▁ 1 7 0 7 . ▁ ▁History ▁and ▁text ▁ ▁Bach ' s ▁original ▁score ▁is ▁lost . ▁The ▁music ▁surv ives ▁in ▁a ▁copy ▁made ▁by ▁C ▁F ▁P enz el , ▁one ▁of ▁Bach ' s ▁last ▁pup ils , ▁after ▁the ▁composer ' s ▁death . ▁The ▁date ▁of ▁composition ▁is ▁not ▁known , ▁and ▁sources ▁differ ▁as ▁to ▁when ▁and ▁where ▁Bach ▁composed ▁the ▁work . ▁However , ▁the ▁balance ▁of ▁opinion ▁has ▁moved ▁towards ▁a ▁date ▁at ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁Bach ' s ▁career . ▁It ▁is ▁not ▁currently ▁in ▁dispute ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁Bach ' s ▁earliest ▁surv iving ▁cant at as . ▁S ugg estions ▁for ▁the ▁place ▁of ▁composition ▁have ▁been : ▁ ▁We imar , ▁where ▁Bach ▁worked ▁from ▁ 1 7 0 8 . ▁The ▁conduct or ▁and ▁academic ▁Jonathan ▁Green ▁dates ▁the ▁work ▁c . ▁ 1 7 0 8 – 1 7 1 0 ; ▁the ▁Bach ▁scholar ▁William ▁G . ▁Wh itt aker ▁dates ▁it ▁c . ▁ 1 7 1 2 . ▁ ▁M ühl hausen , ▁where ▁Bach ▁worked ▁in ▁ 1 7 0 7 / 1 7 0 8 . ▁The ▁Zw ang ▁catalog ue ▁( which ▁attempts ▁to ▁list ▁the ▁cant at as ▁chron olog ically ) ▁dated ▁it ▁as ▁the ▁sixth ▁of ▁the ▁surv iving ▁cant at as ▁by ▁Bach , ▁and ▁placed ▁Aus ▁der ▁T ief en ▁r ufe ▁ich , ▁Herr , ▁zu ▁dir , ▁B W V ▁ 1