Chorale Melodies used in Bach's Vocal Works
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Melody & Text | Use of the CM by Bach | Use of the CM by other composers

Melody & Text: Zahn: 4918 | EKG:

Text: Jesus, unser Trost und Leben

Author: Ernst Christoph Homburg (1659)

Melody:

Composer: Anon (1714)

Use of the Chorale Melody by Bach:

Text: Jesus, unser Trost und Leben | EKG:
Author: Ernst Christoph Homburg (1659)

Ver

Work

Mvt.

Year

Br

RE

KE

Di

BC

Score

Music Examples

1-8

BWV 475

All

1736

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F246

From the Schemelli Gesangbuch (No. 333), Leipzig, 1736; NBA No. 28.
The melody is not by J.S. Bach and there is very little evidence that Bach had anything at all to do with the figured bass line.

Use of the Chorale Melody by other composers:

Not known.

Sources: NBA, vols. III/2.1 & 2.2 in particular [Bärenreiter, 1954 to present] and the BWV ("Bach Werke Verzeichnis") [Breitkopf & Härtel, 1998]
The PDF files of the Chorales were contributed by Margaret Greentree J.S. Bach Chorales
Software: Capella Professional 2008, Version 6.0.
Prepared by Thomas Braatz & Aryeh Oron (March 2008)