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Johann Sebastian Bach's St Matthew Passion (Matthäuspassion), BWV 244, is structured on multiple levels: the composition is structured in three levels of text sources (Gospel, libretto and chorales) and by the different forms that are used for musical expression (arias, recitatives and choruses). Bach took the Gospel text for the composition from Martin Luther's German translation of Matthew 26 and 27. Contemporary poetry in Picander's libretto and chorales comment on the Bible text and open and close most scenes of the narration.

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  • Johann Sebastian Bach's St Matthew Passion (Matthäuspassion), BWV 244, is structured on multiple levels: the composition is structured in three levels of text sources (Gospel, libretto and chorales) and by the different forms that are used for musical expression (arias, recitatives and choruses). Bach's large choral composition was written to present the Passion, as told in the Gospel of Matthew, in a vespers service on Good Friday. It is composed in two parts, that were to be performed before and after the sermon of that service. Part I covers the events until the arrest of Jesus and Part II concludes with his burial and the sealing of his grave. Bach took the Gospel text for the composition from Martin Luther's German translation of Matthew 26 and 27. Contemporary poetry in Picander's libretto and chorales comment on the Bible text and open and close most scenes of the narration. (en)
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  • Matthew (en)
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  • 244 (xsd:integer)
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  • by Lucas Cranach the Elder (en)
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  • 26 (xsd:integer)
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  • Paul Gerhardt (en)
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  • Adam Reusner (en)
  • Albert, Duke in Prussia (en)
  • Johann Heermann (en)
  • Johann Rist (en)
  • Nikolaus Decius (en)
  • Sebald Heyden (en)
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  • Matthäuspassion (en)
  • Matthäuspassion, early edition (en)
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  • continuo (en)
  • viola (en)
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  • viola da gamba (en)
  • Two orchestras, each of (en)
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  • 68 (xsd:integer)
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  • Passio Domini Nostri J.C. Secundum Evangelistam Matthaeum (en)
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  • Bible (en)
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  • St Matthew Passion (en)
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  • King James (en)
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  • (en)
  • Evangelist (en)
  • Vox Christi (en)
  • Solo: soprano, alto, tenor, bass, soliloquents (en)
  • Two choirs (en)
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  • St. Matthew Passion , BWV 244b (en)
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  • Johann Sebastian Bach's St Matthew Passion (Matthäuspassion), BWV 244, is structured on multiple levels: the composition is structured in three levels of text sources (Gospel, libretto and chorales) and by the different forms that are used for musical expression (arias, recitatives and choruses). Bach took the Gospel text for the composition from Martin Luther's German translation of Matthew 26 and 27. Contemporary poetry in Picander's libretto and chorales comment on the Bible text and open and close most scenes of the narration. (en)
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  • St Matthew Passion structure (en)
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