Johann Sebastian Bach

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BWV 235
Title Mass in G-Minor
Composed Unknown
Scoring

Choir for 4 voices
Alto solo
Tenor solo
Bass solo
Oboe I + II
Violin I + II
Viola
Basso continuo

Movements Choir: Lord have mercy
Choir: Glory be to God on high
Aria (Bass): We give thanks to thee
Aria (Alto): O Lord the only begotten Son, Jesus Christ
Aria (Tenor): Thou that takest away the sins of the world
Choir: With the Holy Ghost
Category Mass
Event Unknown
Author of text Unknown
Text
Choir:
Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass
Oboe I + II
Violin I + II
Viola
Basso continuo



Choir: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass
Oboe I + II
Violin I + II
Viola
Basso continuo


Aria: Bass solo
Violin I + II
Viola
Basso continuo

Aria: Alto solo
Oboe I + II
Violin I + II
Viola
Basso continuo


Aria: Tenor solo
Oboe
Basso continuo


Choir:
Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass
Oboe I + II
Violin I + II
Viola
Basso continuo

Kyrie
Lord have mercy,
Christ have mercy,
Lord have mercy.



Gloria

Glory be to God on high, and on earth peace to men of good will.
We praise thee, we bless thee, we worship thee, we glorify thee.




We give thanks to thee for thy great glory.
O Lord God, heavenly King, God the Father Almighty.



O Lord the only begotten Son, Jesus Christ;
O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father,
that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us.



Thou that takest away the sins of the world, receive our prayer.
Thou that sittest at the right hand of the Father, have mercy upon us.
For thou only art holy; thou only art the Lord; thou only,
O Jesus Christ, art most high.

With the Holy Ghost in the glory of God the Father. Amen.

Manuscript Hessian Country and High School library, Darmstadt; Publishing Archive Breitkopf and Härtel, Leipzig; High School for Music, Berlin; Music library of the town Leipzig, Leipzig; Bodleian library, Oxford

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