BWV 159.5

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Original source: Cantata, Sehet! wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem, BWV 159 (bach–digital page)
Chorale Text: Jesu Leiden, Pein und Tod (verse 33), by Paul Stockmann (1633)
Tune: Jesu Kreuz, Leiden und Pein, by Melchior Vulpius (1609) (Zahn 6288b)
First Performance: 27 February 1729?, Quinquagesima
Appearance in Early Collections (Key): Riemenschneider 61; Breitkopf 59; Birnstiel 63; Dietel 52; AmB 46II p.141 & p.265; Levy–Mendelssohn 15; Fasch p.50
Other Harmonizations: BWVs 245.14, 245.28

Instrumentation: Colla parte — S: violin 1, oboe. A: violin 2. T: viola. B: continuo.

Original manuscripts
Score: no autograph survives; D–B Mus. ms. Bach P 1048 (c.1770 copy; copyists: C.F. Penzel, F. Hauser)
Parts: no autograph survives; D–B Mus.ms. Bach St 633 (c.1770 copy; copyists: C.F. Penzel, unknown scribe)
(Provenance details at www.bach–cantatas.com)