BWV 129.5

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Original source: Cantata, Gelobet sei der Herr, mein Gott, BWV 129 (bach–digital page)
Chorale Text: Gelobet sei der Herr, mein Gott (verse 5), by Johann Olearius (1665)
Tune: O Gott, du frommer Gott (melody #3), by Ahasverus Fritsch (1679), based on Adam Krieger (1657) (Zahn 5206b)
First Performance: 16 June 1726? (Dürr) Trinity Sunday?, or 31 October 1726? (Wolff), Reformation Festival
Appearance in Early Collections (Key): Dietel 114
Other Harmonizations: BWVs 45.7, 64.4, 94.8, 128.5, 197a.7, 398, 1125

Comparative score: Eight settings of O Gott, du frommer Gott (melody #3) aligned and placed in the same key (PDF)

Instrumentation: Instrumental Texture — violin 1 & 2, viola, transverse flute, oboe 1 & 2, trumpet 1, 2 & 3, timpani, continuo

Original manuscripts
Score: No autograph score survives; 1) D–B Mus. ms. Bach P 950 (copy dated September 1755; copyist: Penzel), 2) D–B Mus.ms. Bach P 957 (1755 copy also dated September 1755, "simultaneously with" the previous source; copyist: C.F. Barth)
Parts: 1) D–LEb Thomana 129, Faszikel 1 (original parts), 2) D–LEb Thomana 129, Faszikel 2 (1755 continuo duplicate), 3) D–B Mus.ms. Bach St 159 (copy by Penzel, c. 1760–89)