Chorale Melodies used in Bach's Vocal Works
Der du bist drei in Einigkeit

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

Melody & Text:

Hymns: communion and vespers: OB 54, “Der du bist drei Einigkeit” (Thou, who art Three in Unity; NLGB 420); Johann Hermann Schein music 1627, Luther text 1543 (3 stanzas); imitation of Gregorian hymn <O Lux beata Trinitas>; found as BWV 293 plain chorale in G Major;
Der du bist Drei in Einigkeit (Thou, who art Three in Unity) An imitation from the Gregorian hymn, “O lux beata trinitas.”. Harmony in von Tucher, 18—.
Source: Motets & Chorales for Trinity Sunday (William L. Hoffman, May 31, 2015)

Melody: Zahn 335, based on an earlier melody (Milan c650; Strasbourg 1545; Lucas Lossius 1553)
Composer: Johann Hermann Schein (1627)

Text: : Der du bist drei in Einigkeit (NLGB 137; EG 470)
Author: Martin Luther (1544), translation of the Latin hymn "O lux beata Trinitas" by Ambrosius)

Hymnal versions Bach may have known:

Melody & text of O lux beata trinitas (NLGB 127) from the Neu Leipziger Gesangbuch, pp 419-420

Use of the Chorale Melody by Bach:

Text: : Der du bist drei in Einigkeit

Chorale Der du bist drei in Einigkeit, BWV 293
Ref: RE 154; Br 154; KE 61; Birnstiel 158; AmB 46II p.114; Penzel 153; BGA 40; BC F42.1; CST 64

Use of the Chorale Melody by other composers:

Sources: Bach Digital; BGA; Zahn
Photos from Gottfried Vopelius Neu Leipziger Gesangbuch (Vopelius 1682), were taken from a digital copy of the book downloaded from Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München. This copy is Out of copyright - non commercial re-use (Europeana Rights).
Prepared by Aryeh Oron (October 2018)