Ach Herr, lass dein lieb Engelein

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"Ach Herr, lass dein lieb Engelein" is a Lutheran chorale text and melody famously used by J.S. Bach as the final movement of his St John Passion.

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Label Occurrences
Ach Herr, lass dein lieb Engelein canonical 2

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Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Lutheran chorale ⓘ
chorale melody ⓘ
hymn ⓘ
appearsIn Bach’s chorale harmonizations ⓘ
associatedComposer Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
associatedWith German Baroque sacred music ⓘ
BWVNumber BWV 245/40 ⓘ
linked to: BWV 245
centuryOfOrigin 17th century ⓘ
functionInStJohnPassion concluding chorale ⓘ
genre chorale ⓘ
keyInStJohnPassion C major ⓘ
language German ⓘ
liturgicalUse Passiontide ⓘ
linked to: Holy Week

funeral service ⓘ
meter bar form ⓘ
musicalForces continuo accompaniment ⓘ
four-part choir ⓘ
performanceContext concert performance of St John Passion ⓘ
liturgical performance of St John Passion ⓘ
religiousTradition Lutheranism ⓘ
textContent petition to awaken from death on the Last Day ⓘ
prayer for angels to carry the soul after death ⓘ
textOpening Ach Herr, lass dein lieb Engelein ⓘ
textType Christian hymn text ⓘ
funeral hymn ⓘ
theme Christian hope after death ⓘ
eternal life ⓘ
resurrection ⓘ
usedAs final movement of St John Passion ⓘ
usedBy Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
usedIn St John Passion ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

St John Passion → closingChoraleFirstVersion → Ach Herr, lass dein lieb Engelein ⓘ
BWV 245 → notableChorale → Ach Herr, lass dein lieb Engelein ⓘ