BWV 91.6

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Original source: Cantata, Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BWV 91 (bach–digital page)
Chorale Text: Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ (verse 7), by Martin Luther (1524)
Tune: Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, Wittenberg 1524, adaptation of the Latin sequence Grates nunc omnes reddamus (Zahn 1947)
First Performance: 25 December 1724, Christmas Day
Appearance in Early Collections (Key): Riemenschneider 51; Breitkopf 53; Birnstiel 57; Dietel 130; Levy–Mendelssohn 3; Fasch p.28
Other Harmonizations: BWVs 64.2, 248.28, 314

Instrumentation: Colla parte — S: violin 1, oboes 1 & 2 (horn 1). A: violin 2, (horn 2). T: viola. B: continuo. Obbligato instruments — horns 1 & 2, timpani

Original manuscripts
Score: 1) D–B Mus. ms. Bach P 869 (1724, movements 5 & 6 revised 1746/47), 2) D–B Am.B 36 (presumably 1732/33)
Parts: 1) D–LEb Thomana 91 (1724, rev. after 1740), 2) D–B Mus. ms. Bach St 392, Faszikel 1 (1724, vn1/vn2/cont. only)