Christe eleison

BWV 242

Composer	Johann Sebastian Bach
Key	g minor
Meter	12/16
Length	80 measures

Instrumentation

Soprano
Alto
Continuo

Notes

Based on a composition by Francesco Durante (D-LEbh Mus. ms. 10). Bach’s manuscript included his own setting of a “Christe eleison”, BWV 242 (Beißwenger 257).

Resources

Full score: Neue Bach-Ausgabe II/2, p. 304
Background: Kirsten Beißwenger, “Other Composers”, in The Routledge Research Companion to Johann Sebastian Bach, ed. Robin A. Leaver (Abingdon, UK, 2017)
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Scores at IMSLP ›
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Contributors

Anne Charrier, Mya Ballin

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