Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf, BWV 226, is a motet by Johann Sebastian Bach, composed in Leipzig in 1729 for the funeral of Johann Heinrich Ernesti.
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Paulinerkirche, Leipzig
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The Paulinerkirche was a church on the Augustusplatz in Leipzig. It was built in 1231 as the Klosterkirche St. Pauli for the Dominican monastery in Leipzig. From the foundation of the University of Le
Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf, BWV 226
…Ernesti, by J. S. Bach). Ernesti was professor of poetry at Leipzig University and director of the Thomasschule. The first performance took place in the Paulinerkirche, the university church). Scholars debate if the performance was 24 October, or rather 21 October, as indicated by the title page of the sermon. Bach…
The Paulinerkirche, the university church of Leipzig, view from the Augustusplatz, 1948, facade by Arwed Roßbach
Paulineraltar, the back side
The Paulinerkirche in the 17th century, lithograph by Ernst Wilhelm Straßberger, ca. 1839
University and its church, c. 1800