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Christ lay in death's cold prison by Johann Sebastian Bach 4-Part - Sheet Music

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Christ lay in death's cold prison Easter Sunday by Johann Sebastian Bach 4-Part - Sheet Music

By Johann Sebastian Bach
Cornett (Soli SATB, Coro SATB, [Ctto, 3 Trb], 2 Vl, 2 Va, Bc) - Grade 4

SKU: CA.3100431

Easter Sunday. Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Edited by Reinhold Kubik. Arranged by Reinhold Kubik. Bwv 4. Score available separately - see item CA.3100400. Cantatas; Use during the church year: Easter and Eastertide; Stuttgart Urtext Editions. Individual part. With Language: German/English. Composed 1707/08 (?) (vor 1714). BWV 4, BWV3 4.2. Duration 22 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 31.004/31. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.3100431).

ISBN 9790007329891. 9 x 12 inches. Key: E minor. German/English.

The surviving parts of the cantata Christ lag in Todes Banden (Christ lay in death’s cold prison) BWV 4.2 were used in a performance on Easter Sunday, April 1, 1725. Presumably this performance was an emergency solution, because the cycle of chorale cantatas from the years 1724/25 breaks off abruptly shortly before Easter 1725. As a chorale cantata, BWV 4 was of course ideally suited to fill this gap, even though this chorale cantata without recitatives follows a different (older) model. For a long time it was assumed that the work had been performed in Leipzig as early as Easter Sunday (April 1) 1724, but this is now regarded as doubtful. Although no pre-Leipzig sources have survived, the style of the cantata in fact points to a much earlier period, possibly Mühlhausen in 1707/08. Unlike the chorale cantatas of 1724/25, BWV 4 does not employ newly-written texts. All the movements are based on verses of the chorale by Martin Luther, whose timeless text is perhaps one reason why this powerful Easter cantata remains one of Bach's most popular vocal works today.