St. Matthew Passion: German setting

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  • Reference
    • GB 12 MS Add.8922
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1620 (Circa)
  • Language of Material
    • German .
  • Physical Description
    • 1 volume(s) 1 volume

Scope and Content

'Das Leiden unser Herrn Jesu Christi wie es beschreibt der heilig Evangelist Matheus'. Score and 1 part (Pilatus). Soli (Evangelista, Jesus, Petrus, Judas, Caiphas, Magdalena, Pilatus, Pilati Weib) and chorus. Recitatifs in quasi-plainsong notation, chorus in staff notation. Chorale titles and verse numbers noted at several points. Bookplate of Alfred Cortot. Possibly from a work by Samuel Besler, 'Threnodiarum sanctae crucis in salutiferam passionis. Das heilige Leiden...', Breslau, 1612.

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Acquisition Information

Purchased 1992

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