Second Sunday in Advent.

Salomo Franck, Evangelische Sonn-und Fest-Tages-Andachten (Weimar and Jena, 1717); Facs: Neumann T, p. 290.

6. Christian Keymann, verse 5 of "Meinen Jesum laß ich nicht," 1658 (Fischer-Tümpel, IV, #13).

6 December 1716, Weimar; 1-6 → BWV 70/1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 11.

NBA I/1, Krit. Bericht.

1. Chorus (= BWV 70/1)

2. Aria (= BWV 70/3)

3. Aria (= BWV 70/5)

4. Aria (= BWV 70/8)

5. Aria (= BWV 70/10)

6. Chorale (= BWV 70/11)

1. Unlike Weimar, Leipzig permitted no cantatas on the second, third, and fourth Sundays in Advent. Hence, this cantata in its enlarged version was designed for the Twenty-sixth Sunday after Trinity.

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