Original source: Chorale, Es ist gewisslich an der Zeit, BWV 307 Chorale Text:Es ist gewisslich an der Zeit*, by Bartholomäus Ringwaldt (1582), based on an earlier Latin text Tune: Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gmein (melody #2), Wittenberg 1529, based on a 15th c. melody (Zahn 4429a) First Performance: Unknown Appearance in Early Collections (Key):
Riemenschneider 260;
Breitkopf 260;
Dietel 22;
AmB 46II p.232
Other Harmonizations: BWV 248.59
Notes
This chorale survives without text. The text that appears here is the one provided by editors of the Bach Gesellschaft Ausgabe (BGA).