• J. J. Motetto : a 4 Voci. due Litui. 1 Cornet. 3 Trombone

Uniform title:
  • O Jesu Christ, mein's Lebens Licht
Alternative:
  • O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht : Motette zur einer Trauerfeir, [BWV 118, 1. Fassung].
Composer:
  • Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
Text language:
  • German words.
Publisher:
  • [approximately 1736-37]
Format:
  • Musical score
  • Manuscript
Date:
  • 1736-1737
Extent:
  • 1 bifolio ; 35 x 21 cm + 1 leaf ; 21 x 26 cm (oblong)
Spatial:
  • New Jersey
Language:
  • German
Abstract:
  • Autograph manuscript composing score (with many corrections) for chorus (SATB), 2 litui (probably horns in B♭ alto), cornett, and 3 trombones.
Description:
  • Title from caption page.
  • Added title from Schmieder, W. Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis, 2d ed. (1990), pp. 374-75 (as BWV 118/231).
  • Date obtained from Marshall, R. L., ed. Johann Sebastian Bach: cantata autographs in American collections (1985).
  • Origin: Written in Leipzig ca. 1736-37.
  • Bifolio of manuscript ruled with two 10-line systems; single leaf ruled on both sides with one 10-line system, with music notated on the recto only.
  • Posthumous inscriptions on f. 1r: "No 70" written in an old but not autograph hand above the "a" in caption title; numbers "3./1. 6./9./ /5.3" written in Breitkopf's hand in sideways columns on the bottom of the page.
Binding note:
  • In green slipcase.
Former owner:
  • Breitkopf & Härtel
  • Scheide, William H. (William Hurd), 1914-2014
  • Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann, 1710-1784
Call number:
  • 30.17
  • Electronic Resource
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Subject:
  • Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750—Manuscripts
  • Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with instrumental ensembles—Scores
  • Motets
  • Funeral music
  • Music—Manuscripts
  • Manuscripts, German—New Jersey—Princeton
  • Paper
  • Scores
  • Sacred music
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