Bach labored on this powerful statement of Christian faith for more than two decades. Scored for five solo voices, chorus, orchestra, and continuo, it represents the crowning achievement of the composer's works in sacred music. This affordable full score in miniature is a reprint of an authoritative ... read more
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Bach labored on this powerful statement of Christian faith for more than two decades. Scored for five solo voices, chorus, orchestra, and continuo, it represents the crowning achievement of the composer's works in sacred music. This affordable full score in miniature is a reprint of an authoritative edition.
Reprint from Volume 6 of Johann Sebastian Bach's Werke, Bach-Gesellschaft, Leipzig, 1856.
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