(4) COMPOSED AT CÖTHEN. (See also Nos. 22 and 23.)

No. Date. Title. Author of Libretto. Composition of the Text.
173 c. 1718. Birthday Serenade; new text (c. 1730) for Whit Monday. Erhötes Fleisch und Blut. The music of the Cantata is that of the Birthday Serenade, “Durehlaucht'-ster Leopold” (omitting numbers 5 and 6). Cantata text probably by Bach. Original throughout.
47 ?1720. Seventeenth S. after Trinity. Wer sich selbst erhöhet, der soll erniedriget werden (St. Luke xiv. 11). Johann Friedrich Helbig (“Aufmunterung zur Andacht,” Eisenach, 1720, p. 114. St. Luke xiv. 11; Stanza xi. of anonymous (?Hans Sachs) hymn, “Warum betrubst du dich, mein Herz”; rest original. S. B. Soli.
141 1721 or 1722. Third S. in Advent. Das ist je gewisslich wahr (I. Timothy i. 15). Johann Fr. Helbig Ibid., p. 5). Bach's authorship of the music is questioned (Bach-Jahrbuch, 1912). 1 Timothy i. 15; rest of libretto is original. The concluding Choral is omitted by Bach. It should be “Christe, du Lamm Gottes” (Spitta. ii. 15n.). A. T. B. Soli.
134 c. 1717-22. Secular Cantata; later adapted for Easter Tuesday (c. 1731). Ein Herz, das seinen Jesum lebend weiss. ?Bach Text original throughout. A. T. Soli.