EMMI LEISNER - Schlage doch gewünschte Stunde - TRAUERKANTATE

Schlage doch, gewünschte Stunde (Haste to strike, oh longed for hour), BWV 53, is an aria for alto, probably for a funeral. It was attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach, but was not composed by him, but probably in Leipzig by Melchior Hoffmann, another composer of the 18th century. The work on an anonymous German text was likely composed for a funeral service. It has often been attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach, but Alfred Dürr did not include it in his 1971 book Die Kantaten von Johann Sebastian Bach, base