<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach" id="mwNA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Johann Sebastian Bach">Bach</a> led the first performance of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darzu_ist_erschienen_der_Sohn_Gottes,_BWV_40" id="mwNQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Darzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes, BWV 40"><i id="mwNg">Darzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes</i>, BWV 40</a>, his first <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_Cantata" id="mwNw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Christmas Cantata">Christmas Cantata</a> composed for Leipzig.<sup about="#mwt34" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-5"}}' id="cite_ref-5" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_26#cite_note-5" id="mwOA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 5;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwOQ">[5]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-5"><cite about="#mwt31" class="citation web cs1" id="CITEREFWolff1998"><a href="./Christoph_Wolff" id="mwBuI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Christoph Wolff">Wolff, Christoph</a> (1998). <a class="external text" href="http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Pic-Rec-BIG/Koopman-C08-1c%5BErato-3CD%5D.pdf" id="mwBuM" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"On the first cycle of Bach's cantatas for the Leipzig liturgy (1723–1724) (III)"</a> <span class="cs1-format" id="mwBuQ">(PDF)</span>. Bach Cantatas Website<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwBuU">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwBuY">4 December</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt31" class="Z3988" id="mwBuc" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=On+the+first+cycle+of+Bach%27s+cantatas+for+the+Leipzig+liturgy+%281723%E2%80%931724%29+%28III%29&amp;rft.pub=Bach+Cantatas+Website&amp;rft.date=1998&amp;rft.aulast=Wolff&amp;rft.aufirst=Christoph&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bach-cantatas.com%2FPic-Rec-BIG%2FKoopman-C08-1c%255BErato-3CD%255D.pdf&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+26"></span></span>