Es ist genug
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"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.
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"Es ist genug" | |
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Lutheran hymn | |
English | It is enough |
Catalogue | Zahn 7173 |
Written | 1662 (1662) |
Text | by Franz Joachim Burmeister |
Language | German |
Based on | 1 Kings 19:4 |
Melody | by Johann Rudolph Ahle |
Composed | 1662 |
Published | 1659 (1659) |
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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]