BWV 64.8

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Original source: Cantata, Sehet, welch eine Liebe hat uns der Vater erzeiget, BWV 64 (bach–digital page)
Chorale Text: Jesu, meine Freude (verse 5), by Johann Franck (1653)
Tune: Jesu, meine Freude, by Johann Crüger (1653) (Zahn 8032)
First Performance: 27 December 1723, 3rd Day of Christmas
Appearance in Early Collections (Key): Riemenschneider 138; Breitkopf 138; Birnstiel 142; Dietel 12; AmB 46II p.88; Penzel 159
Other Harmonizations: BWVs 81.7, 87.7, 227.1=227.11, 227.3, 227.7, 358

Instrumentation: Colla parte — S: violin 1, cornet. A: violin 2, trombone 1. T: viola, trombone 2. B: trombone 3, organ, continuo.

Original manuscripts
Score: 1723 autograph not available; D–B 102–104, Faszikel 3 (Am.B 104) (1730/1731 copy, scr. Christoph Nichelmann)
Parts: D–B Mus. ms. Bach St 84, Faszikel 1