Let, Princess, let but one more ray (Lass, Furstin, lass noch einen Strahl)
Funeral ode
by Johann Sebastian Bach
4-Part - Sheet Music

SATB vocal soli, SATB choir, 2 flutes, 2 oboes d'amore, 2 lutes, 2 violins, viola, 2 violas da gamba, basso continuo

SKU: CA.3119849

Funeral ode. Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Edited by Uwe Wolf. This edition: urtext. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Bach vocal. Trauerode. Cantatas. Single Part, Organ. Composed 1727. BWV 198. 24 pages. Duration 35 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 31.198/49. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.3119849).

ISBN 9790007210656. Language: German/English.

Composed in 1727 for a "eulogy and funeral oration" for Electress Christiane Eberhardine in the Leipzig University church, the music for the funeral ode is well-known today above all through reconstructions of Bach's St Mark Passion, in which large parts of this cantata were probably re-used, but of which only the text survives. With the funeral ode we have one of Bach's strongest and most fascinating vocal compositions. Although Gottsched's text is associated with a particular occasion, it is distinguished in its literary quality from many secular cantatas and it is entirely appropriate to perform this impressive cantata in concerts. Score and part available separately - see item CA.3119800.