Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, BWV 56, is a church cantata composed by Johann Sebastian Bach for the 19th Sunday after Trinity. It was first performed in Leipzig on 27 October 1726. The composit
Autograph manuscript of opening bass aria from BWV 56
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Christoph Birkmann, the cantata's librettist
Manuscript of the title page by copyist Christian Gottlob Meißner, using χ instead of "Kreuz"
Johann Sebastian Bach composed the church cantata Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren, BWV 137, in Leipzig for the twelfth Sunday after Trinity and led the first performance on 19 August 17
Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, BWV 56
…between Jesus and the Soul (Anima)—based on elements of the Song of Songs—are part of the third cycle. The only chorale cantata of the third cycle, Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren, BWV 137, follows the omnes versus style and sets all stanzas of a hymn unchanged; Bach rarely used this style in his chorale cantatas, except in the early…
Joachim Neander, the author of the hymn text
The hymn text in a 1686 print