• Christ lag in Todesbanden [early version]

BWV 4.1; BWV 4; BC A 54

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Genre

• Chorale cantata

Proper

Psalm: Psalm 110
Epistel: 1. Korinther 5, 6-8
Gospel: Markus 16, 1-8

Scoring

• [Sopran solo, Alt solo, Tenor solo, Bass solo, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass, Violine I, Violine II, Viola I, Viola II, Basso continuo]?

Link to lyrics

Libretto

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Date of origin, Work history

• um 1707–1708 (stilistische Gründe)

• Date of composition around 1707–1708 (stylistic reasons); first performance on April 24, 1707? (organist audition in Divi Blasii church in Mühlhausen). Pitch, instrumentation and exact form of the work uncertain: repetition of Verse 1 with the text of the last stanza as Verse 7?

Early performances

1707-24-04, Mühlhausen, Divi-Blasii-Kirche (Link to event)
Predigt: Johann Adolf Frohne

relation to other works:

is part of BWV diverse [M. Kant.]

relation from other works

has revision BWV 4.2BWV 4BC A 54b

Introduction to the work

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Movement of works

Satz 1 [Sinfonia]

Satz 2 [Chor]

Satz 3 [Duett (S, A)]

Satz 4 [Arie (T)]

Satz 5 [Chor]

Satz 6 [Arie (B)]

Satz 7 [Duett (S, T)]

Satz 8 [Choral]

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Additional sources

Es sind keine handschriftlichen Quellen überliefert. [unknown]

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Edition

NBA I/9, -- (Alfred Dürr, 1985)

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2026-01-22 02:11:54