Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder, BWV 135 (Johann Sebastian Bach)

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• (Posted 2017-04-23)  CPDL #44187: 

Contributor: Paolo Pandolfo (submitted 2017-04-23).  Score information: A4, 20 pages, 1000 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: A scan of the piano-vocal score by Berhard Todt.

Individual movements

1. Chorus: Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder

Tune by Hans Leo Hassler, 1601. See Herzlich thut mich verlangen (Johann Sebastian Bach) for other arrangements and languages for this tune.

General Information

Title: Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder, BWV 135
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred, Cantata

Language: German
Instruments: Orchestra: 2 oboes, cornetto, trombone, strings, continuo

First published: 1881 in Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe 28
Opus: BWV 135, 6 movements

Description: First performed 25 June 1724, the Third Sunday after Trinity (in the Roman calendars Luke 15 is read on Pentecost III/OT 24C). The brass instruments play colla parte the Passion Choral with, respectively, the soprano (final chorale) and the bass (1st movement).

External websites:

• Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder at the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)

• View the Wikipedia article on BWV 135.

• Bach-cantatas site, with links to libretto and translations.

Original text and translations

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