BWV 161.6

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Original source: Cantata, Komm, du süße Todesstunde, BWV 161 (bach–digital: Weimar version, Leipzig version)
Chorale Text: Herzlich tut mich verlangen (verse 4), by Christoph Knoll (1605)
Tune: Befiehl du deine Wege (melody #1), by Hans Leo Hassler (1601) (Zahn 5385a)
First Performance: 27 September 1716, 16th Sunday after Trinity
Appearance in Early Collections (Key): Riemenschneider 270; Breitkopf 270; Dietel 34; AmB 46II p.245
Other Harmonizations: BWVs 135.6, 153.5, 244.15, 244.17, 244.44, 244.54, 244.62, 248.5, 248.64, 270, 271

Instrumentation: Colla parte — S: violin 1. A: violin 2. T: viola. B: continuo. Obbligato instruments — flute 1 & 2

Original manuscripts
Score: no autograph of the 1716 score survives; D–B Mus. ms. Bach P 124 (c.1735 copy by an unknown scribe)
Parts: none survive