Cantata BWV 131 "Aus der Tiefen"

Review questions:

1) Cantata BWV 131 was written:
a. For performance in early morning.
b. As an exercise.
c. For performance at an event of mourning.

2) The movements of Cantata BWV 131 can be difficult to distinguish from one another because
a. one often runs into another without a clear break.
b. they all use the same chorale tune.
c. they are all in the same key.

3) Bach highlights "Flehens" (prayers) as an important word in the first movement of Cantata BWV 131 by
a. always writing a melisma on this word, while virtually all other words are syllabic.
b. often including a large dissonant leap, which draws our attention to the word.
c. both a and b.

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