Die Elenden sollen essen, BWV 75

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Johann Sebastian Bach composed the church cantata Die Elenden sollen essen, BWV 75, for the first Sunday after Trinity. He led its first performance in Leipzig on 30 May 1723, his first Sunday in the position of Thomaskantor. The complex work is in two parts, each consisting of seven movements, and marks the beginning of his first annual cycle of cantatas.

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