BWV 424

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Original source: Chorale, Was bist du doch, o Seele so betrübet, BWV 424
Chorale Text: Was bist du doch, o Seele so betrübet*, by Rudolf Friedrich von Schultt (1704)
Tune: Was bist du doch, o Seele so betrübet, Anon. 1704 (Zahn 1837)
First Performance: Unknown
Appearance in Early Collections (Key): Riemenschneider 193; Breitkopf 193; Birnstiel 199; AmB 46II p.213; Schemelli BWV 506* (see note below)
Other Harmonizations: None

Notes

This chorale survives without text. The text that appears here is the one provided by editors of the Bach Gesellschaft Ausgabe (BGA).
This setting is a four–part realization of a two–part chorale (with thoroughbass figures) from the Schemelli Gesangbuch, BWV 506. (See Chorale No.55 on p.208 of NBA III/2.1) For a full listing of four–part realizations of two–part Schemelli chorales, visit Schemelli Realizations.