Several composers used the tune, some also the text.
chorale preludes were composed by
Johann Friedrich Alberti and Bach (
BWV 340 and BWV 1115), among others.
Heinrich Schütz composed a
motet (SWV 387) using the text of the three stanzas. His (Sacred concerto,
SWV 348) with the same incipit is not based on Schalling's hymn, but on Psalm 18.
Dieterich Buxtehude wrote an extensive
cantata (
BuxWV 41), probably for a church concert at the
Marienkirche in Lübeck, a work regarded as a major Baroque cantata because of its clear architecture and thoughtful interpretation of the text.
Johann Ernst Bach composed a sacred cantata.
Johann Sebastian Bach used the hymn in
his cantatas and notably to conclude his
St John Passion. In 1724, he used stanza 3, "" (Ah Lord, let thine own angels dear), in the first version of the work, and returned to it in the fourth and last version. In , composed in 1726 for St. Michael's Day, he quotes the melody instrumentally in the central tenor aria, played by the trumpet.
Alfred Dürr writes that the Leipzig congregation would understand it as an allusion to the third stanza. Bach actually used this stanza to end , written for the same occasion two or three years later. Bach used the first stanza to conclude , written for Pentecost Monday of 1726.
Hugo Distler composed a chorale motet for eight vocal parts
a cappella, his Op. 2, which
Karl Straube recommended for print as the work of a mature master of polyphony. "" is part of the current German Protestant hymnal (EG) under number 397. == References ==