Matthäus-Passion, H.782 (Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	36 movements
Composition Year	1768-69
Genre Categories	Passions; Religious works; For 6 voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the soprano voice; Scores featuring the alto voice; Scores featuring the tenor voice; Scores featuring the bass voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; German language

Sheet Music

Incomplete Score
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Publisher. Info.	Holograph manuscript, 1768-1769.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	The Archive of the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin (D-Bsa): SA 5155
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Movement XXXVI
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Publisher. Info.	Holograph manuscript, 1769.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (D-B): Mus.ms. Bach P 70 (1)
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Complete Parts
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Copyist	Johann Heinrich Michel (1739-1810) Copyist Anon. 304
Publisher. Info.	Manuscript, 1769.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	The Archive of the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin (D-Bsa): SA 18
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Copyist	Otto Ernst Gregorius Schieferlein (1704–1787) Johann Heinrich Michel (1739-1810)
Publisher. Info.	Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1768-1769).
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	The Archive of the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin (D-Bsa): SA 18
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Complete Text
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Copyist	Carl Friedrich Zelter (1758–1832)
Publisher. Info.	Manuscript, 1825.-05-14
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	The Archive of the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin (D-Bsa): SA 5153
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Complete Score
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Editor	Hu Haipeng (b. 1984)
Publisher. Info.	Hu Haipeng, 2023.
Copyright	Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 [tag/del]
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Work Title	Matthäus-Passion
Alternative. Title	Passions = Music von C.P.E. Bach Libretto Title Page: JESU Leiden und Tod nach dem heil. Evangelisten Matthäo, mit einigen Betrachtungen, zur Fastenzeit 1769 in den Hamburgischen Kirchen nach Bachischer Musik abgesungen.
Composer	Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	Wq. deest; H. 782
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.	ICB 161
Key	G minor
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	36 movements
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1768-69
First Performance.	1769-02-05 in Petrikirche, Hamburg
Librettist	Anna Luise Karsch (1722-1791), Johann Joachim Eschenburg (1743-1820)
Language	German
Dedication	Good Friday (Parasceve)
Average DurationAvg. Duration	102 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Classical
Piece Style	Classical
Instrumentation	Voices: 2 sopranos, alto, tenor, 2 basses; mixed chorus (SATB (movement 2 SSATB)) Orchestra: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns (F/E♭), timpani, 2 cellos, strings, continuo
External Links	RISM

Recorded around 2007.