thee lord long early church composed unknown occasion unique bach sparse orchestration independence prominence chorus featured seven movements text verses poetry unknown bach scored work vocal parts small baroque instrumental ensemble violins scholars think earliest extant bach possibly composed history text bach original score lost music survives copy bach pupils composer death date composition known bach earliest surviving sources differ bach composed work balance opinion tended push date beginning bach career suggestions place composition bach worked conductor academic dates work bach scholar dates bach worked catalogue attempts list dated sixth surviving bach placed der earliest der known composed bach worked summer recent scholarship suggests composed bach scholar argued composed scholar identified remarkable concluding movements described bach journal adjusting errors initial letters spell work composed mark councillor birthday april basis date bach time possibly heard weeks later end lent formed test piece appointment composed bach supporter mind notes generally accepted bach church conducted bach pilgrimage performed church probably composed bach time called new church bach biblical verses free contemporary poetry common bach later rare early text movements selected verses author poetry unknown basis text suggested work written service published bach edition bach complete works composer served editorial board bach took interest published adapted version bass line closing work completed symphony structure scoring bach structured seven movements opening instrumental choral movements interspersed scored soprano alto tenor bass choir small baroque instrumental ensemble violins duration minutes following table movements scoring follows bach keys time signatures taken symbol common time playing shown music work begins choral movements repeats tune unusually bach bach makes extensive use choral shifting tempo character music movements quickly accommodate new musical idea successive phrase text opening choral movement based motive octave leap followed descending half steps figure dubbed bass utilized composers early musical representation pain longing introduces thematic material developed later work uses seamless flow melody chorus beginning lord long god hope constructed despite relative episodic emphasizing descending scale motif notes phrases opening following chorus evocative suffering world following soprano aria und remain content brief includes significant word painting fourth movement und lead truth teach short episodic chorus divided sections movement von den winds feel handful vocal found bach movement major drives music forward phrase describing trials penultimate movement den days suffering god end joy features instruments complex texture form major minor major final movement god king long ago form typically constructed repeated ground bass bach uses ground bass possibly borrowing fourth opening movement bach orchestration includes effects seen recalling origin spanish guitar music theological point view bass series movement express baroque musical affect christ leads sorrow joy selected recordings complete vol complete vol english
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