O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, BWV 20 (Johann Sebastian Bach)

Music files

L E G E N D

Disclaimer

How to download

ICON	SOURCE
	Web Page
	File details
	Help

• (Posted 2016-11-10)  CPDL #41751: 

Contributor: Paolo Pandolfo (submitted 2016-11-10).  Score information: A4, 42 pages, 2.44 MB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: scan of Berhard Todt's piano-vocal score

General Information

Title: O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, BWV 20 (a title shared with Cantata 60)
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Cantata

Language: German
Instruments: Orchestra: 3 oboes, trumpet da tirarsi, strings, continuo

First published: 1852 in Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 2
Opus: BWV 20, 11 movements
Description: First performed 11 June 1724, the 1st Sunday after Trinity. In the 1970 3-year Lectionary the Gospel of Lazarus and Dives is read on OT 26 C.

External websites:

• O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, BWV 20 (Johann Sebastian Bach) at the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)
• German libretto at U. Alberta

• View the Wikipedia article on BWV 20.

Original text and translations

Visit the external website(s) listed above for the original text and/or translations.