Trauer-Actus "Ach, wie nichtig, ach wie flüchtig", TVWV 1:38 (Score) AL30378 in which the melody lies

in which the melody lies in the soprano

Carus now offers singers a new vocal score for performance which includes the well-known texts in the established sequence without requiring any additional page turns

"Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben"

which can also be played by the organ

Bach's supreme mastery of contrapuntal writing

Trauer-Actus "Ach, wie nichtig, ach wie flüchtig", TVWV 1:38 (Score) AL30378 in which the melody liesThe Trauer Actus is probably the earliest work in the Grimma collection of Telemann cantatas. Its textual and musical structur indicates that this work dates from Telemanns apprentice years at Hildesheim, between about 1696 97 and 1701. It belongs to a category of cantatas in which biblical quotations are brought together to etablish a particular theme, which can be supportet by existing hymns (se also Bachs Actus tragicus).