St Matthew Passion

Summary

St Matthew Passion is a passion^[1]. It draws 1,044 Wikipedia views per month (passion category, ranking #2 of 2).^[2]

Key Facts

• St Matthew Passion's instance of is recorded as passion^[3].
• St Matthew Passion's composer is recorded as Johann Sebastian Bach^[4].
• St Matthew Passion's librettist is recorded as Christian Friedrich Henrici^[5].
• St Matthew Passion is associated with the Baroque music movement^[6].
• St Matthew Passion's place of publication is recorded as Berlin^[7].
• St Matthew Passion's discography is recorded as St Matthew Passion discography^[8].
• St Matthew Passion is part of Passions^[9].
• St Matthew Passion's Commons category is recorded as St. Matthew Passion^[10].
• St Matthew Passion's language of work or name is recorded as German^[11].
• St Matthew Passion's catalog code is recorded as 244^[12].
• St Matthew Passion was published on 1830^[13].
• St Matthew Passion's date of first performance is recorded as April 11, 1727^[14].
• St Matthew Passion's described by source is recorded as All of Bach^[15].
• St Matthew Passion's title is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Matthäus-Passion'}^[16].
• St Matthew Passion's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Matthäus-Passion'}^[17].
• St Matthew Passion's form of creative work is recorded as oratorio^[18].
• St Matthew Passion's form of creative work is recorded as passion^[19].
• St Matthew Passion's orchestration is recorded as Soloists (SSSAATTBB)^[20].
• St Matthew Passion's orchestration is recorded as Double choir (SSSAATTBB)^[21].
• St Matthew Passion's orchestration is recorded as Orchestra 1: 2(2rec).2(ob. d'amore/ob. da caccia)0.0. str.continuo^[22].
• St Matthew Passion's orchestration is recorded as Orchestra 2 : 2.2(ob. d'amore).0.0 str(vla. da gamba).continuo^[23].

Product Details

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• Release type: Oratorio^[24]

• Genre(s): classical, oratorio, passion setting^[25]

• Community tags: choral, classical, oratorio, passion setting^[26]

• MusicBrainz ID: 45afb3b2-18ac-4187-bc72-beb1b1c194ba^[27]

Body

Publication

St Matthew Passion was released on 1830^[13]. Its place of publication is recorded as Berlin^[7]. Its language of work or name is recorded as German^[11]. It is part of Passions^[9].

Subject and Themes

St Matthew Passion is associated with the Baroque music movement^[6].

Why It Matters

St Matthew Passion draws 1,044 Wikipedia views per month (passion category, ranking #2 of 2).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]