Es ist genug
| "Es ist genug" | |
|---|---|
| Lutheran hymn | |
Beginning of Bach's setting of "Es ist genug" as the closing chorale of Cantata 60 | |
| English | It is enough |
| Catalogue | Zahn 7173 |
| Written | 1662 |
| Text | by Franz Joachim Burmeister |
| Language | German |
| Based on | 1 Kings 19:4 |
| Melody | by Johann Rudolph Ahle |
| Composed | 1662 |
| Published | 1659 |
"Es ist genug" ("It is enough") is a German Lutheran hymn, with text by Franz Joachim Burmeister, written in 1662. The melody, Zahn No. 7173, was written by Johann Rudolph Ahle who collaborated with the poet. It begins with a sequence of three consecutive rising whole tone intervals.
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.