This mixed chorale cantata sets the first and last verses of the corresponding Luther chorale verbatim, but the other movements are free poetry based on the content of the chorale. The time of composition
The music scholar Malcolm Bruno has prepared a new reconstruction of the work based on the meanwhile established parody model Trauerode BWV 198.
Bach's St John and St. Matthew Passions are popular
Other than the later passions by Johann Sebastian Bach, the original scoring does not include instrumental accompaniment. To enable a presentation of the passion by a wider circle of performers, however,