O Jesus Christ, my life, my light
Funeral motet
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1st version: SATB choir, 2 horns, cornetto, 3 trombones; 2nd version: SATB choir, 2 horns, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo, [2 oboes, taille (english horn), bassoon]
SKU: CA.3111832
Funeral motet. Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Edited by Ulrich Leisinger. B-Dur (B-flat major). Stuttgart Urtext Edition. German title: O Jesu Christ, mein's Lebens Licht. Sacred, Motets; Stuttgart Urtext editions; Occasions: Mourning, Death. Horn 2 part. With Language: German/English. Composed 1736/37 thru the first half of the 1740s. BWV 118. 2 pages. Duration 7 minutes. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.3111832).Text: Martin Behm.
Two versions survive: 1st version composed 1736/37, 2nd version in the first half of the 1740s. The versions differ only in instrumentation, and both are integrated in this edition.
Score available separately - see item CA.3111800.