Jesu, der du meine Seele, BWV 78

{{Short description|1641 Lutheran hymn in German}} {{good article}} {{Infobox Bach composition | title = {{lang|de|Jesu, der du meine Seele}} | bwv = 78 | type = Chorale cantata | composer = J. S. Bach | image = Rist Johann.jpg | caption = Johann Rist, the author of the hymn | occasion = 14th Sunday after Trinity | performed = {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1724|09|10|df=y}}|location=Leipzig}} | movements = seven | chorale = {{based on|"{{langr|de|Jesu, der du meine Seele}}"|Johann Rist}} | vocal = {{abbr|SATB|soprano, alto, tenor and bass}} choir and solo | instrumental = {{hlist | horn | flauto traverso | 2 oboes | 2 violins | viola | violone | continuo }} }} '''{{lang|de|Jesu, der du meine Seele}}''' (Jesus, you who [rescued] my soul),{{sfn|Dellal|2024}} '''{{abbr|BWV|Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (catalogue of Bach's works)}}{{nbsp}}78''', is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in Leipzig for the 14th Sunday after Trinity and first performed it on 10 September 1724. It is based on the 1641 hymn by Johann Rist, "{{langr|de|Jesu, der du meine Seele}}", for which it is named. The topic of the chorale, the Passion of Jesus cleansing the believer, is only distantly related to the Sunday's readings.

{{lang|de|Jesu, der du meine Seele}} belongs to Bach's chorale cantata cycle, the second cycle during his tenure as Thomaskantor that began in 1723. The text retains the first and last stanza of the hymn unchanged, while the text of the inner stanzas was paraphrased by an unknown librettist into a sequence of five movements of alternating arias and recitatives, retaining several more lines from the original chorale. The first movement is a chorale fantasia in passacaglia form, and the work is closed by a four-part chorale setting.

The cantata is scored for four vocal soloists, a four-part choir, and a Baroque instrumental ensemble of flauto traverso, two oboes, strings and basso continuo, with a horn in the opening chorus. Bach achieved expression of contrasting affects in dramatic recitatives, anguish in "contrapuntal density"{{sfn|Leininger|1999}} and accessible arias illustrating hope.

== History and words == Bach composed {{lang|de|Jesu, der du meine Seele}} in his second year in Leipzig when he wrote an annual cycle of chorale cantatas. For the 14th Sunday after Trinity, 10 September 1724, he chose the chorale of Johann Rist, "{{langr|de|Jesu, der du meine Seele}}", in 12 stanzas, published in 1641.{{sfn|Bach Digital|2024}}{{sfn|Leininger|1999}} Rist wrote the text and probably also the melody.{{sfn|Chorale melody|2006}} The prescribed readings for the Sunday were from the Epistle to the Galatians, Paul's teaching on "works of the flesh" and "fruit of the Spirit" ({{Sourcetext|source=Bible|version=King James|book=Galatians|chapter=5|verse=16|range=–24}}), and from the Gospel of Luke, Cleansing ten lepers ({{Sourcetext|source=Bible|version=King James|book=Luke|chapter=17|verse=11|range=–19}}).{{sfn|Bach Digital|2024}}{{sfn|Dürr|1981}} The chorale seems only distantly related, dealing with the Passion of Jesus,{{sfn|Leininger|1999}} which cleanses the believer.{{sfn|Dürr|1981}}

An unknown librettist wrote the poetry for seven movements, retaining the first and last stanza for choral movements unchanged, and paraphrased the inner stanzas into a sequence of recitatives and arias, retaining some original lines. The second movement 2 corresponds to stanza 2 of the chorale, the third to stanzas 3–5, the fourth to stanzas 6–7, the fifth to stanzas 8–10, and the sixth to stanza 11.{{sfn|Bach Digital|2024}} The poet referred to sickness and healing in a few lines, more than the chorale does, such as "{{langr|de|Du suchst die Kranken}}" (you search for the sick).{{sfn|Dürr|1981}}

Bach led the Thomanerchor in the first performance on 10 September 1724. An additional autograph flauto traverso part indicates at another performance between 1736–1740, an autograph violone part a performance after 1745. The cantata was performed again around 1755 when C. F. Barth and C. F. Penzel were interim music directors.{{sfn|Bach Digital|2024}}

== Music == === Structure and scoring === Bach structured the cantata in seven movements and scored it for four vocal soloists (soprano, alto, tenor and bass), a four-part choir, and a Baroque instrumental ensemble of a horn (Co) to reinforce the chorale tune in the outer movements, flauto traverso (Ft), two oboes (Ob), two violins (Vl), viola (Va), violone (Vo) and basso continuo, including pipe organ.{{sfn|Bach Digital|2024}}{{sfn|Bischof|2024}}

In the following table of the movements, the scoring, keys and time signatures are taken from Alfred Dürr's ''Die Kantaten von J. S. Bach'', using the symbol for common time (4/4).{{sfn|Dürr|1981}} The instruments are shown separately for winds and strings, while the continuo, playing throughout, is not shown. {{Classical movement header | show_text_source = yes | work = {{lang|de|Jesu, der du meine Seele}} | instruments1 = Winds | instruments2 = Strings }} {{Classical movement row | number = 1 | title = {{langr|de|Jesu, der du meine Seele}} | text_source = Rist | type = Chorus | vocal = SATB | instruments1 = {{nowrap|Co Ft 2Ob}} | instruments2 = 2Vl Va | key = G minor | time = 3/4 }} {{Classical movement row | number = 2 | title = {{langr|de|Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsigen Schritten}} | text_source = anon. | type = Aria / duet | vocal = S A | instruments1 = | instruments2 = Vo | key = {{nowrap|B-flat major}} | time = {{music|common-time}} }} {{Classical movement row | number = 3 | title = {{langr|de|Ach! ich bin ein Kind der Sünden}} | text_source = anon. | type = Recitative | vocal = T | instruments1 = | instruments2 = | key = | time = {{music|common-time}} }} {{Classical movement row | number = 4 | title = {{langr|de|Das Blut, so meine Schuld durchstreicht}} | text_source = anon. | type = Aria | vocal = T | instruments1 = Ft | instruments2 = | key = G minor | time = 6/8 }} {{Classical movement row | number = 5 | title = {{langr|de|Die Wunden, Nägel, Kron und Grab}} | text_source = anon. | type = Recitative | vocal = B | instruments1 = | instruments2 = 2Vl Va | key = | time = {{music|common-time}} }} {{Classical movement row | number = 6 | title = {{langr|de|Nur du wirst mein Gewissen stillen}} | text_source = {{abbr|anon.|anonymous author}} | type = Aria | vocal = B | instruments1 = Ob | instruments2 = 2Vl Va | key = C minor | time = {{music|common-time}} }} {{Classical movement row | number = 7 | title = {{langr|de|Herr, ich glaube, hilf mir Schwachen}} | text_source = Rist | type = Chorale | vocal = SATB | instruments1 = Co Ft 2Ob | instruments2 = 2Vl Va | key = G minor | time = {{music|common-time}} }} {{End}}

=== Movements === The cantata is remarkable for its widely contrasting affects, painful intensity in "contrapuntal density" in the opening, accessible music in the arias, and dramatic intensity in the recitatives.{{sfn|Leininger|1999}} John Eliot Gardiner who conducted the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage in 2000 noted that "an exceptional level of inspiration is maintained through all its movements".{{sfn|Gardiner|2006}}

==== 1 ==== The opening chorus, "{{langr|de|Jesu, der du meine Seele ... herausgerissen}}" (Jesus, you, who my soul ... powerfully rescued).{{sfn|Dellal|2024}} is a chorale fantasia in the form of a {{lang|it|passacaglia}}. The theme, known as {{lang|la|passus duriusculus}} or chromatic fourth, appears 27 times, sometimes reversed, sometimes in different keys.{{sfn|Hofman|2015}} It is also used in the upper parts and in the voices.{{sfn|Leininger|1999}} In the first pages it appears twice in the bass (bars 1–9), then at the top of the texture played by the first oboe at bar 9. It appears in inverted form sung by the choir altos at bar 25 and, a bar later, by the tenors.{{sfn|Hofman|2015}} The theme is understood as a symbol of anguish.{{sfn|Leininger|1999}}

This passacaglia bass was already in use before Bach. He had used it first in movement 5 of his early cantata for Easter {{lang|de|''Christ lag in Todes Banden'', BWV 4 |italic=unset}}, and notably in {{lang|de|''Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen'', BWV 12 |italic=unset}}, which was a model for the {{lang|la|Crucifixus}} of his Mass in B minor.{{sfn|Gardiner|2006}}

The movement falls into sections for the lines of the chorale. Each section builds up from imitative entrances of the choir's lower voices leading to the sopranos singing the hymn tune as a {{langr|la|cantus firmus}}. A variety of motifs is used in the instrumental and lower vocal parts to express the meaning of the words,{{sfn|Leininger|1999}} following the doctrine of the affections, which stated that specific emotions could be aroused by appropriate musical gestures.{{sfn|Dissmore|2017}}

Gardiner wrote that the movement compares to the opening movements of both the ''St John Passion'' and the ''St Matthew Passion'' in "scale, intensity and power of expression".{{sfn|Gardiner|2006}}

==== 2 ==== The duet for soprano and alto, "{{langr|de|Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsigen Schritten, o Jesu, o Meister, zu helfen zu dir}}" (We hasten with weak, yet eager steps, O Jesus, O Master, to you for help),{{sfn|Dellal|2024}} speaks of rushing steps, shown predominantly in the figures of the continuo. Gardiner described it as "smile-inducing music".{{sfn|Gardiner|2006}}{{sfn|Quinn|2007}}

==== 3 ==== The tenor recitative, "{{langr|de|Ach! ich bin ein Kind der Sünden}}" (Alas! I am a child of sin),{{sfn|Dellal|2024}} begins and ends with lines quoted from the chorale.{{sfn|Dellal|2024}} It begins secco, but ends in an arioso. The tenor voice in Bach's works often stands for the "sinful human being"; the music expresses awareness of sinfulness in "audacious harmonies", according to Ulrich Leininger writing for Carus-Verlag.{{sfn|Leininger|1999}}

==== 4 ==== The aria, again for tenor, "{{langr|de|Das Blut, so meine Schuld durchstreicht, macht mir das Herze wieder leicht}}" (The blood that cancels my guilt makes my heart light again),{{sfn|Dellal|2024}} is accompanied by flute motifs to express the relief of the heart.{{sfn|Leininger|1999}}{{sfn|Gardiner|2006}}

==== 5 ==== The recitative for bass, "{{langr|de|Die Wunden, Nägel, Kron und Grab}}" (The wounds, nails, crown and grave),{{sfn|Dellal|2024}} is accompanied by strings, reminiscent of the {{langr|la|vox Christi}} (voice of Christ) in Bach's ''St Mathew Passion''.{{sfn|Leininger|1999}} It is marked with unusual precision: {{langr|it|vivace}}, {{langr|it|adagio}}, {{langr|it|andante}}, {{langr|it|con ardore}}. Bach achieved a dramatic impact, intensified by leaps in the vocal line. The end is a prayer set as an arioso with allusions to the chorale tune.{{sfn|Leininger|1999}}

==== 6 ==== The last aria, also for bass, "{{langr|de|Nun du wirst mein Gewissen stillen}}" (Now you will still my conscience),{{sfn|Dellal|2024}} is similar to a concerto for oboe and the voice.{{sfn|Leininger|1999}}

==== 7 ==== The closing chorale, "{{langr|de|Herr, ich glaube, hilf mir Schwachen, laß mich ja verzagen nicht}}" (Lord, I believe, help my weakness, let me never despair),{{sfn|Dellal|2024}} sets the original tune for four parts.{{sfn|Dürr|1981}} The instruments play {{langr|it|colla parte}} with the voices.{{sfn|Bischof|2024}} <score raw="1" vorbis="1"> \header { tagline = " " } \layout { indent = 0 \context { \Score \remove "Bar_number_engraver" } } global = { \key g \minor \numericTimeSignature \time 4/4 \set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t \set Timing.beamExceptions = #'()}

soprano = \relative c'' { \global d4 d a bes | c bes8 a a4 g\fermata | bes bes a g | fis g a2\fermata | d4 d a bes | c bes8 a a4 g\fermata | bes bes a g | fis g a2\fermata | a4 bes c a | bes a8 g g4 f\fermata | bes c d d | ees d8 c c4 bes\fermata | d d c d | bes c d2\fermata | d4 d c bes | a a g2\fermata \bar "|." }

alto = \relative c'' { \global g4 g a g | g g fis d | d ees ees8 d d c | c4 d d2 | d4 g fis g | g g fis d | d ees ees8 d d c | c4 d d2 | fis4 g g f | f f e c | f g8 a bes4 bes | bes bes a f | f f f8 ees d4 | d g fis2 | g4 g a g | g fis d2 }

tenor = \relative c' { \global bes8 c d4 d d | c8 d ees4 d8 c bes4 | g g g8 fis g4 | a bes fis2 | bes8 c d4 d d | c8 d ees4 d8 c bes4 | g g g8 fis g4 | a bes fis2 | d'4 d c c | bes8 c d4 c8 bes a4 | bes ees f f | es8 f g4 f8 ees d4 | bes bes a a | g8 bes a g a2 | bes8 c d4 ees d | ees d8 c b2 }

bass = \relative c' { \global g8 a bes4 fis g | ees c d g, | g'8 f ees d c d ees4 | a, g d'2 | g,8 a bes c d4 g8 f | ees d c4 d g, | g'8 f ees d c d ees4 | a, g d'2 | d4 g8 f ees4 f | d bes c f | d c bes bes'8 a | g f ees4 f bes, | bes8 c d ees f4 fis | g8 f! ees4 d2 | g8 a bes4 fis g | c, d g,2 }

\score { \new ChoirStaff << \new Staff \with { midiInstrument = "choir aahs" } << \new Voice = "soprano" { \voiceOne \soprano } \new Voice = "alto" { \voiceTwo \alto } >> \new Lyrics \lyricsto "soprano" { Herr, ich glau -- be, hilf mir _ Schwa -- chen, lass mich ja ver -- za -- gen nicht; du, du kannst mich stär -- ker _ ma -- chen, wenn mich Sünd und Tod an -- flicht. Dei -- ner Gü -- te will ich _ trau -- en, bis ich fröh -- lich wer de _ schau -- en dich, Herr Je -- su, nach dem Streit in der sü -- ßen E -- wig -- keit. } \new Staff \with { midiInstrument = "choir aahs" } << \clef bass \new Voice = "tenor" { \voiceOne \tenor } \new Voice = "bass" { \voiceTwo \bass } >> >> \layout { } \midi { \tempo 4=82 } } </score>

== Manuscripts and publication == The cantata's autograph score is lost. The first set of parts, copied essentially by Johann Andreas Kuhnau and Christian Gottlob Meißner with Bach supervising, was inherited by Anna Magdalena Bach and belonged to the Thomasschule already in 1750. It is held by the Bach Archive. Flute parts for movements 1 and 7 were added only for a performance after 1735.{{sfn|Leininger|1999}}

The cantata was first published in 1870 in the first complete edition of Bach's work, the ''Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe''. The volume in question was edited by Thomaskantor Wilhelm Rust.{{sfn|Leininger|1999}} In the ''Neue Bach-Ausgabe'' it was published in 1958, edited by Werner Neumann,{{sfn|Bach Digital|2024}}{{sfn|Leininger|1999}} with a critical report following in 1959.{{sfn|Bach Digital|2024}}

== Recordings == A list of recordings is provided on the Bach Cantatas Website.{{sfn|Oron|2024}}{{sfn|Muziekweb|2024}} Choirs singing with one voice per part (OVPP) and ensembles playing period instruments in historically informed performances are shown with a green background. {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="margin-right: 0;" |- |+ Recordings of ''Jesu, der du meine Seele'' |- ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Conductor / Choir / Orchestra ! scope="col" | Soloists ! scope="col" | Label ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Choir type ! scope="col" | Orch. type |- {{Cantata discography row | id = Werner | title = ''Les Grandes Cantates de J. S. Bach Vol. 7'' | conductor = {{sortname|Fritz|Werner}} | choir = Heinrich-Schütz-Chor Heilbronn | orchestra = Pforzheim Chamber Orchestra | soloists = {{plainlist| * soprano soloist from choir * Marga Höffgen * Helmut Krebs * Franz Kelch }} | label = Erato | year = 1960 | choir_type = | orchestra_type = }} {{Cantata discography row | id = Richter | title = ''Bach Cantatas Vol. 4 – Sundays after Trinity'' | conductor = {{sortname|Karl|Richter|dab=conductor}} | choir = Münchener Bach-Chor | orchestra = Münchener Bach-Orchester | soloists = {{plainlist| * Ursula Buckel * Hertha Töpper * John van Kesteren * Kieth Engen }} | label = Archiv Produktion | year = {{Start date|1961}} | choir_type = | orchestra_type = }} {{Cantata discography row | id = Gönnenwein | title = ''J. S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 78 & BWV 106'' | conductor = {{sortname|Wolfgang|Gönnenwein}} | choir = Süddeutscher Madrigalchor | orchestra = Consortium Musicum | soloists = {{plainlist| * Edith Mathis * Sybil Michelow * Theo Altmeyer * Franz Crass }} | label = EMI | year = {{Start date|1965}} | choir_type = | orchestra_type = }} {{Cantata discography row | id = Max | title = ''Bach: Das Kantatenwerk (7)'' | conductor = {{sortname|Hermann|Max}} | choir = Dormagener Kantorei | orchestra = Collegium Instrumentale Köln | soloists = {{plainlist| * Barbara Schlick * Hilke Helling * Lutz-Michael Harder * Berthold Possemeyer }} | label = FSM Candide | year = {{Start date|1975}} | choir_type = | orchestra_type = Period }} {{Cantata discography row | id = Harnoncourt | title = ''J. S. Bach: Das Kantatenwerk • Complete Cantatas • Les Cantates, Folge / Vol. 20'' | conductor = {{sortname|Nikolaus|Harnoncourt}} | choir = Tölzer Knabenchor | orchestra = {{nowrap|Concentus Musicus Wien}} | soloists = {{plainlist| * Wilhelm Wiedl, soloist of the Tölzer Knabenchor * Paul Esswood * Kurt Equiluz * Ruud van der Meer }} | label = Teldec | year = {{Start date|1977}} | choir_type = | orchestra_type = Period }} {{Cantata discography row | id = Mauersberger | title = ''Cantatas BWV 172 & BWV 78'' | conductor = {{sortname|Erhard|Mauersberger}} | choir = Thomanerchor | orchestra = Gewandhausorchester | soloists = {{plainlist| * Adele Stolte * Annelies Burmeister * Peter Schreier * Theo Adam }} | label = Eterna | year = {{Start date|1978}} | choir_type = | orchestra_type = }} {{Cantata discography row | id = Rilling | title = ''Die Bach Kantate Vol. 10'' | conductor = {{sortname|Helmuth|Rilling}} | choir = Gächinger Kantorei | orchestra = Bach-Collegium Stuttgart | soloists = {{plainlist| * Arleen Augér * Carolyn Watkinson * Aldo Baldin * Wolfgang Schöne }} | label = Hänssler | year = {{Start date|1979}} | choir_type = | orchestra_type = }} {{Cantata discography row | id = Rifkin | title = ''Bach: Das Kantatenwerk (7)'' | conductor = {{sortname|Joshua|Rifkin}} | choir = | orchestra = The Bach Ensemble | soloists = {{plainlist| * Julianne Baird * Allan Fast * Frank Kelley * Jan Opalach }} | label = Florilegium Digital | year = {{Start date|1988}} | choir_type = OVPP | orchestra_type = Period }} {{Cantata discography row | id = Leusink | title = ''Bach Edition Vol. 12 – Cantatas Vol. 6'' | conductor = {{sortname|Pieter Jan|Leusink}} | choir = Holland Boys Choir | orchestra = Netherlands Bach Collegium | soloists = {{plainlist| * Ruth Holton * Sytse Buwalda * Nico van der Meel * Bas Ramselaar }} | label = Brilliant Classics | year = {{Start date|1999}} | choir_type = | orchestra_type = Period }} {{Cantata discography row | id = Gardiner | title = ''Bach Cantatas Vol. 7: Ambronay / Bremen''{{sfn|Gardiner|2006}}{{sfn|Quinn|2007}} | conductor = {{sortname|John Eliot|Gardiner}} | choir = Monteverdi Choir | orchestra = English Baroque Soloists | soloists = {{plainlist| * Malin Hartelius * Robin Tyson * James Gilchrist * Peter Harvey }} | label = Soli Deo Gloria | year = {{Start date|2000}} | choir_type = | orchestra_type = Period }} {{Cantata discography row | id = Koopman | title = ''J. S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 12'' | conductor = {{sortname|Ton|Koopman}} | orchestra = Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir | soloists = {{plainlist| * Lisa Larsson * Annette Markert * Christoph Prégardien * Klaus Mertens }} | label = Antoine Marchand | year = {{Start date|2000}} | choir_type = | orchestra_type = Period }} {{Cantata discography row | id = Suzuki | title = ''J. S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 25 – Cantatas from Leipzig 1724 (BWV 78, 99, 114)'' | conductor = {{sortname|Masaaki|Suzuki}} | orchestra = Bach Collegium Japan | soloists = {{plainlist| * Yukari Nonoshita * Daniel Taylor * Makoto Sakurada * Peter Kooy }} | label = BIS | year = {{Start date|2003}} | choir_type = | orchestra_type = Period }} {{Cantata discography row | id = Beringer | title = ''Bach: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern – Cantata BWV 1, 48, 78 & 140'' | conductor = {{hs|Beringer, Karl-Friedrich}} {{nowrap|Karl-Friedrich Beringer}} | choir = Windsbacher Knabenchor | orchestra = Deutsche Kammer-Virtuosen Berlin | soloists = {{plainlist| * Sibylla Rubens * Rebecca Martin * Markus Schäfer * Klaus Mertens }} | label = Sony Music | year = {{Start date|2011}} | choir_type = | orchestra_type = }} |}

== References == {{reflist|20em}}

=== Cited sources === * {{cite web | url = http://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000097?lang=en | title = Jesu, der du meine Seele BWV 78; BC A 130 | website = Bach Digital | date = 2024 | ref = {{sfnref|Bach Digital|2024}} }} * {{cite web | last = Bischof | first = Walter F. | url = http://webdocs.cs.ualberta.ca/~wfb/cantatas/78.html | title = BWV 78 Jesu, der du meine Seele | work = University of Alberta | date = 2024 | access-date = 5 April 2010 }} * {{cite web | last = Dahn | first = Luke | url = http://www.bach-chorales.com/BWV0078_7.htm | title = BWV 78.7 | website = bach-chorales.com | date = 2024 | access-date = 2 September 2024 }} * {{cite web | last = Dellal | first = Pamela | author-link = Pamela Dellal | url = https://www.emmanuelmusic.org/bach-translations/bwv-78 | title = BWV 78 – "Jesu, der du meine Seele" | publisher = Emmanuel Music | date = 2024 | access-date = 2 September 2024 }} * {{cite book | last = Dissmore | first = Joshua L. | url = https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1384&context=research_scholarship_symposium | title = Baroque Music and the Doctrine of Affections: Putting the Affections into Effect | publisher = Cedarville University | date = 2017 | page = 5 }} * {{cite book | last = Dürr | first = Alfred | author-link = Alfred Dürr | url = https://archive.org/details/diekantatenvonjo0002durr/page/433 | title = Die Kantaten von Johann Sebastian Bach | date = 1981 | publisher = Deutscher Taschenbuchverlag | isbn = 3-423-04080-7 | volume = 1 | edition = 4 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/diekantatenvonjo0002durr/page/433 433–436] | language = de }} * {{Cite AV media notes | last = Gardiner | first = John Eliot | author-link = John Eliot Gardiner | url = https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_SDG124 | title = Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) / Cantatas Nos 17, 19, 25, 50, 78, 130 & 149 (Cantatas Vol 7) | publisher = Soli Deo Gloria (at Hyperion Records website) | date = 2006 | access-date = 3 September 2024 }} * {{cite book | url = https://vmirror.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/7/7b/IMSLP401176-PMLP149579-bach-78-score-modern-clefs.pdf | title = Jesu der du meine Seele | editor-last = Hofman | editor-first = Rutger | date = 2015 | pages = 3–5 }} * {{Cite book | last = Leininger | first = Ulrich | url = https://www.carusmedia.com/images-intern/medien//30/3107800/3107800x.pdf | chapter = Foreword | title = Johann Sebastian Bach / Jesu, der du meine Seele / Jesus, you have freed my spirit / BWV 78 | publisher = Carus-Verlag | date = 1999 | page = 4 | access-date = 3 September 2024 }} * {{cite web | last = Oron | first = Aryeh | url = http://www.bach-cantatas.com/BWV78.htm | title = Cantata BWV 78 Jesu, der du meine Seele | date = 2024 | website = Bach Cantatas Website | access-date = 3 September 2024 }} * {{cite web | last = Quinn | first = John | url = http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2007/Jan07/Bach_Cantatas7_SDG124.htm | title = Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) / The Bach Cantata Pilgrimage - Volume 7 | date = January 2007 | website = musicweb-international.com | access-date = 3 September 2024 }} * {{cite web | url = http://www.bach-cantatas.com/CM/Jesu-der-du-meine-Seele.htm | title = Chorale Melodies used in Bach's Vocal Works Jesu, der du meine Seele | publisher = Bach Cantatas Website | date = 2006 | access-date = 1 September 2010 | ref = {{sfnref|Chorale melody|2006}} }} * {{cite web | url = https://www.muziekweb.nl/en/Link/U00000587890/CLASSICAL/Cantata-for-soloists-4-choir-and-orchestra-BWV-78-%22Jesu-der-du-meine-Seele%22 | title = Cantata for soloists [4], choir and orchestra BWV.78, "Jesu, der du meine Seele" | website = Muziekweb | date = 2024 | access-date = 3 September 2024 | ref = {{sfnref|Muziekweb|2024}} }}

== External links == * {{IMSLP|work=Jesu, der du meine Seele, BWV 78 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)}} * [http://www.uvm.edu/~classics/faculty/bach/BWV78.html BWV 78 Jesu, der du meine Seele] English translation, University of Vermont * [https://www.jsbachcantatas.com/documents/chapter-14-bwv-78 Chapter Chapter 14 BWV 78 Jesu, der du meine Seele / Jesus, who has rent my soul.] Julian Mincham, 2010 * [https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en/bwv/bwv-78/ Jesu, der du meine Seele, BWV 78]: performance by the Netherlands Bach Society (video and background information)

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