Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe, BWV 156 (Johann Sebastian Bach)

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• (Posted 2017-05-24)  CPDL #44676: 

Contributor: Paolo Pandolfo (submitted 2017-05-24).  Score information: A4, 19 pages, 750 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: A scan of the piano-vocal score by Berhard Todt. English and German text

General Information

Title: Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe, BWV 156
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Lyricist: Picander

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

Language: German
Instruments: Orchestra: oboe, strings, continuo

First published: 1886 in Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 32
Opus: BWV 156, 6 movements
Description: First performed 23 January 1729, the Third Sunday after Epiphany

External websites:

• Free choir training aids for this work are available at Choralia.
• Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe at the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)

• View the Wikipedia article on BWV 156.

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

Original text and translations

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