Composition: Vor harpe er bleven til sorrig (Scheibe, Johann Adolph)
| Title | Vor harpe er bleven til sorrig |
| Alternative title | Passions-Cantata (1768) |
| Creators | Johann Adolph Scheibe (composer) and Johannes Ewald (librettist) |
| Opus | SchWV B 2:306 |
| Instrumentation | voices, mixed chorus and orchestra |
| Number of movements | 19 |
| Keys | E flat major |
| Composed | 1768 |
| First published | — |
| Dedication | — |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | — |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Sacred cantatas, Passions |
| Language | Danish |
| Period | Classical |
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Sections
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Metronome | Key | Measures |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Coro. Adagio lamento | — | E flat major | — |
| 2. Arioso (cantocoro). Affettuoso | — | E flat major | — |
| 3. Accompagnato (basso). | — | C major | — |
| 4. Aria (tenore). Poco adagio e languido | — | G minor | — |
| 5. Recitativo (tenore). | — | D minor | — |
| 6. Aria (bassocoro). Poco allegro | — | E flat major | — |
| 7. Recitativo (tenore) − Accompagnato − Recitativo. | — | F minor | — |
| 8. Coro. Adagio e lagrimoso | — | E flat major | — |
| 9. Coro. Andante | — | B flat major | — |
| 10. Aria (tenorecoro). Andante affettuoso | — | B flat major | — |
| 11. Accompagnato (tenorecoro). | — | A minor | — |
| 12. Aria (tenorecoro). Andante ed affettuoso | — | A major | — |
| 13. Accompagnato (tenorecoro). | — | F major | — |
| 14. Aria (tenore). Andante e moderato | — | E flat major | — |
| 15. Recitativo (tenore) − Accompagnato. | — | F major | — |
| 16. Arioso (cantocoro). Affettuoso | — | G major | — |
| 17. Accompagnato (tenore). Pomposo | — | E flat major | — |
| 18. Coro. Larghetto pomposo | — | C minor | — |
| 19. Arioso (tenorecoro). Affettuoso | — | E flat major | — |
Arrangements
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Scores
| Details | Section | Type | Publisher | Date | File |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | — | Manuscript | 1768 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | Manuscript | 1770 | Segment 1 · view Segment 2 · view Segment 3 · view Segment 4 · view |
| view | Complete | — | Danish Centre for Music | — | Complete score · view Preface and Critical Commentary · view |
Recordings/Performances
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