My God, take the righteous soul

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Bach cantata
My God, take the righteous soul
BWV: Appendix 17
Occasion:
Year of origin: 1732
Place of origin: Leipzig
Genus: cantata
Solo : SATB
Choir: SATB
Instruments : 2 oboe d'amore , string instruments ,
bassoon , figured bass
List of Bach cantatas

My God, take the just soul ( BWV Appendix 17) is a lost funeral cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach , which he composed in Leipzig and performed there on June 5, 1732.

Music and lyrics have been lost, only the line-up and voices are known. The authenticity of the work has also not been reliably proven.

In Breitkopf's directory of musical works from 1761, the work is listed under “Mourning Cantatas”.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b My God, take the just soul bach.de
  2. ^ Johann Gottlob Immanuel Breitkopf: Directory of musical works . Leipzig 1761, p. 23 ( limited preview in the Google book search).