Original source: Chorale, Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein, BWV 431 Chorale Text: Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein*, by Paul Eber (1566), after In tenebris nostrae by Joachim Camerarius (c. 1546) Tune: Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein, by Guillaume Franc (1543), Johann Baptist Serranus (1567) (Zahn 394) First Performance: Unknown Appearance in Early Collections (Key):
Riemenschneider 68;
Breitkopf 68;
Birnstiel 72;
Levy–Mendelssohn 54;
Fasch p.85
Other Harmonizations: BWV 432
Notes
This chorale survives without text. The text that appears here is the one provided by editors of the Bach Gesellschaft Ausgabe (BGA).