BWV 125.6

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Original source: Cantata, Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BWV 125 (bach–digital page)
Chorale Text: Mit Fried und Freud (verse 4), by Martin Luther (1524)
Tune: Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, Wittenberg 1524 (Zahn 3986)
First Performance: 2 February 1725, Feast of the Purification of Mary
Appearance in Early Collections (Key): None
Other Harmonizations: BWVs 83.5, 382

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

Original manuscripts
Score: No autograph score survives; D–B Mus.ms Bach P 1032 (copy dated "before 1770"; copyist: anonymous & Penzel)
Parts: 1) D–LEb Thomana 125, Faszikel 1 (1725 parts), 2) D–B Mus.ms. Bach St 384, Faszikel 1 (1725 duplicate parts: violin 1, violin 2, continuo), 3) D–LEb Thomana 125, Faszikel 2 (duplicate continuo part, between 1756 and 1764; copyist: Stäps), 4) D–B Mus.ms. Bach St 384, Faszikel 2 (copy c. 1770, copyists: J.G. Nacke, C.F. Penzel)