BWV 43

Werk BWV 43

Work BWV 43

Vocal Work Complete

About this Work

Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen ("God goes up with jubilation"[1] or "God has gone up with a shout"), BWV 43,[a] is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in Leipzig for the Feast of the Ascension and first performed it on 30 May 1726. It begins with a quotation from Psalm 47.

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