YEAR: 1741 (publication) CITY: Leipzig FIRST PERFORMANCE: 1741? SPECIAL NOTES: The Aria already appears in the Klavierbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach (1725). The complete aria with variations was published in 1741. Bach’s own copy of the publication contains many corrections, as well as 14 canons with the bass line itself as the theme. The discovery of this ’Handexemplar’ caused a sensation among Bach researchers in 1974.
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