(++) Matthäuspassion (St. Matthew Passion / 1727 Bach), oratorio
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Matthäuspassion <German> / St. Matthew Passion (1727) is an oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach (mus.) and Christian Friedrich Henrici (libr.).
Abstract
As in all Bach oratorios, the Gospel "characters" are merely "voices" that repeats only the "canonical" words.
Characters
Evangelista (T); Jesus (Bs); Judas (Bs); Petrus (Bs); Pontifex (Caiaphas) (Bs); Pilatus (Bs); Uxor Pilati (S); Ancilla I (S); Ancilla II (S); Testis I (A); Testis II (T); Pontifex I (Caiaphas) (Bs); Pontifex II (Bs). S; A; T; Bs.
Editions, translations
Premiered in Leipzig, Germany: Thomaskirche, 11 April 1727.
Video Recordings
External links
Categories:
- 1727
- Fiction--1700s
- Fiction--German
- Music--1700s
- Oratorios
- German language--1700s
- Made in the 1720s
- Historical Jesus Studies--1700s
- Historical Jesus Studies--German
- Historical Jesus Studies--Fiction
- Gospels Studies--1700s
- Gospels Studies--German
- Gospels Studies--Fiction
- Passion of Jesus (subject)
- Gospel of Matthew (text)
- Jesus of Nazareth (subject)
- Jesus of Nazareth--music (subject)
- Matthew--music (subject)