Ref.: |
BWV 4; BWV 4.1 [Mühlhausen version]; BWV 4.2 [Leipzig version]; BC A 54 |
German Title: |
BGA: Christ lag in Todesbanden NBA: Christ lag in Todes Banden |
English Title: |
Christ lay in the Bonds of Death (by Richard Stokes) |
Event: |
Chorale Cantata for Easter Day [Easter Sunday]
Readings: Epistle: 1 Corinthians 5: 6-8; Gospel: Markus 16: 1-8
Musical Context: Motets & Chorales for Easter |
Composed: |
Mühlhausen, 1707-1708; Revised: Leipzig, 1724 & 1725
1st performance: 1707-1708? - Mühlhausen
2nd performance: April 9, 1724 - Leipzig
3rd performance: April 1, 1725 - Leipzig |
Text: |
Martin Luther |
BWV 4 Text: German-1 | German-2 | German-6 (1) | German-6 (2) | German-7 (1) | German-7 (2) | NBA Text
Translations: English-1 | English-2 | English-3I | English-3P | English-5 | English-6 | English-7 | English-8 | English-10 | English-13 | English-14 Arabic-1 | Catalan-1 | Chinese-2 | Dutch-0 | Dutch-2 | Dutch-3 | French-1 | French-3 | French-4 | French-5 | French-6 | Hebrew-1 | Hebrew-3 | Hungarian-1 | Hungarian-2 | Indonesian-1 | Italian-1 | Italian-2 | Japanese-6 | Norwegian-1 | Polish-1 | Polish-2 | Portuguese-2 | Russian-1 | Russian-3 | Spanish-1 | Spanish-2 | Spanish-7 | Spanish/English-8
Chorale Text: Christ lag in Todesbanden [BWV 4/2-8] |
Scoring: |
Soloists: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass; 4-part Chorus
Orchestra (early version): 2 violins, 2 violas, continuo
Orchestra (later version): cornett, 3 trombones, 2 violins, 2 violas, continuo Mvt. 1: Sinfonia | Mvt. 2: Chorus | Mvt. 3: Duet [S, A] | Mvt. 4: Aria [T] | Mvt. 5: Chorus | Mvt. 6: Aria [B] | Mvt. 7: Aria - Duet [S, T] | Mvt. 8: Chorale |
BWV 4 Scores: Score Vocal & Piano [2.81 MB] | Score BGA [2.68 MB]
Autograph Score (Facsimile): D-LEb Thomana 4 (early version) | Verschollen BWV 4, Originalstimmen (later version) [Bach Digital]
Chorales: Mvt. 8 | Mvt. 8 ver
Capella: Mvt. 1 | Mvt. 2 | Mvt. 3 | Mvt. 4 | Mvt. 5 | Mvt. 6 | Mvt. 7 | Mvt. 8 | Mvt. 8 ver 2 [cap]
MuseScore: Complete Cantata | Mvt. 1 | Mvt. 2 | Mvt. 3 | Mvt. 4 | Mvt. 5 | Mvt. 6 | Mvt. 7 | Mvt. 8 [MuseScore]
Reduced Instrumentation: Complete Cantata [22:00] | Violin Part
Annotated Score with Analysis: Complete Cantata [Unger]
Chorale Melody: Christ lag in Todesbanden [BWV 4/1-8] |
References: |
BWV 4 References: BGA: I | NBA: I/9 | BC: A 54 | Zwang: K 4 | First Published: BG, 1851 | Autograph score (facsimile): ? | Bach Digital (1) | Bach Digital (2) |
Commentaries: |
BWV 4 Commentaries: English: Crouch | All Music | Bethlehem | Emmanuel Music | Koster | Mincham | Bachipedia Nielsen [Danish] | AL [Dutch] | BK [Dutch] | EvH [Dutch] | HT [Dutch] | Role [French] | Kantate [Japanese] | B!52, Odcinek 16 [Polish] | Reyes [Spanish] |
Music: |
Music Examples |
Discussions: |
Week of April 23, 2000; Week of January 23, 2005; Week of May 30, 2010; Week of March 1, 2015 |