BWV 115.6

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Original source: Cantata, Mache dich, mein Geist, bereit, BWV 115 (bach–digital page)
Chorale Text: Mache dich, mein Geist, bereit (verse 10), by Johann Burchard Freystein (1697)
Tune: Straf mich nicht in deinem Zorn, Dresden 1694, after a secular melody 1681 (Zahn 6274a)
First Performance: 5 November 1724, 22nd Sunday after Trinity
Appearance in Early Collections (Key): Riemenschneider 38 (down a M3); Breitkopf 38 (down a M3); Birnstiel 42; Dietel 27; AmB 46II p.188 & 240 (p.188 down a M3); Levy–Mendelssohn 64; Fasch p.105 (down a M3)
Other Harmonizations: None

Instrumentation: Colla parte — S: violin 1, flute, oboe d’amore, horn. A: violin 2. T: viola. B: None.

Original manuscripts
Score: GB–Cfm MU. MS. 631 (not available online)
Parts: Verschollen Thomasschule zu Leipzig, BWV 115 (source lost)