Kantate, BWV 169 "Gott soll allein mein Herze haben"
Johann Sebastian Bach composed the church cantata Gott soll allein mein Herze haben (God alone shall have my heart), BWV 169, a solo cantata for an alto soloist, in Leipzig for the 18th Sunday after Trinity, and first performed it on 20 October 1726.
Movements
- Sinfonia
- Arioso (Alt) "Gott soll allein mein Herze haben"
- Aria (Alt) "Gott soll allein mein Herze haben"
- Recitativo (Alt) "Was ist die Liebe Gottes?"
- Aria (Alt) "Stirb in mir, Welt"
- Recitativo (Alt) "Doch meint es auch dabei"
- Choral "Du süße Liebe, schenk uns deine Gunst"