Original source: Chorale, Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gmein, BWV 388 Chorale Text: Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gmein*, by Martin Luther (1523) Tune: Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gmein (melody #1), Nürnberg 1524, after a 15th c. melody (Zahn 4427) First Performance: Unknown Appearance in Early Collections (Key):
Riemenschneider 183;
Breitkopf 183;
Birnstiel 188;
AmB 46II p.162;
Penzel 113
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).