Breitkopf and Haertel Urtext Editions

This mixed chorale cantata sets the first and last verses of the corresponding Luther chorale verbatim, but the other movements are free poetry based on the content of the chorale. The time of composition

These four quartets op. 92 were composed in 1884 during Brahms' summer stay in Mürzzuschlag, Austria. The opening piece, however, was a revision of an earlier vocal quartet composed in 1877. Brahms had

Originally for piano four hands and voices ad libitum, these Liebeslieder appear here for the first time as a modern Urtext edition in a hitherto little-known form for voices and piano two hands.

This cantata has survived without any information about the time of its composition, its purpose, or its scoring. The librettist is also unknown, although there is a comparatively similar text in the work