Saint Matthew Passion

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:orchestra
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Good_Friday
gptkb:Holy_Week
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:Gospel_of_Matthew
gptkbp:BWV_number 244
gptkbp:cataloguedIn gptkb:Wolfgang_Schmieder
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Johann_Sebastian_Bach
gptkbp:duration approximately 3 hours
gptkbp:firstPerformed 1727
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Mass_in_B_minor
gptkbp:genre gptkb:choral_music
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Saint Matthew Passion
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Western_classical_music
gptkb:German_Passion_tradition
gptkbp:language gptkb:German
gptkbp:librettist gptkb:Christian_Friedrich_Henrici
gptkbp:librettist_pseudonym gptkb:Picander
gptkbp:movement 68
gptkbp:notableAria gptkb:Erbarme_dich,_mein_Gott
gptkbp:notableConductor gptkb:Felix_Mendelssohn
gptkbp:notableContributor gptkb:Albert_Schweitzer
gptkb:Philipp_Spitta
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:choral_music
arias
recitatives
use of chorales
Evangelist (tenor soloist)
double continuo
turba choruses
gptkbp:notableFor autograph score in Berlin State Library
gptkbp:notableMovement gptkb:Kommt,_ihr_Töchter,_helft_mir_klagen
gptkb:Mache_dich,_mein_Herze,_rein
gptkbp:notablePerformance 1829 Berlin revival
annual performances in Leipzig
gptkbp:notableRecording gptkb:Otto_Klemperer_(1961)
John Eliot Gardiner (1989)
Karl Richter (1958, 1979)
gptkbp:notableRelease gptkb:Bach-Gesellschaft_Ausgabe
gptkb:Neue_Bach-Ausgabe
gptkbp:place_of_first_performance gptkb:St._Thomas_Church,_Leipzig
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:St_John_Passion
gptkbp:revival 1829 by Felix Mendelssohn
gptkbp:scoredFor soloists
double choir
double orchestra
gptkbp:structure two parts
gptkbp:subject Passion of Jesus
gptkbp:text gptkb:Luther_Bible
gptkbp:theme suffering and death of Jesus
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:John_Neumeier
gptkb:Hamburg_Ballet
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6