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BWV Number 4

Title in German Christ lag in Todes Banden

BG Volume Details i

NBA Volume Details Series I : Band 9

Bach Compendium Details A 54

Year of Composition 1707/8

Place of Composition Arnstadt (See Notes)

Performance Date(s) Later performances possibly in 1724, and 1725

Church Year Easter Sunday

Epistle Text

Gospel Text Mark 16: 1-8

Librettist See Notes

Vocal Forces - Solo SATB

Vocal Forces - Choral SATB

Instrumental Forces Cornetto, 3 Trombones(Sackbuts), Violins 1 and 2,

Viola, Basso Continuo

Type of Cantata

Notes Can be sung chorally throughout. The work is a setting

of the seven strophes of Martin Luther's Easter Hymn.

Probably composed in the late Arnstadt period.