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List of songs and arias by Johann Sebastian Bach

List of songs and arias by Johann Sebastian Bach

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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

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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

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)

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)

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

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

  • 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)

Other BWV numbers referring to a single aria

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


References

  1. (BWV2a) 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. Leaver, Robin A., ed. (2016). The Routledge Research Companion to Johann Sebastian Bach. Taylor & Francis. pp. 153154. ISBN 9781315452807.
  4. 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.

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