Chorale Melodies used in Bach's Vocal Works
Des heilgen Geistes reiche gnad

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

Melody & Text:

Melody: Zahn 3706
Johann Hermann Schein (1627), a modification of Spiritus sancti gratia

Text: Des heil'gen Geistes reiche gnad' (NLGB 126)
Author: Anon (Leipzig, 1582), after the Latin hymn Spiritus sancti gratia

Hymnal versions Bach may have known:

Melody & text of Des heilgen Geistes reiche gnad (NLGB 126) from the Neu Leipziger Gesangbuch, pp 394-396

Use of the Chorale Melody by Bach:

Text: Des heil'gen Geistes reiche gnad'

Chorale Des heilgen Geistes reiche Gnad, BWV 295
Ref: RE 207; Br 207; KE 63; AmB 46II p.154; Penzel 144; BGA 42; BC F178.1; CST 66

J.S. Bach adopted the the Leipzig (J.H. Schein, 1627) form of the melody in preference to the more popular version by Johann Crüger (Zahn 370c). which Reinmann 1747 uses.
Erk (No. 184), in E minor.

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)