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Email to PurchaseChrist lag in Todes-Banden
Official edition of "Christ lag in Todes-Banden" by Johann Kuhnau, published by Breitkopf & Härtel (9790004215678), scored for 声部, 合奏. Edition includes 10 parts, 144 pages.
- Composer
- Johann Kuhnau
- Publisher
- Breitkopf & Härtel
- Catalog No.
- 9790004215678
- Instrumentation
- 声部, 合奏
- Specifications
- 10 parts · 144 pages (Score & Parts)
- Purchase Orders
- cdiyao@gmail.com (Email to Purchase)
Parts & Score Materials
| Part Name | Instrument | Pages |
|---|---|---|
| （全）总谱 | FullScore | 36 pages |
| 声乐谱 | Voices | 24 pages |
| Cornet 1 可选的 | Cornet | 8 pages |
| Cornet 2 可选的 | Cornet | 8 pages |
| Organ | Organ | 16 pages |
| 小提琴 1 | Violin | 12 pages |
| 小提琴 2 | Violin | 12 pages |
| 中提琴 1 | Viola | 8 pages |
| 中提琴 2 | Viola | 8 pages |
| 低音提琴 | DoubleBass | 12 pages |
Work & Edition Details
The cantata Christ lag in Todes-Banden is a mixed chorale cantata that sets the first and last verses of the corresponding Luther chorale verbatim, but the other movements in free poetry based on the content of the chorale. The time of composition cannot be clearly determined, but at the end of the copy that serves as the basis for the edition, there is a date of January 1693. According to this, the composition was written before 1693 and thus well before Johann Kuhnau took up his post as Thomaskantor in Leipzig (1701). The use of two cornetti is also a parallel to the cantata Lobe den Herren, meine Seele (PB 32091), whose composition can be linked to Kuhnau’s stay in Zittau. The two parts marked "Cornett" are only in the first two movements of the cantata; in the further course, a collaparte lead would be possible, but cannot be proven. In principle, according to the source, the two cornett parts can also be played by violins. The title page also notes the possibility of adding ripieno singers, i.e. a choir, in the non-soloistic movements. The cantata, according to its text intended for Easter, is very well suited for use in church services with its small size and flexible scoring.
