Donald Satz wrote:
>Although St. Marks Passion is attibuted to Bach, there is evidently
>much skepticism that Bach wrote the work. Does anyone know what the
>issues are surrounding this composition and its creator?
An obituary credited Bach with having composed five passions, but to my
knowledge, only two survivied: St. John's BWV 245 & St. Matthew's BWV
244. I am unfamuiliar or ignorant of a St. Mark's BWV???.
Mark
[From Classical Net (bach works list):
St Matthew Passion (Picander) (BWV 244)
St John Passion (BWV 245)
St Luke Passion (BWV 246)
St Mark Passion - Passio secundum Marcum (Picander) (BWV 247) Spurious
-Dave]