Der Gerechte kömmt um (motet)
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Der Gerechte kömmt um ('The righteous perishes'), BWV 1149, is a motet for SSATB singers and instrumental ensemble, which, for its music, is based on the five-part a cappella motet Tristis est anima mea attributed to Johann Kuhnau, and has the Luther Bible translation of Isaiah 57:1–2 as text. The arrangement of the Latin motet, that is, transposing it to E minor, adjusting its music to the new text, and expanding it with an instrumental score for two traversos, two oboes, strings and basso continuo, is attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach. The setting is found in a manuscript copy, likely written down in the 1750s, of Wer ist der, so von Edom kömmt, a Passion oratorio which is a pasticcio based on compositions by, among others, Carl Heinrich Graun, Georg Philipp Telemann and Bach. Likely Der Gerechte kömmt um existed as a stand-alone motet, for example for performance on Good Friday or at a funeral, before being adopted in the pasticcio.[1][2][3][4]
Der Gerechte kömmt um | |
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Motet | |
English | The righteous perishes |
Key | E minor |
Occasion | Good Friday; Funeral? |
Written | arrangement attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach |
Text | Isaiah 57:1–2 |
Language | German |
Based on | Tristis est anima mea attributed to Johann Kuhnau |
Vocal | SSATB |
Instrumental |