Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Editors: Alfred Dürr, Max Schneider Format: Full Score – Complete Edition Instrumentation: Orchestra, Double Choir (SATB + SATB) Work: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 Binding: Hardcover Work Language: German ISMN: 9790006462285 Size: 10.2 x 13.0 inches Pages: 309 Urtext / Critical Edition Description Bach's St. Matthew Passion as we know it today evidently had a long history dating back before 1727. It is unclear whether the work performed at the Thomaskirche , Leipzig on Good Friday 1729 was based on a still earlier version. Whatever the case, the surviving version of 1729 presents the work in a form strikingly different from its later incarnation. for example, the opening section ends with the chorale ‘ Jesum lass ich nicht von mir ' which was replaced by the large-scale cantus firmus chorus ‘O Mensch , bewein dein Sünde gross' for the 1736 performance. The well-known alto aria ‘Ach! Nun ist mein Jesus hin ' is still assig