BWV 56
Werk BWV 56
Work BWV 56
Vocal Work
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About this Work
Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen (lit. 'I will gladly carry the cross-staff'), BWV 56, is a church cantata composed by Johann Sebastian Bach for the 19th Sunday after Trinity. It was first performed in Leipzig on 27 October 1726. The composition is a solo cantata ( it is regarded as part of his third cantata cycle.