Chorale Melody - Jesus Christus unser Heiland, der den Tod uberwand

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Chorale Melodies used in Bach's Vocal Works Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der den Tod überwand
Melody & Text \| Use of the CM by Bach \| Use of the CM by other composers \| Arragements/Transcriptions

Melody & Text: Zahn: 1978 \| EKG: 77
Origin:
This chorale can be traced back to Martin Luther. Contrary to most of the other chorale melodies attributed to Luther (and usually Johann Walter), this is one of the few for which there are no earlier melodies, sacred or secular, upon which this might have been based. It appears for the first time in Wittenberg in 1529 in a collection by an editor Joseph Klug entitled Geistliche Lieder, a collection now considered irretrievably lost. The earliest printed form of the melody dates back to 1533 (also from Wittenberg) and appears thus


Use of the Chorale Melody by Bach:
Text: Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der den Tod überwand \| EKG: 77 Author: Martin Luther (1529)
None by Bach.

Untexted:
Ver	Work	Mvt.	Year	Br	RE	KE	Di	BC	Score	Music Examples
-	BWV 364	-	?	174	207	174	-	F120.1	PDF	Chorale (MG) [midi]
-	BWV 626	-	1713/15	-	-	-	-	K56	-
BWV 626: Orgelbüchlein No. 28



Use of the Chorale Melody by other composers:
Andreas Nicolaus Vetter (1666-1734): Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der den Tod überwand, Chorale Prelude for Organ

Arrangements/Transcriptions of Bach's use of the Chorale Melody:
See list of Piano Transcriptions of BWV 626 by various composers/arrangers at: Piano Transcriptions of Bach's Works - Index by BWV Number Part 4: Chorale Preludes for Organ

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 (February 2006, March 2008)
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