19794498
A feeble soul, a slave of sin
19794498
19794498
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A feeble soul, a slave of sin Cantata for the 22nd Sunday after Trinity by Johann Sebastian Bach 4-Part - Sheet Music

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Solo tenor voice, SATB choir, flute, oboe d'amore (oboe), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo (Solo T, Coro SATB, Fl, Obda (Ob), 2 Vl, Va, Bc)

SKU: CA.3105505

Cantata for the 22nd Sunday after Trinity. Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Edited by Felix Loy. Arranged by Paul Horn. This edition: urtext. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Bach vocal. German title: Ich armer Mensch, ich Sundenknecht. Sacred vocal music, End of the church year. Choral score. Composed 1726. BWV 55. 2 pages. Duration 15 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 31.055/05. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.3105505).

ISBN 9790007206420. 8.27 x 11.69 inches. Language: German/English.

In the cantata Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht (A feeble soul, a slave of sin) Bach was able to achieve extraordinary expressive power with slender vocal means, viz. a single solo tenor throughout until the final chorale, which was written for four voices. The last three movements come from an earlier, lost work by Bach, presumably a Passion. At the same time these movements seem to point towards his St Matthew Passion, which was first performed on Good Friday in 1727, shortly after this cantata was written: both the text Erbarme dich (Have mercy) and the chorale verse Bin ich gleich von dir gewichen (I am about to depart from you) feature prominently in the St Matthew.