Translator's Note Abbreviations 1 Bach at Arnstadt and Muehlhausen from 1703 to 1708 Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir (BWV 131) Penance Service, 1707 Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich (BWV 150) Homage, ca. 1707 Christ lag in Todes Banden (BWV 4) Easter Sunday, April 24, 1707? Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit (BWV 106) Memorial Service, ca. 1707-1708 Gott ist mein Koenig (BWV 71) Muehlhausen City Council Inauguration, February 4, 1708 2 Bach at Weimar and Koethen from March 25, 1708, to Trinity Sunday 1723 Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd (BWV 208) Court of Saxe-Weissenfels, 1713 Widerstehe doch der Suende (BWV 54) Oculi, 1708-1717 Himmelskoenig, sei willkommen (BWV 182) Palm Sunday, March 25, 1714 Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen (BWV 12) Jubilate, April 22, 1714 Ich hatte viel Bekuemmernis (BWV 21) Third Sunday after Trinity, June 17, 1714 Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (BWV 61) First Sunday of Advent, December 2, 1714 Der Himmel lacht, die Erde jubilieret (BWV 31) Easter Sunday, April 21, 1715 Komm, du suesse Todesstunde (BWV 161) Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity, September 27, 1716 3 Bach's First Year at Leipzig from the First Sunday after Trinity 1723 to Trinity Sunday 1724 Die Elenden sollen essen (BWV 75) First Sunday after Trinity, May 30, 1723 Die Himmel erzaehlen die Ehre Gottes (BWV 76) Second Sunday after Trinity, June 6, 1723 Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben (BWV 147) Visitation of Mary, July 2, 1723 Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht mit deinem Knecht (BWV 105) Ninth Sunday after Trinity, July 25, 1723 Preise, Jerusalem, den Herrn (BWV 119) City Council Inauguration, August 30, 1723 Christus, der ist mein Leben (BWV 95) Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity, September 12, 1723 Wachet! betet! betet! wachet (BWV 70) Twenty-Sixth Sunday after Trinity, November 21, 1723 Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen (BWV 65) Epiphany, January 6, 1724 Jesus schlaeft, was soll ich hoffen? (BWV 81) Fourth Sunday after Epiphany, January 30, 1724 4 Bach's Second and Third Years at Leipzig from the First Sunday after Trinity 1724 to Trinity Sunday 1726 O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort (BWV 20) First Sunday after Trinity, June 11, 1724 Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein (BWV 2) Second Sunday after Trinity, June 18, 1724 Wer nur den lieben Gott laesst walten (BWV 93) Fifth Sunday after Trinity, July 9, 1724 Was willst du dich betrueben (BWV 107) Seventh Sunday after Trinity, July 23, 1724 Jesu, der du meine Seele (BWV 78) Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity, September 10, 1724 Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen (BWV 123) Epiphany, January 6, 1725 Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott (BWV 127) Estomihi, February 11, 1725 Wie schoen leuchtet der Morgenstern (BWV 1) Annunciation, March 25, 1725 Ihr werdet weinen und heulen (BWV 103) Jubilate, April 22, 1725 Unser Mund sei voll Lachens (BWV 110) Christmas Day, December 25, 1725 5 Bach's Fourth Year at Leipzig from the First Sunday after Trinity 1726 to Trinity Sunday 1727 Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot (BWV 39) First Sunday after Trinity, June 23, 1726 Es erhub sich ein Streit (BWV 19) St. Michael's Day, September 29, 1726 Wer weiss, wie nahe mir mein Ende (BWV 27) Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity, October 6, 1726 Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen (BWV 56) Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity, October 27, 1726 Vereinigte Zwietracht der wechselnden Saiten (BWV 207.1) University of Leipzig, December 11, 1726 Ich bin in mir vergnuegt (BWV 204) For Various Purposes, 1726 or 1727 Ich habe genung (BWV 82) Purification of Mary, February 2, 1727 O ewiges Feuer, o Ursprung der Liebe (BWV 34) Pentecost, June 1, 1727 6 Bach at Leipzig after Trinity 1727 Schwingt freudig euch empor (BWV 36) First Sunday of Advent, 1726-1730 Lass, Fuerstin, lass noch einen Strahl (BWV 198) Funeral, Electress Christiane Eberhardine, October 17, 1727 Sehet, wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem (BWV 159) Estomihi, February 27, 1729 Geschwinde, geschwinde, ihr wirbelnden Winde (BWV 201) For Various Purposes, Autumn 1729 Weichet nur, betruebte Schatten (BWV 202) Secular Wedding, before 1730 Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen (BWV 51) Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity, September 17, 1730 Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (BWV 140) Twenty-Seventh Sunday after Trinity, November 25, 1731 Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht (BWV 211) For Various Purposes, mid-1734 Jauchzet, frohlocket, auf, preiset die Tage (BWV 248 Part I) Christmas Day, December 25, 1734 Gott ist unsere Zuversicht (BWV 197.2) Secular Wedding, 1736-1737 Kommt, eilet und laufet, ihr fluechtigen Fuesse (BWV 249.4) Easter Sunday, April 6, 1738 Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen (BWV 11) Ascension Day, May 15, 1738 Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott (BWV 80) Reformation Day, 1739? Mer han en neue Oberkeet (BWV 212) For Members of the Aristocracy, August 30, 1742 Notes References Index
