Printed Sheet Music
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring is a movement from a cantata written by Johann Sebastian Bach during his time in Leipzig, Germany. The cantata, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," is officially the 147th out of the 300 cantatas that Bach wrote.
This setting has the classical guitar as the central instrument but features string parts from the score.
A chorale melody is found inside of the cantata, as was the typical of the time of Bach's composing, where most cantatas had generally transformed into a sort of abbreviated oratorio. Though in the modern day the song is often employed in weddings, this is in no way related to the scope of the piece, nor was it intended to be a wedding piece upon composition.
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