About this work
Schlage doch, gewünschte Stunde long circulated as BWV 53 but is no longer regarded as a work by Johann Sebastian Bach. It is now attributed to Melchior Hoffmann. That authorship should be stated clearly even though the former number remains useful for locating editions and recordings.
The source contains a single aria for alto, strings and continuo. Bells punctuate the texture while pizzicato strings establish a regular pulse. This immediately recognisable sonority supports long vocal phrases; no recitative, chorus or chorale completes the movement in the document.
The tempo should allow bells to resonate without turning the line into a funeral march. The alto should shape phrases above the pizzicato and prepare cadences with the bass. Retain both Melchior Hoffmann and former BWV 53 on working material to combine accurate attribution with documentary findability.
What the document containsDocument: The document contains 5 pages in PDF format. No MIDI file is currently attached to this historical record. The PDF contains the single aria transmitted under the former number BWV 53; its current attribution to Melchior Hoffmann takes precedence over the historical label.The historical record marks the work and file as public domain but does not document the editor or exact provenance of this copy. The file preserved by LesPartitions.info can be compared with the reference catalogue. Following that check, LesPartitions.info separates established facts from information that remains incomplete.