Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 303 (Johann Sebastian Bach)

Music files

In German

(Posted 2020-12-04) CPDL #61763:

Editor: Mark Thijs (submitted 2020-12-04). Score information: A4, 1 page Copyright: CC BY NC SA

Edition notes: Text of all 4 verses of the original Luther chorale added.

(Posted 2020-09-10) CPDL #60509:

Editor: Joseph Svendsen (submitted 2020-09-10). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 20 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes:

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(Posted 2024-07-06) CPDL #81218:

Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2024-07-06). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 60 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: The hymn with harmony and underlaid words translated by Frederic Henry Hedge as A mighty fortress is our God in the version published in The Hymnal 1982.

(Posted 2024-07-06) CPDL #81217:

Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2024-07-06). Score information: A4, 1 page, 145 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: The hymn translated by Frederic Henry Hedge as A mighty fortress is our God in the version published in The Hymnal 1982, melody with words.

(Posted 2022-11-08) CPDL #71478:

Editor: Stuart Moffatt (submitted 2022-11-08). Score information: A4, 1 page, 203 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: This is Martin Luther's hymn as arranged by Bach edited for the English translation of Thomas Carlyle. Note that it is in C not the more usual D major.

(Posted 2012-07-22) CPDL #26813:

Editor: Jan Pallas (submitted 2012-07-22). Score information: A4, 1 page, 35 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: With Frederic Hedge's translation.

General Information

Title: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott
Composer: Martin Luther
Arranger: Johann Sebastian Bach
Lyricist: Martin Luther

Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Chorale

Language: German
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1529
2nd published: 1786 in Vierstimmige Choralgesänge, Teil 3, no. 250
3rd published: 1892 in Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 39
4th published: 1898 in 389 Choralgesänge, no. 75
Opus: BWV 303
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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Ein feste Burg.