Chorale Melodies used in Bach's Vocal Works
So gehst du nun, mein Jesu, hin

Melody & Text | Use of the CM by Bach | Use of the CM by other composers

Melody & Text: Zahn: 7631 | EKG:

Text: So gehst du nun, mein Jesu, hin

Author: Caspar Friedrich Nachtenhöfer (1699)

Melody:

Composer: Christoph Wagner (1699)

Use of the Chorale Melody by Bach:

Text: So gehst du nun, mein Jesu, hin | EKG:
Author: Caspar Friedrich Nachtenhöfer (1699)

Ver

Work

Mvt.

Year

Br

RE

KE

Di

BC

Score

Music Examples

1-5

BWV 500

All

1736

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-

-

-

F241

BWV 500a

1726

BWV 500: From the Schemelli Gesangbuch (No. 296), Leipzig, 1736; NBA No. 23.
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.
BWV 500a: chorale setting for chorus, strings & continuo

Use of the Chorale Melody by other composers:

Gottfried August Homilius (1714-1785):
So gehst du nun, Mein Jesu, hin, Motet for Chorus

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)