Es ist genug

"Es ist genug"
Lutheran hymn
Beginning of Bach's setting of "Es ist genug" as the closing chorale of Cantata 60
EnglishIt is enough
CatalogueZahn 7173
Written1662 (1662)
Textby Franz Joachim Burmeister
LanguageGerman
Based on1 Kings 19:4
Melodyby Johann Rudolph Ahle
Composed1662
Published1659 (1659)

"Es ist genug" ("It is enough") is a German Lutheran hymn, with text by Franz Joachim Burmeister, written in 1662.[1] The melody, Zahn No. 7173,[2] was written by Johann Rudolph Ahle who collaborated with the poet. It begins with a sequence of three consecutive rising whole tone intervals.

The hymn's last stanza was used by Johann Sebastian Bach as the closing chorale of his cantata O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, BWV 60. His setting has been quoted in music, notably in Alban Berg's Violin Concerto.[3][4]

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