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BWV 303
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Original source: Chorale, Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 303
Chorale Text: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott*, by Martin Luther (1529)
Tune: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, by Martin Luther (1529) (Zahn 7377)
First Performance: Unknown*
Appearance in Early Collections (Key):
Riemenschneider 250;
Breitkopf 250;
Dietel 3;
AmB 46II p.219
Other Harmonizations: BWVs 80.8, 302
Notes
This chorale survives without text. The text that appears here is the one provided by editors of the Bach Gesellschaft Ausgabe (BGA).
Speculation regarding liturgical occasion: Dürr believes it probable that this setting came from the lost cantata BWV 80a, the earlier Weimar version of BWV 80. (See NBA III/2.2 KB, p.270.)
View a complete listing of speculations regarding the liturgical occasions of individual BWV 253–438 chorales.