Lutheran Church Year
Dates of "Ostermontag" (Easter Monday, 2^nd Day of Easter)

Readings: Epistle: Acts 10: 34-43; Gospel: Luke 24: 13-35

Musical Context of Bach Cantatas: Motets & Chorales for Easter

Dates in the Lifetime of J.S. Bach

All dates are in ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DD.
Abbreviations of German weekdays: Sonntag, Montag, Dienstag, Mittwoch, Donnerstag, Freitag, Samstag.

1685-04-23 Mo
1686-04-15 Mo
1687-03-31 Mo
1688-04-19 Mo
1689-04-11 Mo
1690-03-27 Mo
1691-04-16 Mo
1692-04-07 Mo
1693-03-23 Mo
1694-04-12 Mo
1695-04-04 Mo
1696-04-23 Mo
1697-04-08 Mo
1698-03-31 Mo
1699-04-20 Mo
1700-04-12 Mo
1701-03-28 Mo
1702-04-17 Mo
1703-04-09 Mo
1704-03-24 Mo
1705-04-13 Mo
1706-04-05 Mo
1707-04-25 Mo
1708-04-09 Mo
1709-04-01 Mo
1710-04-21 Mo
1711-04-06 Mo
1712-03-28 Mo
1713-04-17 Mo
1714-04-02 Mo
1715-04-22 Mo
1716-04-13 Mo
1717-03-29 Mo
1718-04-18 Mo
1719-04-10 Mo
1720-04-01 Mo
1721-04-14 Mo
1722-04-06 Mo
1723-03-29 Mo
1724-04-10 Mo - Cantata BWV 66 Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen (1^st performance, Leipzig)
1725-04-02 Mo - Cantata BWV 6 Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden (1^st performance, Leipzig)
1726-04-22 Mo - J.L. Bach: Cantata Es ist aus der Angst und Gericht, JLB-10 (1^st performance, Leipzig)
1727-04-14 Mo
1728-03-29 Mo
1729-04-18 Mo - BWV Anh 190 Ich bin ein Pilgrim auf der Welt (1^st performance, Leipzig; Fragment) (?)
1730-04-10 Mo
1731-03-26 Mo - Cantata BWV 66 Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen (2^nd performance, Leipzig)
1732-04-14 Mo
1733-04-06 Mo
1734-04-26 Mo
1735-04-11 Mo - Cantata BWV 66 Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen (3^rd performance, Leipzig) (?)
1736-04-02 Mo
1737-04-22 Mo
1738-04-07 Mo
1739-03-30 Mo
1740-04-18 Mo
1741-04-03 Mo
1742-03-26 Mo
1743-04-15 Mo
1744-03-30 Mo
1745-04-19 Mo
1746-04-11 Mo
1747-04-03 Mo
1748-04-15 Mo
1749-04-07 Mo
1750-03-30 Mo

Vocal works with no definite date

(1735-1740) - Cantata BWV 6 Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden (2^nd performance, Leipzig)

Sundays and Holidays in the Lifetime of J.S. Bach

Prepared by Dr. Georg Fischer (April 2007), Aryeh Oron (March 2010)
Contributed by Dr. Georg Fischer (March 2010)
Please direct any questions or comments to: Dr. Georg Fischer