BWV 78.7

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Original source: Cantata, Jesu, der du meine Seele, BWV 78 (bach–digital page)
Chorale Text: Jesu, der du meine Seele (verse 12), by Johann Rist (1641)
Tune: Jesu, der du meine Seele, Frankfurt 1662, after an earlier secular melody 1642 (Zahn 6804)
First Performance: 10 September 1724, 14th Sunday after Trinity
Appearance in Early Collections (Key): Riemenschneider 297; Breitkopf 296; Dietel 84; AmB 46II p.291
Other Harmonizations: BWVs 105.6, 352, 353, 354

Instrumentation: Colla parte — S: violin 1, transverse flute (8va), oboe 1, horn. A: violin 2, oboe 2. T: viola. B: continuo.

Original manuscripts
Score: D–B Mus. ms. Bach P 962 (c. 1755 score; copyist: Carl Friedrich Barth)
Parts: D–LEb Thomana 78