List of songs and arias by Johann Sebastian Bach

See also: List of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach § BWV Chapter 6

Songs and arias by Johann Sebastian Bach are compositions listed in Chapter 6 of the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (BWV 439–524), which also includes the Quodlibet.^[1] Most of the songs and arias included in this list are set for voice and continuo. Most of them are also spiritual, i.e. hymn settings, although a few have a worldly theme. The best known of these, "Bist du bei mir", was however not composed by Bach.

An aria by Bach was rediscovered in the 21st century, and was assigned the number BWV 1127.^[2] Further hymn settings and arias by Bach are included in his cantatas, motets, masses, passions, oratorios and chorale harmonisations (BWV 1–438 and later additions). The second Anhang of the BWV catalogue also lists a few songs of doubtful authenticity.

Songs, arias and Quodlibet, BWV 439–524

Legend to the table

column		content
01	BWV	Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (lit. 'Bach-works-catalogue'; BWV) numbers. Anhang (Annex; Anh.) numbers are indicated as follows: preceded by I: in Anh. I (lost works) of BWV^1 (1950 first edition of the BWV) preceded by II: in Anh. II (doubtful works) of BWV^1 preceded by III: in Anh. III (spurious works) of BWV^1 preceded by N: new Anh. numbers in BWV^2 (1990) and/or BWV^2a (1998)
02	^2a	Section in which the composition appears in BWV^2a: Chapters of the main catalogue indicated by Arabic numerals (1-13) Anh. sections indicated by Roman numerals (I–III) Reconstructions published in the NBE indicated by "R"
03	Date	Date associated with the completion of the listed version of the composition. Exact dates (e.g. for most cantatas) usually indicate the assumed date of first (public) performance. When the date is followed by an abbreviation in brackets (e.g. JSB for Johann Sebastian Bach) it indicates the date of that person's involvement with the composition as composer, scribe or publisher.
04	Name	Name of the composition: if the composition is known by a German incipit, that German name is preceded by the composition type (e.g. cantata, chorale prelude, motet, ...)
05	Key	Key of the composition
06	Scoring	See scoring table below for the abbreviations used in this column
07	BG	Bach Gesellschaft-Ausgabe (BG edition; BGA): numbers before the colon indicate the volume in that edition. After the colon an Arabic numeral indicates the page number where the score of the composition begins, while a Roman numeral indicates a description of the composition in the Vorwort (Preface) of the volume.^[3]
08	NBE	New Bach Edition (German: Neue Bach-Ausgabe, NBA): Roman numerals for the series, followed by a slash, and the volume number in Arabic numerals. A page number, after a colon, refers to the "Score" part of the volume. Without such page number, the composition is only described in the "Critical Commentary" part of the volume. The volumes group Bach's compositions by genre:^[4] Cantatas (Vol. 1–34: church cantatas grouped by occasion; Vol. 35–40: secular cantatas; Vol. 41: Varia) Masses, Passions, Oratorios (12 volumes) Motets, Chorales, Lieder (4 volumes) Organ Works (11 volumes) Keyboard and Lute Works (14 volumes) Chamber Music (5 volumes) Orchestral Works (7 volumes) Canons, Musical Offering, Art of Fugue (3 volumes) Addenda (approximately 7 volumes)
09	Additional info	may include: "after" – indicating a model for the composition "by" – indicating the composer of the composition (if different from Johann Sebastian Bach) "in" – indicating the oldest known source for the composition "pasticcio" – indicating a composition with parts of different origin "see" – composition renumbered in a later edition of the BWV "text" – by text author, or, in source Provenance of standard texts and tunes, such as Lutheran hymns and their chorale melodies, Latin liturgical texts (e.g. Magnificat) and common tunes (e.g. Folia), are not usually indicated in this column. For an overview of such resources used by Bach, see individual composition articles, and overviews in, e.g., Chorale cantata (Bach)#Bach's chorale cantatas, List of chorale harmonisations by Johann Sebastian Bach#Chorale harmonisations in various collections and List of organ compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach#Chorale Preludes.
10	BD	Bach Digital Work page

Legend for abbreviations in "Scoring" column

Voices (see also SATB)
a	A	b	B	s	S	t	T	v			V
alto (solo part)	alto (choir part)	bass (solo part)	bass (choir part)	soprano (solo part)	soprano (choir part)	tenor (solo part)	tenor (choir part)	voice (includes parts for unspecified voices or instruments as in some canons)			vocal music for unspecified voice type
Winds and battery (bold = soloist)
Bas	Bel	Cnt	Fl	Hn	Ob	Oba	Odc	Tai	Tbn	Tdt	Tmp	Tr
bassoon (can be part of Bc, see below)	bell(s) (musical bells)	cornett, cornettino	flute (traverso, flauto dolce, piccolo, flauto basso)	natural horn, corno da caccia, corno da tirarsi, lituo	oboe	oboe d'amore	oboe da caccia	taille	trombone	tromba da tirarsi	timpani	tromba (natural trumpet, clarino trumpet)
Strings and keyboard (bold = soloist)
Bc		Hc	Kb	Lu	Lw	Org	Str	Va	Vc	Vdg	Vl	Vne
basso continuo: Vdg, Hc, Vc, Bas, Org, Vne and/or Lu		harpsichord	keyboard (Hc, Lw, Org or clavichord)	lute, theorbo	Lautenwerck (lute-harpsichord)	organ (/man. = manualiter, without pedals)	strings: Vl I, Vl II and Va	viola(s), viola d'amore, violetta	violoncello, violoncello piccolo	viola da gamba	violin(s), violino piccolo	violone, violone grosso

Background colours

Colour	Meaning
green	extant or clearly documented partial or complete manuscript (copy) by Bach and/or first edition under Bach's supervision
yellow	extant or clearly documented manuscript (copy) or print edition, in whole or in part, by close relative, i.e. brother (J. Christoph), wife (A. M.), son (W. F. / C. P. E. / J. C. F. / J. Christian) or son-in-law (Altnickol)
orange-brown	extant or clearly documented manuscript (copy) by close friend and/or pupil (Kellner, Krebs, Kirnberger, Walther, ...), or distant family member

Songs, arias and Quodlibet in Chapter 6 of BWV^2a

BWV	^2a	Date	Name	Key	Scoring	BG	NBE	Additional info	BD
439	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Ach, dass nicht die letzte Stunde" (Schemelli #831; tune #56)		V Bc	39: 279	III/2.1: 210	↔ Z 6721; text by Neumeister	00509
440	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Auf, auf! die rechte Zeit ist hier" (Schemelli #171; tune #11)		V Bc	39: 279	III/2.1: 123	↔ Z 705; text by Opitz	00510
441	6.	c. 1735 or earlier	chorale setting "Auf, auf, mein Herz, mit Freuden"	F maj.	SATB		III/2.1: 67	after Z 5243; text by Gerhardt	00511
		1735–1736 or earlier	song "Auf, auf, mein Herz, mit Freuden" (Schemelli #320; tune #27)		V Bc	39: 279	III/2.1: 152
442	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Beglückter Stand getreuer Seelen" (Schemelli #570; tune #39)		V Bc	39: 280	III/2.1: 176	after Z 5970; text by Bonin [de]	00512
443	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Beschränkt, ihr Weisen dieser Welt" (Schemelli #689; tune #47)		V Bc	39: 280	III/2.1: 192	↔ Z 7765; text by Wegleiter [wikisource:de]	00513
444	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Brich entzwei, mein armes Herze" (Schemelli #303; tune #24)		V Bc	39: 280	III/2.1: 146	after Z 7110–7111a; → Z 7111b; text by Trommer [scores]	00514
445	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Brunnquell aller Güter" (Schemelli #335; tune #29)		V Bc	39: 281	III/2.1: 156	after Z 6252b; text by Franck, J.	00515
446	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Der lieben Sonnen Licht und Pracht" (Schemelli #39; tune #2)		V Bc	39: 281	III/2.1: 106	after Z 5659; text by Scriver	00516
447	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Der Tag ist hin, die Sonne gehet nieder" (Schemelli #40; tune #3)		V Bc	39: 281	III/2.1: 108	after Z 923; ↔ BWV 297; text by Rube [fr]	00517
448	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Der Tag mit seinem Lichte" (Schemelli #43; tune #4)		V Bc	39: 282	III/2.1: 110	after Z 7512b; text by Gerhardt	00518
449	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Dich bet ich an, mein höchster Gott" (Schemelli #396; tune #31)		V Bc	39: 282	III/2.1: 160	↔ Z 2437; text by Olearius, J. G. [de]^[5]	00519
450	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Die bittre Leidenszeit beginnet abermal" (Schemelli #258; tune #17)		V Bc	39: 282	III/2.1: 134	after Z 7429; text by Elmenhorst [de]	00520
451	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Die güldne Sonne" (Schemelli #13; tune #1)		V Bc	39: 283	III/2.1: 104	after Z 8015; text by Gerhardt	00521
452	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Dir, dir, Jehova, will ich singen" (Schemelli #397; tune #32)		V Bc	39: 284	III/2.1: 162	after BWV 299; → Z 3068; text by Crasselius	00522
453	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Eins ist not! ach Herr, dies Eine" (Schemelli #112; tune #7)		V Bc	39: 284	III/2.1: 116	↔ Z 7129; text by Schröder [scores]	00523
454	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Ermuntre dich, mein schwacher Geist" (Schemelli #187; tune #12)		V Bc	39: 284	III/2.1: 124	after Z 5741; text by Rist	00524
455	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Erwürgtes Lamm, das die verwahrten Siegel" (Schemelli #580; tune #43)		V Bc	39: 285	III/2.1: 184	after Z 3138; text by Bonin [de]	00525
456	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Es glänzet der Christen inwendiges Leben" (Schemelli #572; tune #40)		V Bc	39: 285	III/2.1: 178	after Z 6969; text by Richter	00526
457	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Es ist nun aus mit meinem Leben" (Schemelli #847; tune #57)		V Bc	39: 286	III/2.1: 212	after Z 6969; text by Omeis [de]	00527
458	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Es ist vollbracht! Vergiss ja nicht dies Wort" (Schemelli #306; tune #25)		V Bc	39: 286	III/2.1: 148	after Z 2692; text by Schmidt [scores]	00528
459	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Es kostet viel, ein Christ zu sein" (Schemelli #522; tune #38)		V Bc	39: 286	III/2.1: 174	after Z 2727; text by Richter	00529
460	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Gib dich zufrieden und sei stille" (Schemelli #647; tune #45)		V Bc	39: 288	III/2.1: 188	after Z 7415; text by Gerhardt	00530
461	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Gott lebet noch" (Schemelli #488; tune #37)		V Bc	39: 288	III/2.1: 172	after Z 7951; ↔ BWV 320; text by Zihn [de]	00531
462	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Gott wie groß ist deine Güte" (Schemelli #360; tune #30)		V Bc	39: 289	III/2.1: 158	text by Schemelli; → Z 7937	00532
463	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Herr, nicht schicke deine Rache" (Schemelli #78; tune #5)		V Bc	39: 289	III/2.1: 112	after Z 6863; text by Opitz	00533
464	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Ich bin ja, Herr, in deiner Macht" (Schemelli #861; tune #58)		V Bc	39: 290	III/2.1: 214	after Z 5869a; text by Dach	00534
465	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Ich freue mich in dir" (Schemelli #194; tune #13)		V Bc	39: 290	III/2.1: 126	after Z 5138; text by Ziegler, C.	00535
466	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Ich halte treulich still" (Schemelli #657; tune #46)		V Bc	39: 290	III/2.1: 190	text by Till [scores]; → Z 5082	00536
467	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Ich lass dich nicht" (Schemelli #734; tune #51)		V Bc	39: 291	III/2.1: 200	after Z 7455; text by Deßler [de]	00537
468	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Ich liebe Jesum alle Stund" (Schemelli #737; tune #52)		V Bc	39: 291	III/2.1: 202	after Z 4731; → Z 4732	00538
469	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier" (Schemelli #195; tune #14)		V Bc	39: 292	III/2.1: 128	↔ Z 4663; text by Gerhardt	00539
476	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Ihr Gestirn, ihr hohlen Lüfte" (Schemelli #197; tune #15)		V Bc	39: 294	III/2.1: 130	after Z 3703; text by Franck, J.	00546
471	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Jesu, deine Liebeswunden" (Schemelli #139; tune #10)		V Bc	39: 292	III/2.1: 122	text by Wegleit. [wikisource:de]?; → Z 1302	00541
470	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Jesu, Jesu, du bist mein" (Schemelli #741; tune #53)		V Bc	39: 292	III/2.1: 204	↔ BWV 357; → Z 6446	00540
472	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Jesu, meines Glaubens Zier" (Schemelli #119; tune #8)		V Bc	39: 293	III/2.1: 118	after Z 6453; text by Sacer	00542
473	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Jesu, meines Herzens Freud" (Schemelli #696; tune #48)		V Bc	39: 293	III/2.1: 194	after Z 4797–4798; text by Flittner [de]	00543
474	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Jesus ist das schönste Licht" (Schemelli #463; tune #33)		V Bc	39: 293	III/2.1: 164	after Z 6412; text by Richter	00544
475	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Jesus, unser Trost und Leben" (Schemelli #333; tune #28)		V Bc	39: 294	III/2.1: 154	after Z 4918; text by Homburg [de]	00545
477	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Kein Stündlein geht dahin" (Schemelli #869; tune #60)		V Bc	39: 294	III/2.1: 218	after 4243b; text by Franck, M.?	00547
478	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Komm, süßer Tod" (Schemelli #868; tune #59)		V Bc	39: 295	III/2.1: 216	→ Z 4400	00548
479	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Kommt, Seelen, dieser Tag" (Schemelli #936; tune #67)		V Bc	39: 295	III/2.1: 232	→ Z 5185; text by Löscher	00549
480	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Kommt wieder aus der finstern Gruft" (Schemelli #938; tune #68)		V Bc	39: 296	III/2.1: 234	→ Z 4709; text by Löscher	00550
481	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Lasset uns mit Jesu ziehen" (Schemelli #281; tune #18)		V Bc	39: 296	III/2.1: 136	after Z 7886b; ↔ BWV 413; text by Birken	00551
482	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Liebes Herz, bedenke doch" (Schemelli #467; tune #34)		V Bc	39: 297	III/2.1: 166	after Z 6434; text by Koitsch [de]	00552
483	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Liebster Gott, wann werd ich sterben" (Schemelli #873; tune #61)	E♭ maj.	V Bc	39: 297	III/2.1: 220	after Z 6634; text by Neumann	00553
484	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Liebster Herr Jesu, wo bleibst du so lange" (Schemelli #874; tune #62)		V Bc	39: 298	III/2.1: 222	↔ Z 3969; text by Weselowius [scores]	00554
485	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen" (Schemelli #761; tune #54)		V Bc	39: 298	III/2.1: 206	after Z 4932c; text by Fritsch	00555
488	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Meines Lebens letzte Zeit" (Schemelli #881; tune #63)		V Bc	39: 299	III/2.1: 224	after Z 6380; ↔ BWV 381	00558
486	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Mein Jesu, dem die Seraphinen" (Schemelli #121; tune #9)		V Bc	39: 298	III/2.1: 120	after Z 5988; text by Deßler [de]	00556
487	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Mein Jesu! was vor Seelenweh" (Schemelli #283; tune #19)		V Bc	39: 299	III/2.1: 138	text by Schemelli?; → Z 8383	00557
489	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Nicht so traurig, nicht so sehr" (Schemelli #574; tune #41)		V Bc	39: 300	III/2.1: 180	after Z 3342; text by Gerhardt?	00559
490	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Nur mein Jesus ist mein Leben" (Schemelli #700; tune #49)		V Bc	39: 300	III/2.1: 196	after Z 8404c	00560
491	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "O du Liebe meiner Liebe" (Schemelli #284; tune #20)		V Bc	39: 300	III/2.1: 140	after Z 6693; text by Senitz [Wikidata]^[6]	00561
492	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "O finstre Nacht, wenn wirst du doch vergehen" (Schemelli #891; tune #64)		V Bc	39: 301	III/2.1: 226	↔ Z 6171; text by Breithaupt [scores]	00562
493	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "O Jesulein süß, o Jesulein mild" (Schemelli #203; tune #16)		V Bc	39: 302	III/2.1: 132	after Z 2016a; text by Thilo [de]	00563
494	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "O liebe Seele, zieh die Sinnen" (Schemelli #575; tune #42)		V Bc	39: 302	III/2.1: 182	→ Z 7787	00564
495	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "O wie selig seid ihr doch, ihr Frommen" (Schemelli #894; tune #65)		V Bc	39: 302	III/2.1: 228	after Z 1583; ↔ BWV 405; text by Dach	00565
496	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Seelenbräutigam" (Schemelli #472; tune #35)		V Bc	39: 303	III/2.1: 168	after Z 3255a–b; ↔ BWV 409; text by Drese	00566
497	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Seelenweide" (Schemelli #710; tune #50)		V Bc	39: 303	III/2.1: 198	after Z 1286; text by Drese	00567
499	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Sei gegrüßet, Jesu gütig" (Schemelli #293; tune #22)		V Bc	39: 304	III/2.1: 143	after Z 3889b; ↔ BWV 410; text by Keymann	00569
498	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Selig, wer an Jesum denkt" (Schemelli #292; tune #21)		V Bc	39: 304	III/2.1: 142	→ Z 4846	00568
500	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "So gehst du nun, mein Jesu hin" (Schemelli #296; tune #23)		V Bc	39: 304	III/2.1: 144	after Z 7631b; ↔ BWV 500a; text by Nachtenhöfer [de]	00570
501	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "So gibst du nun, mein Jesu, gute Nacht" (Schemelli #315; tune #26)		V Bc	39: 304	III/2.1: 150	after Z 849; ↔ BWV 412; text by Pfeiffer [de]	00572
502	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "So wünsch ich mir zu guter Letzt" (Schemelli #901; tune #66)		V Bc	39: 305	III/2.1: 230	↔ Z 5892; text by Rist	00573
503	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Steh ich bei meinem Gott" (Schemelli #945; tune #69)		V Bc	39: 305	III/2.1: 236	after Z 5207; text by Herrnschmidt [de]	00574
504	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Vergiss mein nicht, dass ich dein nicht vergesse" (Schemelli #475; tune #36)		V Bc	39: 306	III/2.1: 170	after Z 4779; text by Arnold	00575
505	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Vergiss mein nicht, ..., Mein allerliebster Gott" (Schemelli #627; tune #44)		V Bc	39: 306	III/2.1: 186	text by Arnold; → Z 4233	00576
506	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Was bist du doch, o Seele, so betrübt" (Schemelli #779; tune #55)	A min.	V Bc	39: 307	III/2.1: 208	after Z 1837; ↔ BWV 424; text by Schultt, R. F. [scores]	00577
507	6.	1735–1736 or earlier	song "Wo ist mein Schäflein, das ich liebe" (Schemelli #108; tune #6)		V Bc	39: 308	III/2.1: 114	after Z 5958a; text by Schultt, J. P. [scores]	00578
508	6.	1718-11-16 (GHS) after 1733–1734 (AMB)	Notebook A. M. Bach (1725) No. 25: aria "Bist du bei mir"	E♭ maj.	V Bc	43^2: 36 39: 309	V/4: 102	after Stölzel (Diomedes)	00579
509	6.	1725–1733 (AMB)	Notebook A. M. Bach (1725) No. 41: aria "Gedenke doch, mein Geist, zurücke"		V Bc	43^2: 52 39: 310	V/4: 128		00580
510	6.	1725–1733	Notebook A. M. Bach (1725) No. 12: song "Gib dich zufrieden und sei stille"	F maj.	V Bc	43^2: 30 39: 311	V/4: 91		00581
511	6.	1725–1733	Notebook A. M. Bach (1725) No. 13a: song "Gib dich zufrieden und sei stille"	G min.	V Bc	43^2: 31 39: 287	V/4: 91	text by Gerhardt; → BWV 512	00582
512	6.	1725–1733	Notebook A. M. Bach (1725) No. 13b: song "Gib dich zufrieden und sei stille"	E min.	V Bc	43^2: 31 39: 287	V/4: 91	after BWV 511; ↔ BWV 315, Z 7417a; text by Gerhardt	00583
513	6.	1725–1733 (AMB)	Notebook A. M. Bach (1725) No. 42: song "O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort"		V Bc	43^2: 52 39: 301	V/4: 129	↔ BWV 397; text by Rist	00584
514	6.	1725–1733 (AMB)	Notebook A. M. Bach (1725) No. 35: song "Schaffs mit mir, Gott"		V Bc	43^2: 48 39: 303	V/4: 125	text by Schmolck	00585
515	6.	after 1733–1734	Notebook A. M. Bach (1725) No. 20a: aria "So oft ich meine Tobackspfeife"	D min.	V Bc	43^2: 34	V/4: 98	by Bach, G. H.?; → BWV 515a	00586
515a	6.	after 1733–1734	Notebook A. M. Bach (1725) No. 20b: aria "So oft ich meine Tobackspfeife"	G min.	V Bc	43^2: 34 39: 309	V/4: 98	after BWV 515	00587
516	6.	after 1733–1734 (AMB)	Notebook A. M. Bach (1725) No. 33: aria "Warum betrübst du dich"		V Bc	43^2: 46 39: 307	V/4: 121		00588
517	6.	after 1733–1734 (AMB)	Notebook A. M. Bach (1725) No. 40: song "Wie wohl ist mir, o Freund der Seelen"		V Bc	43^2: 51 39: 307	V/4: 128	text by Deßler [de]	00589
518	6.	after 1725	Notebook A. M. Bach (1725) No. 37: aria "Willst du dein Herz mir schenken" a.k.a. "Aria di G(i)ovannini"		V Bc	43^2: 49 39: 311	V/4: 126		00590
519	6.	c.1736?	Five Hymns from SBB Bach P 802 No. 1: "Hier lieg ich nun, o Vater aller Gnaden"		V Bc			by Krebs, J. L.?; in Spitta III, pp. 401–403	00591
520	6.	c.1736?	Five Hymns from SBB Bach P 802 No. 2: "Das walt mein Gott, Gott Vater, Sohn und heilger Geist"		V Bc			by Krebs, J. L.?; in Spitta III, pp. 401–403	00592
521	6.	c.1736?	Five Hymns from SBB Bach P 802 No. 3: "Gott, mein Herz dir Dank zusendet"		V		III/3	by Krebs, J. L.?; in Spitta III, pp. 401–403	00593
522	6.	c.1736?	Five Hymns from SBB Bach P 802 No. 4: "Meine Seele, lass es gehen, wie es in der Welt jetzt geht"		V			by Krebs, J. L.?; in Spitta III, pp. 401–403	00594
523	6.	c.1736?	Five Hymns from SBB Bach P 802 No. 5: "Ich gnüge mich an meinem Stande"		V			by Krebs, J. L.?; in Spitta III, pp. 401–403	00595
524	6.	1707 – July 1708	Quodlibet (incomplete; wedding?)		SATB (SBBB) Bc	NBG 32^2	I/41: 69		00596

Sacred songs and arias from Schemelli's Songbook (BWV 439–507)

 

Title page of Georg Christian Schemelli's 1736 Songbook, containing 69 melodies for which Bach provided a melody and/or (improved) accompaniment

 

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See also: Schemellis Gesangbuch and List of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach printed during his lifetime § Spiritual songs and arias from Schemelli's Musicalisches Gesangbuch

The hymnal or song book known as Schemellis Gesangbuch, published 1736 in Leipzig by Georg Christian Schemelli, contained 954 hymns;^[7] 69 of these, listed here, were accompanied by a melody and a figured bass.

• BWV 439 – Ach, dass nicht die letzte Stunde
• BWV 440 – Auf, auf! die rechte Zeit ist hier
• BWV 441 – Auf! auf! mein Herz, mit Freuden [commons]
• BWV 442 – Beglückter Stand getreuer Seelen
• BWV 443 – Beschränkt, ihr Weisen dieser Welt
• BWV 444 – Brich entzwei, mein armes Herze
• BWV 445 – Brunnquell aller Güter
• BWV 446 – Der lieben Sonnen Licht und Pracht
• BWV 447 – Der Tag ist hin, die Sonne gehet nieder
• BWV 448 – Der Tag mit seinem Lichte
• BWV 449 – Dich bet' ich an, mein höchster Gott
• BWV 450 – Die bittre Leidenszeit beginnet abermal
• BWV 451 – Die güldne Sonne voll Freud und Wonne
• BWV 452 – Dir, dir Jehovah, will ich singen
• BWV 453 – Eins ist Not! ach Herr, dies Eine
• BWV 454 – Ermuntre dich, mein schwacher Geist
• BWV 455 – Erwürgtes Lamm, das die verwahrten Siegel
• BWV 456 – Es glänzet der Christen
• BWV 457 – Es ist nun aus mit meinem Leben
• BWV 458 – Es ist vollbracht! vergiss ja nicht
• BWV 459 – Es kostet viel, ein Christ zu sein
• BWV 460 – Gib dich zufrieden und sei stille
• BWV 461 – Gott lebet noch; Seele, was verzagst du doch?
• BWV 462 – Gott, wie groß ist deine Güte
• BWV 463 – Herr, nicht schicke deine Rache
• BWV 464 – Ich bin ja, Herr, in deiner Macht
• BWV 465 – Ich freue mich in dir
• BWV 466 – Ich halte treulich still und liebe
• BWV 467 – Ich lass' dich nicht
• BWV 468 – Ich liebe Jesum alle Stund'
• BWV 469 – Ich steh' an deiner Krippen hier
• BWV 470 – Jesu, Jesu, du bist mein
• BWV 471 – Jesu, deine Liebeswunden
• BWV 472 – Jesu, meines Glaubens Zier
• BWV 473 – Jesu, meines Herzens Freud
• BWV 474 – Jesus ist das schönste Licht
• BWV 475 – Jesus, unser Trost und Leben
• BWV 476 – Ihr Gestirn', ihr hohen Lufte
• BWV 477 – Kein Stündlein geht dahin
• BWV 478 – Komm, süßer Tod, komm, selge Ruh
• BWV 479 – Kommt, Seelen, dieser Tag
• BWV 480 – Kommt wieder aus der finstern Gruft
• BWV 481 – Lasset uns mit Jesu ziehen
• BWV 482 – Liebes Herz, bedenke doch
• BWV 483 – Liebster Gott, wann werd' ich sterben?
• BWV 484 – Liebster Herr Jesu! wo bleibest du so lange?
• BWV 485 – Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen
• BWV 486 – Mein Jesu, dem die Seraphinen
• BWV 487 – Mein Jesu! was für Seelenweh
• BWV 488 – Meines Lebens letzte Zeit
• BWV 489 – Nicht so traurig, nicht so sehr
• BWV 490 – Nur mein Jesus ist mein Leben
• BWV 491 – O du Liebe meiner Liebe
• BWV 492 – O finstre Nacht
• BWV 493 – O Jesulein süß, o Jesulein mild
• BWV 494 – O liebe Seele, zieh' die Sinnen
• BWV 495 – O wie selig seid ihr doch, ihr Frommen
• BWV 496 – Seelen-Bräutigam, Jesu, Gottes Lamm
• BWV 497 – Seelenweide, meine Freude
• BWV 498 – Selig, wer an Jesum denkt
• BWV 499 – Sei gegrüßet, Jesu gütig
• BWV 500 – So gehst du nun, mein Jesu, hin
• BWV 501 – So giebst du nun, mein Jesu, gute Nacht
• BWV 502 – So wünsch' ich mir zu guter Letzt
• BWV 503 – Steh' ich bei meinem Gott
• BWV 504 – Vergiss mein nicht, dass ich dein nicht
• BWV 505 – Vergiss mein nicht, vergiss mein nicht
• BWV 506 – Was bist du doch, o Seele, so betrübet
• BWV 507 – Wo ist mein Schäflein, das ich liebe

Songs and arias from the second Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach (BWV 508–518)

 

So oft ich meine Tobackspfeife, BWV 515 (4:49)

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See also: Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach § Songs and arias, BWV 508–518

• BWV 508 – Bist du bei mir (on a melody by Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel)
• BWV 509 – Gedenke doch, mein Geist, aria
• BWV 510 – Gib dich zufrieden, chorale
• BWV 511 – Gib dich zufrieden, chorale
• BWV 512 – Gib dich zufrieden, chorale
• BWV 513 – O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, chorale
• BWV 514 – Schaffs mit mir, Gott, chorale
• BWV 515 – So oft ich meine Tobackspfeife, aria
• BWV 515a – So oft ich meine Tobackspfeife
• BWV 516 – Warum betrübst du dich, aria
• BWV 517 – Wie wohl ist mir, o Freund der Seelen
• BWV 518 – Willst du dein Herz mir schenken

Five hymns from a manuscript by Johann Ludwig Krebs (BWV 519–523)

Fünf geistliche Lieder are five hymns as collected by Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713–1780) and published by Breitkopf & Härtel in 1917.

• BWV 519 – Hier lieg ich nun
• BWV 520 – Das walt' mein Gott
• BWV 521 – Gott mein Herz dir Dank
• BWV 522 – Meine Seele, lass es gehen
• BWV 523 – Ich gnüge mich an meinem Stande

Quodlibet (BWV 524)

• BWV 524 – Wedding Quodlibet (fragment)

Added to the BWV catalogue in the 21st century (BWV 1127)

• BWV 1127 – "Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn' ihn" (strophic aria composed in Weimar in 1713, rediscovered in 2005)^[8]

Doubtful works from BWV Anh. II (BWV Anh. 32–41)

BWV Anh. II lists eight songs in Christian Hofmann von Hofmannswaldau's Deutsche Übersetzungen und Gedichte and two in Sperontes' Singende Muse an der Pleiße as possibly composed by Bach.

From Deutsche Übersetzungen und Gedichte

See also: Scores:7 Geistliche Oden und ein Gedicht, BWV Anh.32-39 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)

• BWV Anh. 32 – Sacred Song "Getrost mein Geist, wenn Wind und Wetter krachen" (doubtful)
• BWV Anh. 33 – Sacred song "Mein Jesus, spare nicht" (doubtful)
• BWV Anh. 34 – Sacred Song "Kann ich mit einem Tone" (doubtful)
• BWV Anh. 35 – Sacred Song "Meine Seele lass die Flügel" (doubtful)
• BWV Anh. 36 – Sacred song "Ich stimm' itzund ein Straff-Lied an" (doubtful)
• BWV Anh. 37 – Sacred song "Der schwarze Flügel trüber Nacht" (doubtful)
• BWV Anh. 38 – Sacred song "Das Finsterniß tritt ein" (doubtful)
• BWV Anh. 39 – Song "Ach was wollt ihr trüben Sinnen" (doubtful)

From Singende Muse an der Pleiße

• BWV Anh. 40 – Song "Ich bin nun wie ich bin" [scores] (Text lost; doubtful)
• BWV Anh. 41 – Song "Dir zu Liebe, wertes Herze" [scores] (doubtful)

Spurious work from BWV Anh. III (BWV Anh. 158)

• BWV Anh. 158 – Aria "Andro dall' colle al prato", by Johann Christian Bach

Other BWV numbers referring to a single aria

In the church cantata range of BWV numbers (BWV 1–200):

• BWV 53 – "Schlage doch, gewünschte Stunde" (probably spurious, by Melchior Hoffmann)
• BWV 200 – "Bekennen will ich seinen Namen" (based on an aria included in Ein Lämmlein geht und trägt die Schuld, a passion-oratorio by Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel)

References

1. (BWV^2a) Alfred Dürr, Yoshitake Kobayashi (eds.), Kirsten Beißwenger. Bach Werke Verzeichnis: Kleine Ausgabe, nach der von Wolfgang Schmieder vorgelegten 2. Ausgabe. Preface in English and German. Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1998. ISBN 3765102490 - ISBN 978-3765102493, pp. 304–310
2. Bach Digital Work 01307 at www.bachdigital.de
3. Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, .../Prefaces, .../Thematic Catalogue: documentation and facsimiles at the International Music Score Library Project
4. Neue Bach-Ausgabe: documentation at the International Music Score Library Project
5. Leaver, Robin A., ed. (2016). The Routledge Research Companion to Johann Sebastian Bach. Taylor & Francis. pp. 153–154. ISBN 9781315452807.
6. Pietrzak, Ewa (2014). "Schlesier in den deutschen Sprachgesellschaften des 17. Jahrhunderts" [Silesians in the German-speaking communities of the 17th century]. In Garber, Klaus; Wismann, Heinz; Siebers, Winfried (eds.). Europäische Sozietätsbewegung und demokratische Tradition: Die europäischen Akademien der Frühen Neuzeit zwischen Frührenaissance und Spätaufklärung. Frühe Neuzeit (in German). Vol. 26–27. Walter de Gruyter. p. 1296. ISBN 9783110963243.
7. Georg Christian Schemelli, editor; Johann Sebastian Bach, composer and arranger. Musicalisches Gesang-Buch, darinnen 954 geistreiche, sowohl alte als neue Lieder und Arien, mit wohlgesetzten Melodien, in Discont und Baß, befindlich sind: Vornehmlich denen Evangelischen Gemeinen im Stifte, Naumburg-Zeitz gewidmet. Leipzig: Bernhard Christoph Breitkopf, 1736
8. "Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn' ihn (aria) BWV 1127". Bach Digital. Leipzig: Bach Archive; et al. 30 March 2020.

External links

• Songs and Arias (BWV 439–518), Sacred songs (BWV 519–523), Quodlibet (BWV 524): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
• Schemellis Gesangbuch BWV 439–507 with scores and videos for each song
• (MP3) Bach Solo Songs, 27 November 2016: Devotional songs, as well as their counterparts in chorus, and classic Bach instrumentals at lottelehmannleague.org/singing-sins-archive (Hawaii Public Radio broadcast)