2d. Es ist der alte Bund

From Actus Tragicus, BWV 106

Composer	Johann Sebastian Bach
Key	f minor
Meter	4/4
Tempo	Andante
Length	55 measures

Instrumentation

German text	English translation
	transl. Michael Marissen and Daniel R. Melamed

About the text

• Author: Unknown
• Text references: Ecclesiasticus 14:17 (adapted); Revelation 22:20 (adapted)

Resources

• Full score: Neue Bach-Ausgabe I/34, p. 18
• Background: Alfred Dürr, Cantatas of J. S. Bach (Oxford University Press, 2005), p. 758
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