Chorale Melodies used in Bach's Vocal Works
Weltlich Ehr und zeitlich Gut

Melody & Text | Use of the CM by Bach | Use of the CM by other composers

Melody & Text:

"Weltliche Ehr und zeitliche Gut" (Worldly honors and transient goods) is found in the (NLGB 240, Christian Life & Conduct), text Michael Weisse (c.1488-1534) Moravian hymnbook, Bohemian Brethern and Martyrs, 1531 (10 stanzas, http://www.hymnary.org/hymn/NGBS1813/514). The melody of Valentin Triller Ein Schlesich singbüchlein Breslau 1555 (descant of M. Weisse’s original tune, Zahn 4975) [originally attributed to Melchior Vulpius (c.1560-1615 Vögelin Gesangbuch 1563. J.S. Bach's 4-part chorale setting is BWV 426 (C Major, BCW http://www.bach-cantatas.com/INS/BWV426-00.htm. The chorale “Weltliche Ehr und zeitliche Gut" is listed in the Orgelbüchlein No. 92, “Christian Life and Conduct,” but was not set. “The hymn was not in Leipzig use in Bach’s period,” “nor does Schemelli 1736 include it” says Terry (Four-Part Chorals: Ibid., FN 366: 519). It is included in Freylinghausen Neues Geistreiches Gesangbuch &c, Halle 1741 (http://www.hymnary.org/person/Freylinghausen_JA) and Reimann Sammlung alter und neuer Melodien evangelischen Lieder 1747.
Source: Motets & Chorales for 1^st Sunday after Trinity (William L. Hoffman, June 9, 2011)

Melody: Zahn 4972
Composer: Valentin Triller (Breslau, 1555)

Text: Weltlich Ehr und zeitlich Gut (NLGB 240; NGBS 514)
Author: Michael Weisse (1531)

Use of the Chorale Melody by Bach:

Text: Weltlich Ehr und zeitlich Gut

Chorale Weltlich Ehr und zeitlich Gut, BWV 426
Ref: RE 211; Br 211; KE: 351; AmB 46II p.163; BGA 173; BC F 197.1

Use of the Chorale Melody by other composers:

Sources: Bach Digital; BGA; Zahn
Prepared by Aryeh Oron (October 2018)