| Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir | |
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BWV 130 | |
| Chorale cantata by J. S. Bach | |
 Paul Eber, the author of the hymn's text | |
| Occasion | Michaelmas, feast of the archangel Michael |
| Chorale | "Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir by Paul Eber |
| Performed | 29 September 1724: Leipzig |
| Movements | six |
| Vocal | SATB choir and solo |
| Instrumental | |
Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir (Lord God, we all praise you),[1] BWV 130, is a chorale cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach for the Feast of archangel Michael (German: Michaelis; 29 September). It is based on Paul Eber's 1554 Lutheran hymn about the angels in twelve stanzas "Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir", to a melody known in English as Old 100th. The cantata was performed on that feast day in 1724.
Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir' belongs to Bach's chorale cantata cycle, the second cycle during his tenure as Thomaskantor that began in 1723. The text retains the first and 11th stanza of the chorale unchanged, while the other stanzas were paraphrased into alternating recitatives and arias by an unknown librettist. The cantata is festively scored for SATB soloists and choir, three trumpets, timpani, flauto traverso, three oboes, strings and continuo.
A revised version of the cantata, BWV 130.2, was performed in Leipzig between 1732 and 1735. A manuscript which was likely written in the second half of the 18th century, contains two variant versions of the cantata. Whether Bach had anything to do with these versions is not known: a chorale setting which only occurs in these variants was adopted as No. 31 in second Anhang of the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis, that is the Anhang of doubtful works.