Johann Sebastian Bach
Let, Princess, let but one more ray - Funeral ode BWV 198
Johann Sebastian Bach
Let, Princess, let but one more ray - Funeral ode BWV 198
- Instrumentation 4 Soloists (SATB), Mixed Choir (SATB), 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Oboes d'Amore, 2 Violins, Viola and 2 Viole da Gamba
- Composer Johann Sebastian Bach
- Editor Uwe Wolf
- Edition Instrumental Part: Organ (Urtext) Download
- Publisher Carus-Verlag
- Order no. CV31198-49-DL
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Description:
Composed in 1727 for a 'eulogy and funeral oration' for Electress Christiane Eberhardine in the Leipzig University church, the music for the funeral ode is well-known today above all through reconstructions of Bach's St Mark Passion, in which large parts of this cantata were probably re-used, but of which only the text survives. With the funeral ode we have one of Bach's strongest and most fascinating vocal compositions. Although Gottsched's text is associated with a particular occasion, it is distinguished in its literary quality from many secular cantatas and it is entirely appropriate to perform this impressive cantata in concerts.