Passions. Better known chorale harmonisations are also contained in other volumes of series I (cantatas), II (Passions and oratorios) and V (e.g. BWV 299 as contained in the Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach).

21st century

; Czarnecki (413) : Christopher Czarnecki (editor). J.S. Bach 413 Chorales. SeeZar Publications, 2014.

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

Chorale harmonisations in various collections

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

Numbering conventions

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

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

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

columncontentChorale textZahnBWV389CPERie.NotesBC F
1Text incipit of the harmonised hymn. Information regarding which part of the hymn Bach used is given in parentheses, typically verse numbers indicated by "v." Hymn titles without such information as in (untexted) chorale harmonisation collections.
2Zahn number of the chorale melody. When the data in the Zahn column starts with N that refers to "Nachtrag von vier Melodien" (supplement of four melodies), pp. 566–568 in Zahn's 1893 last volume: the number after the slash refers to the place of the melody in this sequence of four.
3{{flatlistSorted by BWV number, the table has these subdivisions:
4Number of the chorale setting in Richter's 19th-century compilation of chorale harmonisations. These are also known as Kalmus numbers while that publisher reissued Richter's compilation of 389 chorales. Richter/Kalmus Nos. 130, 219 and 387 are not included in the table: see "In church cantatas" section below.
5Numbers as in C. P. E. Bach's 18th-century publication of his father's chorales. The two No. 283 chorales are distinguished as "283" for the one included in Vol. III, and "283bis" for the one included in Vol. IV.
6Numbers as in Riemenschneider's 1941 publication of the chorales.
7External links in this column go to chorale pages at Luke Dahn's website.
8Bach Compendium (BC) series F; external links in this column go to the Bach Digital Work page about the chorale
Chorale textZahnBWV389CPEEMB--Rie.NotesBC F
From church cantatas, Ascension Oratorio(Zahn)1–197a(389)(CPE)(Rie.)(↑ Go to top of table ↑)(BC F)
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (v. 7)83591/6378EMB --0001_6
Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein (v. 6)44312/67262EMB 7 --2620002_63.2a/b
Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid (v. 18)553a3/68156EMB --1560003_687.2a/b
307308
Christ lag in Todesbanden (v. 7)7012a4/841184EMB --1840004_826.3b
Wo soll ich fliehen hin (v. 11)21645/728303EMB --3040005_720.2b
Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort (v. 2)3506/67972EMB --720006_656.1a/b
Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam (v. 7)72467/744EMB --0007_7
Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben (v. 5)66348/622743EMB --430008_6; Spurious131.1a/b
Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben66348/6*EMB --≈BWV 8/6; ≈BWV 483131.1c
Es ist das Heil uns kommen her (vv. 7–8)44309/787289EMB --2900009_759.2a/b
Meine Seele erhebt den Herren (doxology)7372~10/7122357EMB --3580010_7; Tune: German Magnificat (metric)140.3a/b
Du Lebensfürst, Herr Jesu Christ (v. 4)574111/682342EMB --3430011_6; (BWV 11 = Ascension Oratorio)57.3
Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan (v. 6)562912/7340EMB --0012_7; ≈BWV 69a/6
In allen meinen Taten (v. 15)2293b13/6295103EMB --1030013_6166.3; —
Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit (v. 3)443414/5330182EMB --1820014_5188.1a/b
Helft mir Gotts Güte preisen (v. 5)526716/612599EMB --990016_680.2a/b
Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren (v. 3)824417/72716EMB --70017_7153.3a/b
(v. 8)754918/573100EMB--1000018_552.1b/c
126126
Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele (v. 9)654319/799297EMB --2980019_7208.7b
O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort (vv. 11, 16)582020/7, /1127626EMB --260020_7_11156.2
Herr Christ, der einge Gottessohn (v. 5)4297a22/5EMB --0022_5
O Gott, du frommer Gott (v. 1)514824/6336EMB --3370024_6157; —
Treuer Gott, ich muss dir klagen (v. 12)654325/6101254EMB --2540025_6208.1b; —
282282
Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig (v. 8)188726/61148EMB --480026_66.1
Helft mir Gotts Güte preisen (v. 6)526728/612423EMB --230028_680.1a/b; —
8888
Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren (v. 5)824429/8272116EMB --1160029_8153.4b
Tröstet, tröstet meine Lieben (v. 3)654330/610376EMB --760030_6208.6b
Wenn mein Stündlein vorhanden ist (v. 5)4482a,b31/9357EMB --0031_9201.5
Weg, mein Herz, mit den Gedanken (v. 12)654332/610229EMB --290032_6208.4b
Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ (v. 4)7292b33/61613EMB --130033_611.2a/b
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (v. 7)835936.4/5209.2a
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (v. 6)835936/437785EMB --860036_4209.2b
195195
304305
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (v. 8)117436/826428EMB --280036_8151.2a/b
Ich dank dir, lieber Herre (v. 4)5354b37/6178340EMB --3410037_6101.3a/b
Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir (v. 5)443738/63110EMB --100038_622.1a/b
Kommt, laßt euch den Herren lehren (v. 6)654339/710467EMB --670039_7208.5b/c
Wir Christenleut habn jetzund Freud (v. 3)207240/3379320EMB --3210040_3210.2a/b
Schwing dich auf zu deinem Gott (v. 2)487040/6305142EMB --1420040_6172.1a/b
Freuet euch, ihr Christen alle (v. 4)7880a40/81058EMB --80040_867.1a/b
Jesu, nun sei gepreiset (v. 3)8477a41/611EMB --110041_6; ≈BWV 171/6118.3a; —
Verleih uns Frieden gnädlich (complete)194542/732291EMB --910042_7; Text version:182.2
259259
Du Lebensfürst, Herr Jesu Christ (vv. 1, 13)574143/1181102EMB --1020043_11; Spurious57.1a
In allen meinen Taten (v. 9)2293b44/7296354EMB --3550044_7166.4b
O Gott, du frommer Gott (v. 2)5206b45/727884EMB --850045_745.4a/b
O großer Gott von Macht (v. 9)5101a46/681EMB --820046_6158.1b
Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz (v. 11)168947/533394EMB --940047_5189.3a/b
Ach Gott und Herr (v. 4)205148/34279EMB --2790048_32.2a/b
Herr Jesu Christ, ich schrei zu dir (v. 12)448648/7144266EMB --2660048_7202.4b
Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut
In dich hab ich gehoffet, Herr (v. 1)246152/6212EMB --0052_6
Werde munter, mein Gemüte (v. 6)655155/536295EMB --950055_5206.5a/b
Du, o schönes Weltgebäude (v. 6)677356/57286EMB --870056_550.2a/b
Hast du denn, Jesu, dein Angesicht (v. 6)1912a57/823190EMB --900057_878.1a/b; —
Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott (v. 1)7445a59/3220EMB --0059_3; ≈BWV 175/7
Es ist genug (v. 5)717360/591216EMB --2160060_560.1
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (v. 8)117462/6265170EMB --1700062_6151.1a/b/c
Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ (v. 7)194764/2108160EMB --1600064_269.3a/b
Was frag ich nach der Welt (v. 1)5206b64/4280255EMB --2550064_445.3
Jesu, meine Freude (v. 5)803264/8200138EMB --1380064_8116.2a/b
Ein Kind geborn zu Bethlehem (v. 4)192b65/230212EMB --120065_2169.1b
Ich hab in Gottes Herz und Sinn (v. 10)756865/734641EMB --410065_7194.1b
Christ ist erstanden (v. 3)858466/637EMB --0066_625.2
Erschienen ist der herrlich Tag (v. 1)174367/483EMB --0067_4
Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ (v. 1)437367/76842EMB --420067_749.2; —
Es woll uns Gott genädig sein (v. 3)724769/697332EMB --3330069_666.4b
Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan (v. 6)562969a/6292EMB --2930069a_6; ≈BWV 12/7193.4c
Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele (v. 10)654370/798EMB --0070_7
Meinen Jesum laß ich nicht, weil ... (v. 5)344970/11243347EMB --3480070_11141.4b
Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit (v. 1)756872/6344EMB --0072_6
Von Gott will ich nicht lassen (v. 9)5264b73/5328191EMB --1910073_5185.4b
Gott Vater, sende deinen Geist (v. 2)2496c74/8223369EMB --3700074_8128.2b
Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan (vv. 5–6)562975/7, /14EMB --0075_7_14; =BWV 100/6
Es woll uns Gott genädig sein (vv. 1, 3)724776/7, /14EMB --0076_7_14
Wenn einer alle Ding verstünd (v. 8)?443177/66253EMB --2530077_6; No autograph text: added later3.3b
O Gottes Sohn, Herr Jesu Christ (v. 5)?
Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein
Jesu, der du meine Seele (v. 12)680478/7188296EMB --2970078_7187.4a/b
Nun danket alle Gott (v. 1)514279/3259EMB --0079_3
Nun laßt uns Gott dem Herren (v. 8)15979/6267EMB --0079_6
Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott (v. 1)737780.2/1
Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott (v. 4)737780/876273EMB --2730080_853.4a/b
Jesu, meine Freude (v. 2)803281/7197323EMB --3240081_7116.3a/b
Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin (v. 4)398683/5250324EMB --3250083_5144.2a/b
Wer weiß, wie nahe mir mein Ende (v. 12)277884/5373112EMB --1120084_5205.2a/b/c
Ist Gott mein Schild und Helfersmann (v. 4)254285/6216122EMB --1220085_6111.1a/b
Es ist das Heil uns kommen her (v. 11)443086/6864EMB --40086_659.1a/b
Selig ist die Seele (v. 9)803287/720196EMB --960087_7116.4b
Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten (v. 8)277888/7368104EMB --1040088_7205.5a/b
Wo soll ich fliehen hin (v. 7)216489/626281EMB --2810089_620.4a/b
Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer Gott (v. 7)256190/5319267EMB --2670090_5181.3b
Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ (v. 7)194791/610953EMB --510091_669.2a/b
Ich hab in Gottes Herz und Sinn (v. 12)756892/9347EMB --0092_9
Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten (v. 7)277893/7369EMB --0093_7
Was frag ich nach der Welt (vv. 7–8)5206b94/8281290EMB --2910094_845.5
Wenn mein Stündlein vorhanden ist (v. 4)4482a,b95/7356EMB --0095_7201.6b
Herr Christ, der einge Gottessohn (v. 5)4297a96/6128302EMB --3030096_681.2a/b
In allen meinen Taten (v. 9)2293b97/9297EMB --0097_9; ≈BWV 392166.9b/c
Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan (v. 6)562999/6341EMB --0099_6
Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan (v. 6)5629100/6EMB --0100_6; =BWV 75/7, /14193; —
Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer Gott (v. 7)2561101/7318291EMB --2920101_7181.1a/b
So wahr ich lebe, spricht dein Gott (v. 6)2561102/7320110EMB --1100102_7181.2b
Barmherzger Vater, höchster Gott (v. 9)7568103/6348120EMB --1200103_6194.6b/c
348349
Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt (v. 1)4457104/613125EMB --1250104_610.2; —
32532610.2b
Jesu, der du meine Seele (v. 11)6804105/6EMB --0105_6187.6b
Was willst du dich betrüben (v. 7)5264b107/7327EMB --0107_7
Gott Vater, sende deinen Geist (v. 10)2496c108/622446EMB --450108_6128.1b
Wir Christenleut habn jetzund Freud (v. 5)2072110/738057EMB --550110_7210.1a/b
Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit (v. 4)7568111/6345EMB --0111_6
Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt (v. 5)4457112/514312EMB --3130112_510.3a/b
352353
Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut (v. 1)4486113/1EMB --0113_1
Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut (v. 8)4486113/8142293EMB --2940113_8202.3a/b
Ach lieben Christen, seid getrost (v. 6)4441a114/7386300EMB --3010114_7212.4a/b
Mache dich, mein Geist, bereit (v. 10)6274a115/631238EMB --380115_6179.1b/c
Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ (v. 7)4373116/669EMB --0116_6
Sei Lob und Ehr dem höchsten Gut (vv. 4, 9)4430117/4, /990248EMB --2480117_4_959.3b
35335459.3a/c
Herr Gott, dich loben wir (vv. 38–41)8652119/9134EMB --0119_9
Herr Gott, dich loben wir (vv. 34–41)8652120/6135EMB --0120_6
Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen ... (vv. 4–5)1912a120a/8230EMB --0120a_8; ≈BWV 137/5
Christum wir sollen loben schon (v. 8)297121/64255EMB --560121_629.1a/b
Das neugeborne Kindelein (v. 4)491122/65752EMB --530122_637.1a/b
178178
Liebster Immanuel, Herzog ... (v. 6)4932c123/6229194EMB --1940123_6132.1a/b
Meinen Jesum laß ich nicht, weil ... (v. 6)3449124/6246EMB --0124_6
Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin (v. 4)3986125/6251EMB --0125_6
Verleih uns Frieden gnädlich (complete)1945126/6321215EMB --2150126_6; Text version:182.1b
Herr Jesu Christ, wahr Mensch und Gott (v. 8)2570127/5147283bisEMB --3840127_5199.1a/b
(v. 4)5206b128/5279EMB --0128_5
Gelobet sei der Herr, mein Gott (v. 5)5206b129/5EMB --0129_545; —
Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir (v. 11)368130/6131EMB --0130_6; Bach struck v. 12 in cantata105.3b
Ich freue mich in dir (v. 4)5187133/618161EMB --600133_6164.1a/b
Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder (v. 6)5385a135/6156EMB --0135_6
Wo soll ich fliehen hin (v. 9)2164136/627330EMB --3310136_620.5b
Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen ... (v. 5)1912a137/5230EMB --0137_5; ≈BWV 120a/878.2c
Wohl dem, der sich auf seinen Gott (v. 5)2383139/6238EMB --0139_6
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (v. 3)8405140/7329179EMB --1790140_7186.1a/b/c
Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan (v. 1)5629144/333864EMB --650144_3193.1
Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit (v. 1)7568144/6343265EMB --2650144_6194.4
Auf, mein Herz, des Herren Tag (v. 1)3432b145/a209337EMB --3380145a123.2a
Erschienen ist der herrlich Tag (v. 4)1743145/58417EMB --170145_516.1a/b
Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele (v. 1)?6551146/8360EMB --0146_8; Text: proposal Martin Petzold
Jesu, meiner Seelen Wonne (vv. 6, 16)6551147/6, /10EMB --0147_6_10; aka Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Wo soll ich fliehen hin2164148/62925EMB --250148_6; Textless in cantata20.1b
Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, o Herr (v. 3)8326149/7155EMB --0149_7
Lobt Gott, ihr Christen, allzugleich (v. 8)198151/523554EMB --540151_5127.3a/b
Schau, lieber Gott, wie meine Feind (v. 1)4431153/153EMB --30153_13.1b
Befiehl du deine Wege (v. 5)5385a153/516021EMB --210153_592.3b
Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid (vv. 16–18)553a153/99217EMB --2170153_987.1a/b
Jesu, meiner Seelen Wonne (v. 2)6551154/3365233EMB --2330154_3; ≈BWV 359206.1a/b/3b
Meinen Jesum laß ich nicht, weil ... (v. 6)3449154/8244152EMB --1520154_8141.2
Es ist das Heil uns kommen her (v. 12)4430155/588334EMB --3350155_559.2a/b
(v. 1)4438156/6150316EMB --3170156_623.2
Meinen Jesum laß ich nicht, weil ... (v. 6)3449157/5245EMB --0157_5
Christ lag in Todesbanden (v. 5)7012a158/440EMB --0158_4; ≈BWV 27926.4b
Jesu Leiden, Pein und Tod (v. 33)6288b159/519459EMB --610159_5115.1a/b
Herzlich tut mich verlangen (v. 4)5385a161/6161270EMB --2700161_692.13b/c
Alle Menschen müssen sterben (v. 7)6783162/618EMB --0162_6
Herr Christ, der einge Gottessohn (v. 5)4297a164/6127101EMB --1010164_681.1a/b
Nun laßt uns Gott dem Herren (v. 5)159165/6266EMB --0165_6
Wer weiß, wie nahe mir mein Ende (v. 1)2778166/6372204EMB --2040166_6205.3
Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren (v. 5)8244167/5EMB --0167_5
Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut (v. 8)4486168/614392EMB --920168_6202.2a/b
Nun bitten wir den Heiligen Geist (v. 3)2029169/725697EMB --970169_7147.2a/b
Jesu, nun sei gepreiset (v. 2)8477a171/6204EMB --0171_6; ≈BWV 141/6; BGA: v. 3 per P 94
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (v. 4)8359172/6376322EMB --3230172_6209.4b
Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, o Herr (v. 1)8326174/515356EMB --580174_591.2
O Gottes Geist, mein Trost und Rat (v. 9)7445a175/7220EMB --0175_7; ≈BWV 59/3126.1b
Was alle Weisheit in der Welt (v. 8)7246176/645119EMB --1190176_665.2
Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ (v. 5)7400177/518371EMB --710177_5103.2a/b/c
Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält (vv. 7–8)4441a178/7384EMB --0178_7
Ich armer Mensch, ich armer Sünder (v. 1)2778179/6371338EMB --3390179_6205.6a/b
Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (v. 9)6923180/730422EMB --220180_7171.1a/b/c
Zeuch ein zu deinen Toren (v. 5)5267183/5126123EMB --1230183_580.3b
O Herre Gott, dein göttlich Wort (v. 8)5690184/528314EMB --140184_5159.1a/b/c
Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ (v. 1)7400185/6184EMB --0185_6103.3b
Singen wir aus Herzensgrund (v. 4)4816187/7308109EMB --1090187_733.1
Auf meinen lieben Gott (v. 1)2164188/625EMB --0188_6
Jesu, nun sei gepreiset (v. 2)8477a190/7205326EMB --3270190_7118.2
Treuer Gott, ich muss dir klagen (v. 6)6543194/610063EMB --640194_6208.2b
256256
Wach auf, mein Herz, und singe (vv. 9–10)159194/1226893EMB --930194_12152.2a/b/c
257257
Nun danket all und bringet Ehr (v. 1)198195/6236EMB --0195_6
Nun bitten wir den Heiligen Geist (v. 3)2029197/525583EMB --840197_5147.3a/b
Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten (v. 7)2778197/1037066EMB --620197_10205.7a/b
Ich freue mich in dir (v. 4)5206b197a/7EMB --0197a_7; ≈BWV 39845.2b
From motets(Zahn)226–229(389)(CPE)(Rie.)(↑ Go to top of table ↑)(BC F)
Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott (v. 3)7445a226/222169EMB --690226_2126.2a/b/c
Jesu, meine Freude (vv. 1, 6)8032227/1, 11196263EMB --2630227_1_11116.5
Jesu, meine Freude (v. 2)8032227/3198EMB --0227_3; SSATB116.6a/b
Jesu, meine Freude (v. 4)8032227/7199283EMB --2830227_7116.7a/b
Komm, Jesu, komm (v. 11)229/2222EMB --052141864X}}, pp. 38–40
From St Matthew Passion(Zahn)244–244b(389)(CPE)(Rie.)(↑ Go to top of table ↑)(BC F)
Herzliebster Jesu (v. 1)983244/316678EMB --780244_393.3
O Welt, sieh hier dein Leben (v. 5)2293b244/10294117EMB --1170244_10166.6b
O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden (v. 5)5385a244/1516398EMB --980244_15; ≈BWV 244/1792.5c
O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden (v. 6)244/170244_17; ≈BWV 244/15
Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit (v. 1)7568244/25342115EMB --1150244_25194.7
Meinen Jesum laß ich nicht, weil ... (v. 6)3449244b/29247EMB --0244b_29
In dich hab ich gehoffet, Herr (v. 5)2461244/32213118EMB --1180244_32108.2a/b
O Welt, sieh hier dein Leben (v. 3)2293b244/3729250EMB --500244_37166.7b
Werde munter, mein Gemüte (v. 6)6551244/40361121EMB --1210244_40206.6a/b/c
Befiehl du deine Wege (v. 1)5385a244/4415987EMB --800244_4492.6b
Herzliebster Jesu (v. 4)983244/46167105EMB --1050244_4693.4a/b
O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden (vv. 1–2)5385a244/5416274EMB --740244_5492.7
O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden (v. 9)5385a244/6216489EMB --890244_6292.8a/b
From St John Passion(Zahn)245(389)(CPE)(Rie.)(↑ Go to top of table ↑)(BC F)
Herzliebster Jesu (v. 7)983245/316858EMB --590245_3; Two versions (2nd in CPE, Rie.,...)93.1a/b/c
Vater unser im Himmelreich (v. 4)2561245/531747EMB --470245_5; Two versions (1st =BWV 416)181.4a/c
O Welt, sieh hier dein Leben (vv. 3–4)2293b245/1129362EMB --630245_11; ≈BWV 395166.5a/b/c; —
Jesu Leiden, Pein und Tod (v. 10)6288b245/1419282EMB --830245_14115.2a/b
Christus, der uns selig macht (v. 1)6283b245/154980EMB --810245_1531.2
Herzliebster Jesu (vv. 8–9)983245/17169111EMB --1110245_1793.2a/b
Durch dein Gefängnis, Gottes Sohn (1 v.)2383245/22239309EMB --3100245_22137.3b
Valet will ich dir geben (v. 3)5404a245/26315108EMB --1080245_26180.2a/b
Jesu Leiden, Pein und Tod (v. 20)6288b245/28193106EMB --1060245_28115.3a/b
Christus, der uns selig macht (v. 8)6283b245/3750113EMB --1130245_3731.3a/b
Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, o Herr (v. 3)8326245/40154107EMB --1070245_4091.3a/b
From Christmas Oratorio(Zahn)248(389)(CPE)(Rie.)(↑ Go to top of table ↑)(BC F)
Wie soll ich dich empfangen (v. 1)5385a248/5165344EMB --3450248_592.9b
Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her (v. 13)346248/945EMB --460248_9184.2b
Ermuntre dich, mein schwacher Geist (v. 9)5741248/12809EMB --90248_1257.2a/b
360361
Schaut, schaut, was ist für Wunder dar (v. 8)346248/17323EMB --0248_17184.3b
Wir singen dir, Immanuel (v. 2)346248/23343EMB --3440248_23184.3b
Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ (v. 7)1947248/28110EMB --0248_2869.4a/b
Fröhlich soll mein Herze springen (v. 15)6461248/33335139EMB --1390248_33190.2b
Lasst Furcht und Pein (v. 4)2072248/35381359EMB --3600248_35210.3b
Hilf, Herr Jesu, laß gelingen (v. 5)N/1248/42367EMB --3680248_4298.1c
Nun, liebe Seel, nun ist es Zeit (v. 5)2461248/4621477EMB --770248_46108.3b
Ihr Gestirn, ihr hohlen Lüfte (v. 9)3614248/5311434EMB --350248_5373.1b
Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier (v. 1)4429a248/59263361EMB --3620248_59150.2b
Ihr Christen, auserkoren (v. 4)5385a248/64EMB --0248_6492.14b
*Three Wedding Chorales*(Zahn)250–252(389)(CPE)(Rie.)(↑ Go to top of table ↑)(BC F)
Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan5629250339346--3470250; Three Wedding Chorales No. 1193.3
Sei Lob und Ehr dem höchsten Gut443025189328--3290251; Three Wedding Chorales No. 259.4
Nun danket alle Gott5142252258329--3300252; Three Wedding Chorales No. 3148.2
186 four-part chorales in BGA Vol. 39(Zahn)253–438(389)(CPE)(Rie.)(↑ Go to top of table ↑)(BC F)
Ach bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ4932531177Rie.--1770253; ≈BWV 41435.1
Ach Gott, erhör mein Seufzen1831a2542186Rie.--18602541.1
Ach Gott und Herr2051255340Rie.--4002552.1
Ach lieben Christen, seid getrost4441a25638531Rie.--310256212.3
Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit4441a257388284Rie.--2850257212.1
Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält4441a258383335Rie.--3360258; ≈BWV 488: Schemelli No. 881 (63)212.2
Ach, was soll ich Sünder machen3573b2591039Rie.--3902595.1
Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr445726012249Rie.--249026010.1
Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ7292b26115358Rie.--359026111.1
Alle Menschen müssen sterben677826217153Rie.--15302628.1
Alles ist an Gottes Segen3842f26319128Rie.--128026312.1
Als der gütige Gott164526420159Rie.--159026413.1
Als Jesus Christus in der Nacht25826521180Rie.--180026514.1
Als vierzig Tag nach Ostern warn174326622208Rie.--208026615.1
An Wasserflüssen Babylon766326723523--5026717.1a/b/c
Ein Lämmlein geht und trägt die Schuld308309
Auf, auf, mein Herz, und du mein ganzer ...82426824124Rie.--124026819.1
Aus meines Herzens Grunde5269269301Rie.--1026921.1
Befiehl du deine Wege5385a270157285Rie.--286027092.1
Befiehl du deine Wege5385a271158366Rie.--367027192.2
Befiehl du deine Wege539327232339Rie.--3400272; Setting likely by C. P. E. Bach136.2
Christ, der du bist der helle Tag38427333230Rie.--230027324.1
Christe, der du bist Tag und Licht34327434245Rie.--245027427.1
Christe, du Beistand deiner Kreuzgemeine99327535210Rie.--210027528.1
Christ ist erstanden858427636197Rie.--197027625.1
Christ lag in Todesbanden7012a2773815Rie.--15027726.2
Christ lag in Todesbanden7012a27839370Rie.--371027826.1
Christ lag in Todesbanden7012a27940261Rie.--2610279; ≈BWV 158/426.4b
Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam72462804365Rie.--66028065.1
Christus, der ist mein Leben132281467Rie.--6028130.1
Christus, der ist mein Leben13228247315Rie.--3160282; Included in BWV 95/130.2
Christus, der uns selig macht6283b2834819851--198028331.1
306307
Christus ist erstanden, hat überwunden6240c28451200Rie.--200028432.1
Da der Herr Christ zu Tische saß250328552196Rie.--196028534.1
Danket dem Herrn, denn er ist sehr...1228653228Rie.--2280286183.1
Dank sei Gott in der Höhe539128754310Rie.--3110287119.1
Das alte Jahr vergangen ist381c28855162Rie.--162028836.1
Das alte Jahr vergangen ist381c28956313Rie.--314028936.2
Das walt Gott Vater und Gott Sohn67329058224Rie.--224029038.1
Das walt mein Gott42172915975Rie.--75029139.1
Den Vater dort oben479529260239Rie.--239029240.1
Der du bist drei in Einigkeit33529361154Rie.--154029342.1
Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich787029462158Rie.--158029443.1
Des Heilgen Geistes reiche Gnad370629563207Rie.--2070295178.1
Die Nacht ist kommen500129664231Rie.--231029644.1
Die Sonn hat sich mit ihrem Glanz92329765232Rie.--2320297; ≈BWV 447: Schemelli No. 40 (3)161.1
Dies sind die heilgen zehn Gebot195129866127Rie.--127029846.1
Dir, dir, Jehova, will ich singen306829967209Rie.--209AMBII]] 39; ≈BWV 452: S 397 (32)47.1
Du großer Schmerzensmann515930070164Rie.--167030051.1
Du, o schönes Weltgebäude677330171137Rie.--134030150.1
Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott73773027420Rie.--20030253.1b
Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott737730375250Rie.--250030353.2b
Eins ist not, ach Herr, dies Eine712730477280Rie.--280030454.1
Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott58513057833Rie.--34030555.1
Erstanden ist der heilge Christ174630685176Rie.--176030658.1
Es ist gewißlich an der Zeit4429a307262260Rie.--2600307150.1
Es spricht der Unweisen Mund wohl44363089227Rie.--27030862.1
Es stehn vor Gottes Throne429830993166Rie.--166030963.1
Es wird schier der letzte Tag herkommen142331094238Rie.--238031064.1
Es woll uns Gott genädig sein72473119516Rie.--16031166.2
Es woll uns Gott genädig sein724731296351Rie.--352031266.1
Für Freuden laßt uns springen2339313106163Rie.--163031368.1
Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ1947314107287Rie.--288031469.1
Gib dich zufrieden und sei stille7417a315111271Rie.--271031570.1
Gott, der du selber bist das Licht5814316112225Rie.--225031671.1
Gott der Vater wohn uns bei8507317113134Rie.--135031772.1
Gottes Sohn ist kommen329431811518Rie.--180318143.1a/b
Gott hat das Evangelium1788319116181Rie.--181031974.1
Gott lebet noch7951320117234Rie.--2340320; ≈BWV 461: Schemelli No. 488 (37)75.1
Gottlob, es geht nunmehr zu Ende2855321118192Rie.--192032177.1
Gott sei gelobet und gebenedeiet807832211970Rie.--70032276.1
Gott sei uns gnädig und barmherzig7372323120319Rie.--3200323; Tune: German Magnificat (metric)140.2
Meine Seele erhebet den Herren7372~324121130Rie.--1300324; Tune: German Magnificat (chant)140.1
Heilig, heilig (or)
Sanctus, Sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth8633325123235122--235032579.1
318319
Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir368326129167Rie.--1640326105.1
Vor deinen Thron tret ich hiermit368327132333Rie.--3340327105.2
Herr Gott, dich loben wir8652328133205Rie.--205032883.1
Herr, ich denk an jene Zeit4840329136212Rie.--2120329134.1
Herr, ich habe mißgehandelt369533013735Rie.--33033084.2
Herr, ich habe mißgehandelt3695331138286Rie.--287033184.1b
Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend625332139136Rie.--136033285.1
Herr Jesu Christ, du hast bereit't4711333140226Rie.--226033386.1
Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut448633414173Rie.--730334202.1
Herr Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht314335145294143--2950335170.1a/b
O Jesu, du mein Bräutigam236236
Herr Jesu Christ, wahr Mensch und Gott423336146189Rie.--189033688.1
Herr, nun laß in Friede3302337148190Rie.--190033789.1
Herr, straf mich nicht in deinem Zorn4606a338149221Rie.--221033890.1
Wer in dem Schutz des Höchsten ist4438339151144149--144033923.1a/b
317318
Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, o Herr8326340152277Rie.--277034091.1
Heut ist, o Mensch, ein großer Trauertag8569(A)341170168Rie.--168034194.1A
Heut triumphieret Gottes Sohn258534217179Rie.--79034295.1
Hilf, Gott, daß mirs gelinge4329343172199170--199034396.1
301302
Hilf, Herr Jesu, laß gelingen3687a344173155Rie.--155034497.1
Ich bin ja, Herr, in deiner Macht5878345174251Rie.--251034599.1
Ich dank dir, Gott, für all Wohltat8090b346175223Rie.--2230346100.1
Ich dank dir, lieber Herre5354b3471762Rie.--20347101.2
Ich dank dir, lieber Herre5354b348177272Rie.--2720348101.1
Ich dank dir schon durch deinen Sohn247b349179188Rie.--18803494.1
Ich danke dir, o Gott, in deinem Throne3199350180229Rie.--2290350139.1
Ich hab mein Sach Gott heimgestellt167935118219Rie.--190351102.1
Jesu, der du meine Seele680435218537Rie.--370352187.3
Jesu, der du meine Seele6804353186269Rie.--2690353187.1
Jesu, der du meine Seele6804354187368Rie.--3690354187.2
Jesu, der du selbsten wohl6335355189169Rie.--1690355112.1
Jesu, du mein liebstes Leben7891356190243Rie.--2430356113.1
Jesu, Jesu, du bist mein6446357191244Rie.--2440357; ≈BWV 470: Schemelli No. 741 (53)114.1
Jesu, meine Freude8032358195355Rie.--3560358116.1
Jesu meiner Seelen Wonne6551359363364Rie.--3650359206.1b
Jesu, meiner Seelen Wonne6551360364349Rie.--3500360206.2
Jesu, meines Herzens Freud4798d361202264Rie.--2640361117.1
Jesu, nun sei gepreiset8477a362203252Rie.--2520362118.1
Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der von uns ...157636320630Rie.--300363121.1
Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der den Tod ...1978364207174Rie.--1740364120.1
Jesus, meine Zuversicht3432b365208175Rie.--1750365123.1
Ihr Gestirn, ihr hohlen Lüfte3703366210161Rie.--1610366104.1
In allen meinen Taten2276367211140Rie.--1400367107.1
In dulci jubilo4947368215143Rie.--1430368110.1
Keinen hat Gott verlassen5395369217129Rie.--1290369124.1
Komm, Gott Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist295370218187Rie.--1870370125.1
Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit8600371225132Rie.--1320371129.1
Lass, o Herr, dein Ohr sich neigen6863372226218Rie.--218037282.1
Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier3498b373228131226--1310373133.1
327328
Lobet den Herren, denn er ist sehr ...975374232227Rie.--2270374135.1
Lobt Gott, ihr Christen, allzugleich198375233276Rie.--2760375127.1b
Lobt Gott, ihr Christen, allzugleich198376234341Rie.--3420376127.2
Machs mit mir, Gott, nach deiner Güt238337723744Rie.--440377137.1
Mein Augen schließ ich jetzt1067378240258Rie.--2580378138.1
Meinen Jesum laß ich nicht, Jesus ...3448a379241151Rie.--1510379122.1
Meinen Jesum laß ich nicht, weil ...3449380242298Rie.--2990380141.1b
Meines Lebens letzte Zeit6380381248345Rie.--3460381142.1
Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin398638224949Rie.--490382144.1
Mitten wir im Leben sind8502383252214Rie.--2140383145.1
Nicht so traurig, nicht so sehr3355384253149Rie.--1490384146.1
Nun bitten wir den Heiligen Geist202938525436Rie.--360385147.1
Nun danket alle Gott514238625732Rie.--320386; Leuthen Chorale148.1
Nun freut euch, Gottes Kinder all364387260185Rie.--1850387106.1
Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein4427388261183Rie.--1830388149.1
Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren8244389269268Rie.--2680389153.1
Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren8244390270295Rie.--2960390153.2
Nun preiset alle Gottes Barmherzigkeit4089a391273222Rie.--2220391154.1
Nun ruhen alle Wälder2293b392298288Rie.--2890392; ≈BWV 97/9166.9c
O Welt, sieh hier dein Leben2293b393289275Rie.--2750393166.1a/b
O Welt, sieh hier dein Leben2293b394290365Rie.--3660394166.2
O Welt, sieh hier dein Leben2293b395291362Rie.--3630395166.5c
212b396274240Rie.--2400396155.1
O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort5820397275274Rie.--2740397; ≈BWV 513: Notebook AMB II No. 42156.1
O Gott, du frommer Gott5206b398277311Rie.--3120398; ≈BWV 197a/745.2b
O Gott, du frommer Gott5148399282314Rie.--3150399157.1
O Herzensangst, o Bangigkeit1003400284173Rie.--1730400160.1
O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig4361a401285165Rie.--1650401162.1
O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß8303402286201286--201040261.1
305306
O Mensch, schau Jesum Christum an3994c403287203Rie.--2030403163.1
O Traurigkeit, o Herzeleid191540428860Rie.--570404165.1b
O wie selig seid ihr doch, ihr Frommen1583405299213Rie.--2130405; ≈BWV 495: Schemelli No. 894 (65)167.1
O wie selig seid ihr doch, ihr Frommen1581406300219Rie.--21904067.1
O wir armen Sünder8187h407301202Rie.--2020407168.1
Schaut, ihr Sünder8569(B)408303171Rie.--171040894.1B
Seelenbräutigam3255b409306141Rie.--1410409173.1
Sei gegrüßet, Jesu gütig3889b410307172Rie.--1720410; ≈BWV 499: Schemelli No. 293 (22)174.1
Singt dem Herrn ein neues Lied6424411309246Rie.--2460411175.1
So gibst du nun, mein Jesu, gute Nacht849412310206Rie.--2060412; ≈BWV 501: Schemelli No. 315 (26)177.1
Sollt ich meinem Gott nicht singen7886b413311220Rie.--2200413; ≈BWV 481: Schemelli No. 281 (18)130.1
Uns ist ein Kindlein heut geborn493414313148Rie.--1480414; ≈BWV 25335.2
Valet will ich dir geben5404a41531424Rie.--240415180.1
Vater unser im Himmelreich256141631647Rie.--470416; =BWV 245/5 (first version)181.4a
Von Gott will ich nicht lassen5264b417324363Rie.--3640417185.1
Von Gott will ich nicht lassen5264b418325331Rie.--3320418185.2
Von Gott will ich nicht lassen5264b419326114Rie.--1140419185.3
Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz1689420331145Rie.--1450420189.2
Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz1689421332299Rie.--3000421189.1a/b
Warum sollt ich mich denn grämen6461422334356Rie.--3570422190.1a/b
Was betrübst du dich, mein Herze6830423336237Rie.--2370423191.1
Was bist du doch, o Seele, so betrübet1837424337193Rie.--1930424; ≈BWV 506: Schemelli No. 779 (55)192.1
Was willst du dich, o meine Seele, kränken7844425349241Rie.--2410425195.1
Weltlich Ehr und zeitlich Gut4975426351211Rie.--2110426197.1
Wenn ich in Angst und Not4233427352147Rie.--1470427200.1
Wenn mein Stündlein vorhanden ist4482a,b428353321Rie.--3220428201.3
Wenn mein Stündlein vorhanden ist4482a,b42935451Rie.--520429201.1
Wenn mein Stündlein vorhanden ist4482a,b430355350Rie.--3510430201.2
Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein39443135868Rie.--680431203.1
Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein394432359247Rie.--2470432203.2
Wer Gott vertraut, hat wohl gebaut8207b433366135Rie.--1370433204.1
Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten2778434367146Rie.--1460434205.1
Wie bist du, Seele, in mir so gar betrübt4092435374242Rie.--2420435207.1
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern8359436375278Rie.--2780436209.1
Wir glauben all an einen Gott, Schöpfer ...7971437382133Rie.--1330437211.1
Wo Gott zum Haus nicht gibt sein Gunst305438389157Rie.--1570438213.1
Other chorale harmonisations(Zahn)441*–deest(389)(CPE)(Rie.)(↑ Go to top of table ↑)(BC F)
Auf, auf, mein Herz, mit Freuden5243441*EMB --0441; ≈BWV 441, Schemelli No. 320 (27)18.1
Beschränkt, ihr Weisen dieser Welt7765443*EMB --≈BWV 443, Schemelli No. 689 (47)265
Brunnquell aller Güter6252b445*EMB --≈BWV 445, Schemelli No. 335 (29)247
Der Tag mit seinem Lichte7512b448*EMB --≈BWV 448, Schemelli No. 43 (4)222
Dich bet ich an, mein höchster Gott2437449*EMB --≈BWV 449, Schemelli No. 396 (31)249
Ich bin ja, Herr, in deiner Macht5869a464*EMB --≈BWV 464, Schemelli No. 861 (58)276
Jesu, deine Liebeswunden1302471*EMB --≈BWV 471, Schemelli No. 139 (10)228
Kommt, Seelen, dieser Tag5185479*EMB --≈BWV 479, Schemelli No. 936 (67)285
Kommt wieder aus der finstern ...4709480*EMB --≈BWV 480, Schemelli No. 938 (68)286
Mein Jesu! was vor Seelenweh8383487*EMB --≈BWV 487, Schemelli No. 283 (19)237
Selig, wer an Jesum denkt4846498*EMB --≈BWV 498, Schemelli No. 292 (21)239
So gehst du nun, mein Jesu, hin7631b500*EMB --≈BWV 500, Schemelli No. 296 (23)241
So gehst du nun, mein Jesu, hin (1 v.)7631b500aEMB --0500a; Fr. St Mark Pass. past.; ≈BWV 500
Steh ich bei meinem Gott5207503*EMB --≈BWV 503, Schemelli No. 945 (69)287
Christus, der uns selig macht (1 v.)6283b1084EMB --1084; From St Mark Passion pasticcio(D 5b/6)
Da Jesus an dem Kreuze stund17061089EMB --1089109.1
Denket doch, ihr Menschenkinder1122EMB --112241.1
Wo Gott zum Haus nicht gibt sein Gunst3051123EMB --1123213.2
Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ74001124EMB --1124103.1
O Gott, du frommer Gott5206b1125EMB --112545.1
Lobet Gott, unsern Herren53931126EMB --1126136.1
Welt, ade! Ich bin dein müde (v. 1)6531Anh. 170350150EMB --150SSATB]]; Spurious196; —
O Traurigkeit, o Herzeleid (1 v.)1915deestEMB --deest; From St Mark Passion pasticcio
Welt, tobe wie du willstdeest198.1

In larger vocal works

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

In church cantatas

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

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

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

In motets

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

In Passions

In ''St Matthew Passion''

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

In ''St John Passion''

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

In ''St Mark Passion'' pasticcio

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

In other Passions

St Mark

St Luke

Wer ist der, so von Edom kömmt pasticcio

In oratorios

''Ascension Oratorio''

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

''Christmas Oratorio''

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

In chorale collections

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

''Three Wedding Chorales'', BWV 250–252

  1. BWV 250: "Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan"
  2. BWV 251: "Sei Lob und Ehr dem höchsten Gut"
  3. BWV 252: "Nun danket alle Gott"

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

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

  • BGA No. 26 → "Christ lag in Todesbanden", BWV 278
  • not in BGA Vol. 39: "Christ lag in Todesbanden", BWV 279 (≈BWV 158/4, in BGA Vol. 32)
  • BGA No. 27 → "Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam", BWV 280 |}

In the 1725 ''Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach''

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

With a voice and bass variant in ''Schemellis Gesangbuch''

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

Other four-part chorales in early manuscripts

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

References

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  25. [[Bach Digital]] Work {{BDW. 0571 at Bach Digital website
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