Performances
Sheet Music
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General Information
Work Title
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Es ist genug, so nimm, Herr
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Alternative. Title
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Über die Sehnworte des Elias
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Composer
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Ahle, Johann Rudolf
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I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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IJA 6
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Key
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A major
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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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1
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Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1662
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Librettist
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Franz Joachim Burmeister (1633–1672)
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Language
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German
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Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Baroque
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Piece Style
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Baroque
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Instrumentation
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SSATTB voices
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Navigation etc.
This is a setting of the same chorale melody used by Johann Sebastian Bach to close his cantata O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, BWV 60, to the same words "Es ist genug". Alban Berg varies this chorale in the finale of his violin concerto.