BWV 244

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Passion sacred oratorio vocal composition

BWV 244 is Johann Sebastian Bach's monumental sacred oratorio commonly known as the St Matthew Passion.

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Label Occurrences
BWV 244 canonical 3

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Passion ⓘ
sacred oratorio ⓘ
vocal composition ⓘ
approximateDuration about three hours ⓘ
associatedChurch Nikolaikirche, Leipzig ⓘ
surface form: St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig

St. Thomas Church, Leipzig ⓘ
associatedComposerPosition Thomaskantor ⓘ
surface form: Thomaskantor in Leipzig
biblicalBook Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
surface form: Gospel according to Matthew
catalogueNumber BWV 244 ⓘ
characterRole Jesus (bass) ⓘ
composer Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
firstPerformanceApproximateYear 1727 ⓘ
firstPerformanceCity Leipzig ⓘ
firstPerformanceCountry Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
firstPerformancePlace St. Thomas Church, Leipzig ⓘ
surface form: Thomaskirche, Leipzig
genre Passion oratorio ⓘ
historicalPeriod Baroque ⓘ
includes arias ⓘ
chorales ⓘ
choruses ⓘ
recitatives ⓘ
key E minor ⓘ
language German ⓘ
librettist Christian Friedrich Henrici ⓘ
librettistPseudonym Picander ⓘ
liturgicalOccasion Vespers on Good Friday ⓘ
liturgicalUse Good Friday ⓘ
narratorRole Evangelist (tenor) ⓘ
notableFeature double-choir, double-orchestra layout ⓘ
integrated congregational-style chorales ⓘ
notableRevivalCity Berlin ⓘ
notableRevivalConductor Felix Mendelssohn ⓘ
notableRevivalYear 1829 ⓘ
numberOfMovements 68 ⓘ
religiousDenominationContext Protestant ⓘ
religiousTradition Lutheran ⓘ
revisedVersionYear 1736 ⓘ
scoring boys’ choir for chorales ⓘ
continuo ⓘ
two choirs ⓘ
two orchestras ⓘ
vocal soloists ⓘ
structure two parts ⓘ
style late Baroque sacred music ⓘ
subject Passion of Jesus ⓘ
textSource Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
poetry by Picander ⓘ
textType combination of biblical narrative and poetic commentary ⓘ
title St Matthew Passion ⓘ
workOf Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

St Matthew Passion → catalogNumber → BWV 244 ⓘ
Jesus (bass) → workCatalogueNumber → BWV 244 ⓘ
Kommt, ihr Töchter, helft mir klagen → catalogNumber → BWV 244 ⓘ