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Jesu, my salvation
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Coro SSATB, [Bc] - Grade 4
SKU: CA.3122705
Motet. Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Edited by Günter Graulich. Arranged by Paul Horn. This edition: urtext. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Bach vocal. Carus plus: Übehilfen, nur intern. Sacred, Chamber Choir - Recommended by Frieder Bernius; Motets; Stuttgart Urtext editions. Choral score. Composed circa 1723. BWV 227. Duration 25 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 31.227/05. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.3122705).ISBN 9790007050924. 8.27 x 11.69 inches. Key: E minor. Language: German/English. Text: Johann Franck.
For many choral singers Jesu, meine Freude (Jesu, my salvation) BWV 227 is not just a motet by Bach, but the motet par excellence. Bach’s motets as a whole have to be described as exceptional works, but even amongst these this is an exceptional work which is out of the ordinary not only in terms of its length. The formal conception, with its alternating chorale and Bible verses in 11 sections in a symmetrical structure, is also unique. The motet was very probably composed for a funeral, but no further details about this are known. By comparison, there are clear indications that the motet, as we now know it, was probably not composed in one go, but was composed over a long period of time.
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