Kantate, BWV 4.1 "Christ lag in Todesbanden" (early Mühlhausen version)

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Annotation

No autograph or original Mühlhausen score survives. Pitch, instrumentation and exact form of the work uncertain.

Annotation last modified on 2025-07-21 14:45 UTC.

Relationships

composed in:Mühlhausen, Thüringen (Thuringia), Germany (in 1707)
composer:Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1707)
librettist:Martin Luther (German theologian of the Reformation)
part of:Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (third edition, 2022, BWV³) (number: BWV 4.1) (order: 4)
Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (second edition, 1990, BWV²) (number: BWV 4) (order: 5)
Bach Compendium (number: BC A 54) (order: 58)
other databases:https://d-nb.info/gnd/1163766496 [info]
work list entry:https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000005 [info]
has revision:Kantate, BWV 4 "Christ lag in Todesbanden" (Leipzig version, commonly recorded)