BWV 100.6

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Original source: Cantata, Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 100 (bach–digital page)
Chorale Text: Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan (verse 6), by Samuel Rodigast (1674)
Tune: Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan , by Severus Gastorius (1681) (Zahn 5629)
First Performance: 1734?, Wedding?
Appearance in Early Collections (Key): Dietel 103; AmB 46II p.306
Other Harmonizations: BWVs 12.7, 69a.6, 75.7=75.14* (see note below), 99.6, 144.3, 250

Instrumentation: Instrumental texture — violin 1 & 2, viola, transverse flute, oboe d’amore, horn 1 & 2, timpani, organ/continuo.

Original manuscripts
Score: D–B Mus. ms. Bach P 159
Parts: D–B Mus.ms. Bach St 97

Notes

This setting was taken from the final chorale of the 1723 Cantata No.75. The two are identical.