The melodies of such hymns often appeared in cantatas, for example as in the four-part settings concluding Bach's works, or as a cantus firmus in larger choral movements.
[2] Data such as readings and hymns generally apply to Bach's Leipzig: differences may occur in other places, or other times, as indicated.
Picander wrote three cantata librettos (later published in Ernst-Schertzhaffte und Satyrische Gedichte, Vol.
[287] Christoph Graupner: Georg Christoph Bach: Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel wrote birthday cantatas for his employer, Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg:[15][289][290] Georg Philipp Telemann wrote cantatas for funerals.
[297] Christoph Graupner: In addition to funeral motets (e.g. BWV 118) and secular cantatas for memorial services (e.g. BWV 198) Johann Sebastian Bach wrote church cantatas for funerals:[285] Johann Sebastian Bach or Georg Melchior Hoffmann: Georg Philipp Telemann wrote chorale cantatas intended for communion in a Abendmahlsgottesdienst [de].
: Johann Ludwig Bach: For several of Georg Philipp Telemann's church cantatas no occasion is indicated.