Johann Sebastian Bach

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BWV 232
Title Mass in B-Minor
Composed 1724-1749, Leipzig
Scoring

Choir for eight voices
Soprano solo I + II
Alto solo I + II
Tenor solo I + II
Bass solo I + II
Trumpet I + II + III
Bassdrum
Horn da caccia
Travers flute I + II
Oboe I + II + III
Oboe d`amore I + II
Bassoon I + II
Violin I + II
Viola
Basso continuo

Movements Choir: Lord, have mercy
Aria (Duetto, Soprano I + II): Christ, have mercy
Choir: Lord, have mercy
Choir: Glory be to God on high
Choir: nd on earth peace
Aria (Soprano II): We praise thee,
Choir: We give thanks to thee
Aria (Duetto, Soprano, Tenor): O Lord God, heavenly King
Choir: Thou that takest away the sins of the world
Aria (Alto): Thou that sittest at the right hand
Aria (Bass): For thou only art holy
Choir: With the Holy Ghost
Choir: I believe in one God
Choir: I believe in one God
Aria (Duetto, Soprano, Alto): And in one Lord Jesus Christ
Choir: And was incarnate by the Holy Ghost
Choir: And was crucified
Choir: And the third day he rose again
Aria (Bass): And in the Holy Ghost
Choir: I acknowledge one baptism
Choir: And I look for the resurrection
Choir: Holy, Lord God
Choir: Hosanna in the highest
Aria: (Tenor): Blessed is he who cometh
Aria: (Alto): O Lamb of God
Choir: Grant us peace
Category Mass
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Text
Choir:
Soprano I+ II, Alto, Tenor, Bass
Travers flute I + II
Oboe d`amore I + II
Bassoon
Violin I + II
Viola
Basso continuo

Aria (Duetto):
Soprano I + II solo
Violin I + II
Basso continuo

Choir:
Soprano I+ II, Alto, Tenor, Bass
Travers flute I + II
Oboe d`amore I + II
Bassoon
Violin I + II
Viola
Basso continuo



Choir:
Soprano I+ II, Alto, Tenor, Bass
Trumpet I + II + II
Bassdrum
Travers flute I + II
Oboe I + II
Bassoon
Violin I + II
Viola
Basso continuo

Choir:
Soprano I+ II, Alto, Tenor, Bass
Trumpet I + II + II
Bassdrum
Travers flute I + II
Oboe I + II
Bassoon
Violin I + II
Viola
Basso continuo

Aria:
Soprano II solo
Violin solo
Violin I + II
Viola
Basso continuo





Choir:
Soprano I+ II, Alto, Tenor, Bass
Trumpet I + II + II
Bassdrum
Travers flute I + II
Oboe I + II
Bassoon
Violin I + II
Viola
Basso continuo

Aria (Duetto):
Soprano I solo, Tenor solo
Travers fluteI + II
Violin I + II
Viola
Basso continuo

Choir:
Soprano II, Alto, Tenor, Bass
Travers flute I + II
Violin I + II
Viola
Violoncello
Basso continuo

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

Aria:
Bass solo
Horn da caccia
Bassoon I + II
Basso continuo

Choir:
Soprano I+ II, Alto, Tenor, Bass
Trumpet I + II + II
Bassdrum
Travers flute I + II
Oboe I + II
Bassoon
Violin I + II
Viola
Basso continuo



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

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

Aria (Duetto):
Soprano I solo, Alto solo
Oboe d`amore
Violin I + II
Viola
Basso continuo


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

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

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

Aria:
Bass solo
Oboe d`amore I + II
Basso continuo

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

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



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




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


Aria:
Tenor solo
Travers flute
Basso continuo

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


Aria:
Alto solo
Violin I + II
Basso continuo

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

Kyrie (1733)
Lord, have mercy.







Christ, have mercy.



Lord, have mercy.







Gloria (1733)

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, the Most High,
O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father.




Thou 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.








Symbolum Nicenum (1724)

I believe in one God.




I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth,
of all things visible and invisible.






And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God,
and born of the Father before all worlds.
God of God, light of light, very God of very God, begotten, not made,
of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made.
Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven.
And was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary, and was made man.

And was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary, and was made man.



And was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate, suffered and was buried.





And the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures,
and ascended into heaven, sitteth at the right hand of the Father,
and shall come again with glory to judge the quick and the dead;
whose kingdom shall have no end.




And in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and giver of life,
who proceedeth from the Father and the Son;
who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified;
who spake by the prophets. And in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.

I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins.


And I look for the resurrection of the dead
and the life of the world to come, Amen.






Sanctus (1724)

Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts, heaven and earth are full of his glory.








Osanna, Benedictus, Agnus Dei, Dona nobis pacem (1747-1749)

Hosanna in the highest.







Blessed is he who cometh in the name of the Lord.





Hosanna in the highest.








O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us.



Grant us peace.

Manuscript Bärenreiter, Kassel; Estate C. Ph. E. Bach; Saxons Country library, Dresden; Hänssler; Stuttgart; Town and University library, Frankfort / Main; Bodleian library, Oxford; Conservatoire, Paris; University library, Warzawa

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