Cantatas nos. 113-116

**Johann Sebastian Bach** (composer 1685-1750) composed his Cantatas nos. 113-116 in Leipzig for each Sunday after Trinity as chorale church cantatas scored in six movements.

BWV 113 is entitled *Herr Jesu Christ, du hochstes gut* (Lord Jesus Christ, O highest good) composed for the eleventh Sunday and first performed it on 20 August 1724, is based on the hymn by Bartholomäus Ringwaldt (1588).
BWV 114 is entitled *Ach, lieben Christen, seid getrost* (Ah, dear Christians, be comforted) composed for the 17th Sunday and first performed it on 1 October 1724.
BWV 115 is entitled *Mache dich, mein geist bereit* (Make yourself ready, my spirit) and composed for the 22nd Sunday and first performed it on 5 November 1724, is based on the hymn by Johann Burchard Freystein (1695).
BWV 116 is entitled *Du friedefurst, Herr Jesu Christ* (You Prince of Peace, Lord Jesus Christ) composed for the 25th Sunday is based upon Jakob Ebert's hymn and was first performance it on 26 November 1724.


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The Viennese **Edwin F. Kalmus** (b. Vienna 15 Dec 1893–d. New York 30 Apr 1989) founded a music publishing house in New York United States in 1926 concentrating on publishing classical musical works that had entered the public domain and making them widely available in inexpensive miniature reprint editions. However in 1976, the Kalmus company sold the study score, vocal, piano and chamber music titles to Belwin-Mills. The Kalmus Study Scores are a series of reduced size (mostly 5.25 by 7 inches) full scores in an easy-to-read format.