About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: 1726 architecture, 1726 books, 1726 operas, Berkeley Plantation, Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot, BWV 39, Fort Niagara, Alles nur nach Gottes Willen, BWV 72, Pomona Hall, Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid, BWV 58, Herr, deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben, BWV 102, Fredensborg Palace, Steigt freudig in die Luft, BWV 36a, Scipione, Es wartet alles auf dich, BWV 187, Church of San Martin de Luina, Judges Lodgings, York, Wer Dank opfert, der preiset mich, BWV 17, Dorilla in Tempe, Golden Eagle, Lincoln, Gott soll allein mein Herze haben, BWV 169, St Helen's House, 1726 in literature, Alessandro, Kenmare House, Orpheus, Teatro Valle, Calandro, The Blue House, Frome, Hayward's Lott, Ursuline Church of the Holy Trinity, Caln Meeting House, 1726 in architecture, Ich geh und suche mit Verlangen, BWV 49, Christ Church (Mount Pleasant, South Carolina), D. Horace Tilton House, El Jedid Mosque, Hapgood House, La Statira, Temple of Confucius, Changhua, The Political History of the Devil. Excerpt: Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot (Break your bread for the hungry), BWV 39, is a church cantata composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. It was written in Leipzig in 1726 for the first Sunday after Trinity, which fell that year on 23 June, date of the work's premiere. The prescribed readings for the day are 1 John 4:16-21 and Luke 16:19-31. The theme is to share God's gifts with the needy and to be grateful. It is developed from the Old Testament in the first movement to the central New Testament words in the fourth movement. The libretto is of mixed authorship, as follows: The chorale theme is Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele, which was codified by Louis Bourgeois when setting the Geneva Psalm 42 in his collection of Pseaumes octante trios de David (Geneva, 1551). Bourgeois seems to have been influenced by the secular song Ne l'oseray je dire contained...
