Performances
Sheet Music
Scores
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Holograph manuscript, 1789. (presumably begun in 1788)
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| Copyright
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| Misc. Notes
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Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (D-B): Mus.ms. Bach P 339 (3)
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Arrangements and Transcriptions
For Keyboard Solo
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First edition
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| Publisher. Info.
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Hamburg: [?] Hermann [am Fischmarkt], 1789
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| Copyright
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| Misc. Notes
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With words inside the keyboard (harpsichord or piano, or perhaps organ?) part but no indication of the sung vocal and choral lines.
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General Information
| Work Title
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Matthäus-Passion
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| Alternative. Title
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Passions-Cantate von dem weyl. Herrn Capellmeister Christian [sic.] Philipp Emanuel Bach
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| Composer
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Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel
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| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.
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H.802 ; Wq.235
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| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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ICB 164
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| First Performance.
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1789
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| First Publication.
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1789
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| Language
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German
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| Dedication
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Louise Friderika
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Classical
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| Piece Style
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Classical
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| Instrumentation
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Vocal soli, Chorus, Orchestra
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| External Links
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Wikipedia article
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Navigation etc.
According to Wikipedia, the 6th and last known setting CPE Bach made of the St. Matthew text (his first was in 1769) and the last of his 21 known passion settings, as well. Also according to Wikipedia, "The Passions were never published in Bach's lifetime, and survive only in manuscript form"; the above keyboard reduction may be as close to publication as they got until the rediscovery of those (long lost) manuscripts in 1999 and the consequent project to engrave and publish them recently. - Schissel
