BWV 80.8

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Original source: Cantata, Ein’ feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 80 (bach–digital page)
Chorale Text: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott (verse 4), by Martin Luther (1529)
Tune: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, by Martin Luther (1529) (Zahn 7377)
First Performance: 1735–1740?, Feast of Reformation
Appearance in Early Collections (Key): Riemenschneider 273; Breitkopf 273; Dietel 35; AmB 46II p.246
Other Harmonizations: BWVs 302, 303

Instrumentation: Colla parte — S: trumpet. A: violin 2. T: viola. B: None. Instrumental texture — trumpet violin 1, violin 2, viola, continuo

Original manuscripts
Score: 1) D–B Mus. ms. Bach P 177 (earliest surviving score, c. 1744–1747; copyist: J.C. Altnickol); 2) D–B Mus. ms. Bach P 72 (c. 1761–1763; copyists: W.F. Bach & unknown scribe)
Parts: None.