Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 4
BWV
Cantata zum Erste Ostertag
Sheet music
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Composed
1707 in Arnstadt/Mühlhausen, rev.1724-25 in Leipzig
First published
1851 (BGA)
Period
Baroque
Catalogue
BWV
Dedication
—
Movements
8
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Movements
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8
movements:; Sinfonia (14 bars); Versus 1. Christ lag in Todes Banden. Allegro (94 bars); Versus 2. Den Tod niemand zwingen kunnt (53 bars); Versus 3. Jesus Christus, Gottes Sohn (42 bars); Versus 4. Es war ein wunderlicher Krieg (44 bars); Versus 5. Hier ist das rechte Osterlamm (95 bars); Versus 6. So feiern wir das hohe Fest (43 bars); Versus 7. Wir essen und leben wohl (16 bars)
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