Kantate, BWV 195 "Dem Gerechten muß das Licht"
Dem Gerechten muß das Licht, BWV 195, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach for a wedding. He composed it in Leipzig, possibly in 1727, but only the incomplete scores of later performances from the 1740s survived. It uses two verses from Psalm 97 for the opening movement, and the first stanza auf Paul Gerhardt's hymn "Nun danket all und bringet Ehr" for the closing chorale. The librettist of the other movements is unknown.
Movements
- Coro (Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass) "Dem Gerechten muß das Licht immer wieder aufgehen"
- Recitativo (Bass) "Dem Freudenlicht gerechter Frommen"
- Aria (Bass) "Rühmet Gottes Güt und Treu"
- Recitativo (Sopran) "Wohlan, so knüpfet denn ein Band"
- Coro (Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass) "Wir kommen, deine Heiligkeit"
- Choral "Nun danket all und bringet Ehr"