Chorale Melody - Jesu, nun sei gepreiset

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Chorale Melodies used in Bach's Vocal Works Jesu, nun sei gepreiset
Melody & Text \| Use of the CM by Bach \| Use of the CM by other composers

Melody & Text:
Melody: Zahn: 8477a \| EKG: 39
The melody for this chorale is makes its initial appearance in “Ein schön geistlich Gesangbuch” by Melchior Vulpius, printed in Jena, 1609.

Text: Jesu, nun sei gepreiset
The chorale text is by Johannes Herman, variously documented as first appearing circa 1550 (EKG) or 1591/1593 (Alfred Dürr and BWV Verzeichnis), but in any case not written by another more famous Johann Heermann (with differences in spelling) (born 1585) who has achieved his fame with numerous chorale texts which are still being used today. The chorale cantata BWV 41 (1725) is based upon this CT: Jesu, nun sei gepreiset.

Use of the Chorale Melody by Bach:
Text: \| EKG:
Ver	Work	Mvt.	Year	Br	RE	KE	Di	BC	Score		Music Examples
1	BWV 41	Mvt. 1	1725	-	-	-	-	A22:1	-		Mvt. 1 (CCARH) [midi] \| Mvt. 1 (Leusink) [ram]
3	BWV 41	Mvt. 6	1725	11	204	11	131	A22:6	PDF \| PDF s		Mvt. 6 (CCARH) [midi] \| Mvt. 6 (MG) \| Mvt. 6 (MG) short [midi] \| Mvt. 6 (Leusink) [ram]
2	BWV 171	Mvt. 6	1729	11	104	-	131	A24:6	PDF		Mvt. 6 (MG) [midi] \| Mvt. 6 (Leusink) [ram]
2	BWV 190	Mvt. 7	1724	326	205	327	-	A21:7	PDF \| PDF ch		Mvt. 7 (MG) \| Mvt. 7 (MG) ch [midi] \| Mvt. 7 (Leusink) [ram]





Untexted:
Ver	Work	Mvt.	Year	Br	RE	KE	Di	BC	Score	Music Examples
- ¹	BWV 362	-	?	252	203	252	7	F118.1	PDF	Chorale (MG) [midi]
[1] BWV 362: probably from a lost cantata.


Use of the Chorale Melody by other composers:
Johann Hermann Schein (1586-1630): Jesu, nun sei gepreiset, SATB [bc] (1627) A ii/1, 26

Sources: NBA, vols. III/2.1 & 2.2 in particular [Bärenreiter, 1954 to present] and the BWV ("Bach Werke Verzeichnis") [Breitkopf & Härtel, 1998] The PDF files of the Chorales were contributed by Margaret Greentree J.S. Bach Chorales Software: Capella 2004 Software, version 5.1. Prepared by Thomas Braatz & Aryeh Oron (January 2006)
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