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1st version: SATB choir, 2 horns, cornetto, 3 trombones; 2nd version: SATB choir, 2 horns, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo, [2 oboes, taille (english horn), bassoon] SKU: CA.3111803 Funeral motet. Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Edited by Ulrich Leisinger. This edition: urtext. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Bach vocal. German title: O Jesu Christ, Mein'S Lebens Licht Motette. Sacred, Motets; Stuttgart Urtext editions; Occasions: Mourning, Death. Vocal score. Composed 1736/37 thru the first half of the 1740s. BWV 118. Duration 7 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 31.118/03. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.3111803). ISBN 9790007088798. Key: B flat major. Language: German/English. Text: Behm, Martin. Text: Martin Behm.Two versions survive: 1st version composed 1736/37, 2nd version in the first half of the 1740s. The versions differ only in instrumentation, and both are integrated in this edition. Score available separately - see item CA.3111800.