Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht, BWV 55 (Johann Sebastian Bach)

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• (Posted 2017-01-03)  CPDL #42495: 

Contributor: Paolo Pandolfo (submitted 2017-01-03).  Score information: A4, 17 pages, 1.07 MB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: scanned piano-vocal score by Bernhard Todt, with German and English text

General Information

Title: Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht, BWV 55
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
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Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: Tenor solo, SATB for final chorale
Genre: Sacred, Cantata for 22nd Sunday after Trinity (parable of the merciless servant)

Language: German
Instruments: Orchestra: flute, oboe d'amore, strings, continuo

First published: 1863 in Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 12
Opus: BWV 55, 5 movements
Description: First performed 17 November 1726

External websites:

• Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht at the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)
• Complete text

• View the Wikipedia article on BWV 55.

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