BWV 157.5

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Original source: Cantata, Ich lass dich nicht, du segnest mich denn!, BWV 157 (bach–digital page)
Chorale Text: Meinen Jesum lass ich nicht (verse 6), by Christian Keymann (1658)
Tune: Meinen Jesum lass ich nicht, by Andreas Hammerschmidt (1658) (Zahn 3449)
First Performance: 6 February 1727, Funeral
Appearance in Early Collections (Key): None
Other Harmonizations: BWVs 70.11, 124.6, 154.8, 244b.29, 380

Instrumentation: Colla parte — S: violin 1, transverse flute (8va), ob. A: violin 2. T: "violetta". B: continuo.

Original manuscripts
Score: No autograph survives; D–B Mus. ms. Bach P 1046 (1755/56 copy by C.F. Penzel)
Parts: No autograph survives; D–B Mus.ms. Bach St 386 (1760/1767 copy by C.F. Penzel)