one repeat performance, and a new piece was commissioned the following year. Bach was commissioned to compose another cantata for the following year's council inauguration; there is evidence that the piece was composed and even printed, but no copies are known to survive. Recordings The selection is taken from the listing by Aryeh Oron on the Bach-Cantatas website. Green background indicates instrumental groups playing period instruments in historically informed performances. Notes References Bibliography External links Gott ist mein König BWV 71; BC B 1 / Sacred cantata (Council election) Leipzig University BWV 71 Gott ist mein König English translation, University of Vermont Council cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach Psalm-related compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach 1708 compositions