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- Compositions
- by Johann Sebastian Bach
- for alto, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra
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Creators | Key | Opus | Composed | Instrumentation | Period/style | Type | Listen | Code |
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| Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein (Oh God, look down from heaven) | Johann Sebastian Bach, composer | G minor | BWV 2 | 1724 | alto, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra | Baroque | Sacred cantatas |  |
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| Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder (Ah Lord, poor sinner that I am) | Johann Sebastian Bach, composer Cyriakus Schneegass, librettist |
E minor | BWV 135 | 1724 | alto, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra | Baroque | Sacred cantatas | |
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| Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ (Towards you alone, Lord Jesus Christ) | Johann Sebastian Bach, composer | A minor | BWV 33 | 1724 | alto, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra | Baroque | Sacred cantatas | |
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| Auf Christi Himmelfahrt allein (On Christ's Ascension Alone) | Johann Sebastian Bach, composer Christiana Mariana von Ziegler, librettist Matthäus Avenarius, librettist |
G major | BWV 128 | 1725 | alto, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra | Baroque | Sacred cantatas | |
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| Bisher habt ihr nichts gebeten in meinem Namen (Hitherto, you have asked nothing in my Name) | Johann Sebastian Bach, composer Christiana Mariana von Ziegler, librettist Heinrich Müller, librettist |
D minor | BWV 87 | 1725 | alto, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra | Baroque | Sacred cantatas | |
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| Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam (Christ our lord to the Jordan came) | Johann Sebastian Bach, composer | E minor | BWV 7 | 1724 | alto, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra | Baroque | Sacred cantatas | |
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| Dazu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes (For This the Son of God has Appeared) | Johann Sebastian Bach, composer Kaspar Füger, librettist Paul Gerhardt, librettist Christian Keymann, librettist |
F major | BWV 40 | 1723 | alto, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra | Baroque | Sacred cantatas | |
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| Der Himmel dacht auf Anhalts Ruhm und Glück (Since heaven cared for Anhalt's fame and bliss) | Johann Sebastian Bach, composer Christian Friedrich Hunold, librettist |
BWV 66a | 1718 | alto, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra | Baroque | Secular cantatas | |
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| Er rufet seinen Schafen mit Namen (He calls His sheep by name) | Johann Sebastian Bach, composer Christiana Mariana von Ziegler, librettist Johann Rist, librettist |
G major | BWV 175 | 1725 | alto, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra | Baroque | Sacred cantatas | |
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| Erforsche mich, Gott, und erfahre mein Herz (Search me, God, and learn my heart) | Johann Sebastian Bach, composer Johann Heermann, librettist |
A minor | BWV 136 | 1723 | alto, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra | Baroque | Sacred cantatas | |
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| Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen (Rejoice, you hearts) | Johann Sebastian Bach, composer | D major | BWV 66 | 1724 | alto, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra | Baroque | Sacred cantatas | |
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| Erfreute Zeit im neuen Bunde (Glad time of the New Covenant) | Johann Sebastian Bach, composer Martin Luther, librettist |
F major | BWV 83 | 1724 | alto, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra | Baroque | Sacred cantatas | |
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| Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort (Uphold us, Lord, by Your Word) | Johann Sebastian Bach, composer | A major | BWV 126 | 1725 | alto, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra | Baroque | Sacred cantatas | |
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| Es ist dir gesagt, Mensch, was gut ist (You have been told, O man, what is Good) | Johann Sebastian Bach, composer Johann Heermann, librettist |
E major | BWV 45 | 1726 | alto, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra | Baroque | Sacred cantatas | |
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| Es ist euch gut, dass ich hingehe (It is good for you that I go away) | Johann Sebastian Bach, composer Christiana Mariana von Ziegler, librettist Paul Gerhardt, librettist |
A major | BWV 108 | 1725 | alto, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra | Baroque | Sacred cantatas | |
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| Es reißet euch ein schrecklich Ende (A terrifying end sweeps you away) | Johann Sebastian Bach, composer Martin Moller, librettist |
D minor | BWV 90 | 1723 | alto, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra | Baroque | Sacred cantatas | |
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| Halt im Gedächtnis Jesum Christ (Hold in remembrance Jesus Christ) | Johann Sebastian Bach, composer Jakob Ebert, librettist |
A major | BWV 67 | 1724 | alto, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra | Baroque | Sacred cantatas | |
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| Herr Gott, dich loben wir (Lord God, we praise You) | Johann Sebastian Bach, composer | A minor | BWV 16 | 1726 | alto, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra | Baroque | Sacred cantatas | |
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| Herr, deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben (Lord, Your eyes look for faith!) | Johann Sebastian Bach, composer Johann Heermann, librettist |
G minor | BWV 102 | 1726 | alto, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra | Baroque | Sacred cantatas | |
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| Himmelskönig, sei willkommen (King of Heaven, be Thou welcome) | Johann Sebastian Bach, composer Paul Stockmann, librettist |
B flat major (1714); G major (other versions) | BWV 182 | 1714 | alto, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra | Baroque | Sacred cantatas |  |
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| Ich liebe den Höchsten von ganzem Gemüte (I love the Highest with my entire being) | Johann Sebastian Bach, composer Martin Schalling, librettist |
G major | BWV 174 | 1729 | alto, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra | Baroque | Sacred cantatas | |
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| Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe (I stand with one foot in the grave) | Johann Sebastian Bach, composer Christian Friedrich Henrici, librettist Kasper Bienemann, librettist |
F major | BWV 156 | 1729 | alto, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra | Baroque | Sacred cantatas | |
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| Ihr werdet weinen und heulen (You shall Weep and Lament) | Johann Sebastian Bach, composer Christiana Mariana von Ziegler, librettist Paul Gerhardt, librettist |
B minor | BWV 103 | 1725 | alto, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra | Baroque | Sacred cantatas | |
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| Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen? (Jesus sleeps; what hope have I?) | Johann Sebastian Bach, composer Johann Franck, librettist |
E minor | BWV 81 | 1724 | alto, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra | Baroque | Sacred cantatas | |
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| Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen (Beloved Emmanuel, Prince of the devout) | Johann Sebastian Bach, composer | B minor | BWV 123 | 1725 | alto, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra | Baroque | Sacred cantatas | |
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| Lobt ihn mit Herz und Munde (Praise him with heart and voice) | Johann Sebastian Bach, composer | B minor | BWV 220 | 1787 | alto, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra | Baroque | Sacred cantatas | |
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| Missa (Missa g-Moll) | Johann Sebastian Bach, composer Catholic Mass, librettist |
G minor | BWV 235 | 1738 | alto, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra | Baroque | Masses | |
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| Mein liebster Jesus ist verloren (My dearest Jesus is lost) | Johann Sebastian Bach, composer Christian Keymann, librettist |
B minor | BWV 154 | 1724 | alto, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra | Baroque | Sacred cantatas | |
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| Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin (In peace and joy I go to that place) | Johann Sebastian Bach, composer | E minor | BWV 125 | 1725 | alto, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra | Baroque | Sacred cantatas | |
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| O ewiges Feuer, o Ursprung der Liebe [I] (O eternal fire, o source of love [I]) | Johann Sebastian Bach, composer | D major | BWV 34 | 1726 | alto, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra | Baroque | Sacred cantatas | |
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| O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort (O eternity, thou, word of thunder) | Johann Sebastian Bach, composer | F major | BWV 20 | 1724 | alto, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra | Baroque | Sacred cantatas | |
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| O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort [Dialogus] II (O Eternity, you word of Thunder) | Johann Sebastian Bach, composer Franz Joachim Burmeister, librettist |
D major | BWV 60 | 1723 | alto, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra | Baroque | Sacred cantatas | |
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| Schau, lieber Gott, wie meine Feind (See, dear God, how my enemies) | Johann Sebastian Bach, composer Paul Gerhardt, librettist Martin Moller, librettist |
A minor | BWV 153 | 1724 | alto, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra | Baroque | Sacred cantatas | |
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| Schauet doch und sehet (Behold and see if there be any sorrow.) | Johann Sebastian Bach, composer Johann Matthäus Meyfart, librettist |
D minor | BWV 46 | 1723 | alto, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra | Baroque | Sacred cantatas | |
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| Sehet, wir geh'n hinauf gen Jerusalem (Behold, let us go up to Jerusalem) | Johann Sebastian Bach, composer Paul Gerhardt, librettist Paul Stockmann, librettist |
C minor | BWV 159 | 1729 | alto, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra | Baroque | Sacred cantatas | |
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| Sei Lob und Ehr dem höchsten Gut | Johann Sebastian Bach, composer Johann Jacob Schütz, librettist |
G major | BWV 117 | 1731 | alto, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra | Baroque | Sacred cantatas | |
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| Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied (Sing a new song to the Lord) | Johann Sebastian Bach, composer | D major | BWV 190 | 1723 | alto, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra | Baroque | Sacred cantatas | |
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| Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen (Weeping, lamenting, worrying, fearing) | Johann Sebastian Bach, composer Samuel Rodigast, librettist |
; rev. G minor | BWV 12 | 1714 | alto, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra | Baroque | Sacred cantatas | |
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| Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält (If God the Lord is not on our side) | Johann Sebastian Bach, composer | A minor | BWV 178 | 1724 | alto, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra | Baroque | Sacred cantatas | |
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