Trauer-Actus "Ach, wie nichtig, ach wie flüchtig", TVWV 1:38 (Score) AL30378 which can also be played

which can also be played by the organ

Pieter Dirksen discusses various aspects of these pieces' origins

"Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben"

In addition to the score

In seven movements the young composer knew how to create with the voice (a–d2) and the small instrumental ensemble a rich palette of forms and affections

Trauer-Actus "Ach, wie nichtig, ach wie flüchtig", TVWV 1:38 (Score) AL30378 which can also be playedThe 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).