Zum Problem der alten Texte in den Kirchenliedern und freien Dichtungen.

The article discusses the texts of church songs, examining the use of old texts and the creation of free verse versions. The author discusses the three most important publications of J. S. Bach's texts from 1913, 1956 and 1974, respectively, and argues that a rewriting of some cantatas is needed. The author also mentions Bachfestes 1965, a Bach festival which took place on June 14, 1965 in Hamburg, Germany, and focused on whether separate parts or Bach's whole cantatas should be rewritten.