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Vox Christi, Latin for Voice of Christ, is a term for the bass voice representing Jesus in the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and others. This is one of the part were appears prominently in Bach's Passions. In the ''St John Passion'', the ''St Matthew Passion'' and the lost ''St Mark Passion''. The singer renders the exact words uttered by Christ (in direct speech) in the Gospel's Martin Luther's German translation. In contrast, the Evangelist in the music of Bach is always a tenor, who narrates the story in the Gospel's exact words in recitative secco, in the Passions, the ''Christmas Oratorio'', and the ''Ascension Oratorio''. The Evangelist, that is the actual singer, really is an evangelist, that is a "teller of good news", whereas the bass singer is not an actor playing a part. He gives voice to Christ's utterances in the narrative of the Gospel. This is why his part is traditionally called ''vox Christi'', the voice of Christ. The words of Jesus in the ''St John Passion'' are recitatives secco leaning toward arioso. In the ''St Matthew Passion'' they are in accompanied recitative, that is they are additionally highlighted by an accompaniment in four parts (3 strings and basso continuo). In the cantatas the ''vox Christi'' may utter either literal words from the Bible which are neither direct quotes of or even attributed to Christ but are presented in the context of the musical work as being made by Christ, or extra-biblical words, for example in a dialogue between the Bridegroom (Christ) and the Bride (the Soul), or in an address to the Bride. ==Singers== Some basses and baritones are especially known for singing the words of Jesus in Bach's Passions, including: *Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau *Kieth Engen *Franz Kelch *Max van Egmond *Klaus Mertens *Peter Kooy *Konrad Jarnot 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vox Christi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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