Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott, BWV 127
| Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott | |
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| BWV 127 | |
| Chorale cantata by J. S. Bach | |
S. Gerome and the trumpet of the last Judgement, oil painting by Pasquale Catti
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| Occasion | Estomihi |
| Performed | 11 February 1725: Leipzig |
| Movements | 5 |
| Cantata text | anonymous |
| Chorale | "Herr Jesu Christ, wahr Mensch und Gott" |
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Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott (Lord Jesus Christ, true Man and God),BWV 127, is a cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach for use in a Lutheran service. He composed the chorale cantata in 1725 in Leipzig for the Sunday Estomihi, the Sunday before Lent. It is based on Paul Eber's 1582 hymn in eight stanzas "Herr Jesu Christ, wahr Mensch und Gott". Bach first performed it on 11 February 1725.
Bach held the position of Thomaskantor (director of church music) in Leipzig from 1723. During his first year, beginning with the first Sunday after Trinity, he wrote a cycle of cantatas for the occasions of the liturgical year. In his second year he composed a second annual cycle of cantatas, which was planned to consist exclusively of chorale cantatas, each based on one Lutheran hymn.
Bach composed the chorale cantata Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott for Estomihi. The Sunday, also called Quinquagesima, is the last Sunday before Lent, when Leipzig observed tempus clausum and no cantatas were performed. In 1723, Bach had probably performed two cantatas in Leipzig on that Sunday, Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn, BWV 23, composed earlier in Köthen, and Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe, BWV 22, both audition pieces to apply for the post of Thomaskantor in Leipzig.
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