Chorale Melodies used in Bach's Vocal Works
Alles ist an Gottes Segen

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

Melody & Text:

Melody: Zahn 3842f
Composer: Johann Löhner (1691)

Text: Alles ist an Gottes Segen (EG 352; ELG 76; Jesus unsere Freude! 453)
Author: Anon (Nürnberg, 1676)

Use of the Chorale Melody by Bach:

Text: Alles ist an Gottes Segen

Chorale Alles ist an Gottes Segen, BWV 263
Ref: RE 128; Br 128; Birnstiel 132; AmB 46II p.86 & p.115; Penzel 156; BGA 11; BC F12.1

This chorale survives without text. The text that appears here is the one provided by editors of the Bach Gesellschaft Ausgabe (BGA).
Measure 6 of this chorale contain parallel fifths between the soprano (E–D) and the tenor (A–G) where the former is a Re–Do anticipation figure and the latter is a delayed arrival of the seventh of a V7 chord. These "cadential parallels" are considered non–structural since they involve non–chord tones. Cadential parallels can be found in several chorales, most notably in BWV 40.8 where four instances occur.
While the parallels in this chorale appear in the Breitkopf edition and in the first appearance of the setting in the AmB 46II manuscript on page 85, they are "corrected" in the second appearance on page 115. The tenor’s G–F# sixteenths are changed to A–G sixteenths.
Source: bach-chorales.com by Luke Dahn

Use of the Chorale Melody by other composers:

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