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    St. Matthew Passion in Full Score
    St. Matthew Passion in Full Score
    St. Matthew Passion in Full Score
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    St. Matthew Passion in Full Score

    By Johann Sebastian Bach

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    One of the most performed and recorded of Bach's major works, the St. Matthew Passion has been a focal point of concert seasons and festivals around the world for over 150 years. First performed in the late 1720s, it is a drama of epic grandeur, long considered the noblest, most inspired musical treatment of the story of the crucifixion of Christ. Bach set the text, based on two chapters from the Gospel of St. Matthew, using a large ensemble of two choruses, soloists, and two orchestras. The full score is reprinted here from the fine edition prepared by the Bach-Gesellschaft.
    Although the St. Matthew Passion is often held to be the apotheosis of Lutheran church music, this magnificent oratorio reaches out to its audience in the language, form, and spirit of opera. Richly dramatic and theatrical, following the general form of Baroque opera, it unfolds its deeply moving story in recitatives, ariosos, arias, chorales, and mighty choral movements. This finely produced score offers music lovers the opportunity — at a price far lower than comparable editions — to follow performances score in hand, and to gain a more intimate knowledge of the rich musical textures of this great masterwork.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDover Publications
    Release dateJun 10, 2013
    ISBN9780486172538
    St. Matthew Passion in Full Score
    Author

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) war ein deutscher Komponist, Kantor, Hofkapellmeister, Violinist sowie Orgel- und Cembalovirtuose des Barocks. Er gilt weltweit als einer der bekanntesten und bedeutendsten Musiker überhaupt. Insbesondere von Berufsmusikern wird er oft als der größte Komponist der Musikgeschichte angesehen. Seine Werke inspirieren musikschaffende Künstler zu zahllosen Bearbeitungen, so auch die hier vorgelegte Einrichtung von drei Konzertsuiten für Trompete solo. Bach ist ein Musiker und Komponist, der mit seiner Musik die Lebensfreude den Musikern und Zuhörern direkt vermittelt. Obwohl er in seiner Zeit die Möglichkeiten der modernen Trompete noch nicht kannte, zeigen die hier vorgelegten Solosuiten, dass seine Suiten, Sonaten und Partiten auch für moderne Trompeten geeignet sind. Bachs Universalität wird damit für die heutige Zeit neu fruchtbar. Seine Musik wird Interpreten auf der Trompete anregen, seine Impulse aufzunehmen, zu erneuern und weiter zu geben - und so für moderne Zuhörer und viele weitere Generationen zugänglich zu machen.

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      St. Matthew Passion in Full Score - Johann Sebastian Bach

      ST.MATTHEW

      PASSION

      in Full Score

      JOHANN SEBASTIAN

      BACH

      From the

      Bach-Gesellschaft Edition

      Edited by

      Julius Rietz

      DOVER PUBLICATION, INC.

      New York

      This Dover edition, first published in 1990, is a republication of Volume (Year) 6 (1856), Passionsmusik nach dem Evangelisten Matthäus, edited by Julius Rietz, from Johann Sebastian Bach’s Werke, originally published by the Bach-Gesellschaft in Leipzig. The editor’s foreword has been omitted, and lists of voices and instruments have been added.

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685–1750.

      [Matthäuspassion]

      St. Matthew Passion.

      For soloists (SATTBB), two mixed choruses (SATBSATB) and two orchestras.

      Reprint. Originally published: Leipzig : Bach-Gesellschaft, 1856.

      Libretto by Christian Friedrich Henrici.

      1. Oratorios—Scores. 2. Passion music. I. Rietz, Julius, 1812–1877. II. Henrici, Christian Friedrich, 1700–1764. lbt III. Title.

      M2000.B15M3      1990                    89-755275

      ISBN-13: 978-0-486-26257-4

      ISBN-10: 0-486-26257-X

      Manufactured in the United States by Courier Corporation 26257X09

      www.doverpublications.com

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