Tröste, tröste uns, Gott

Tröste, tröste uns, Gott, P. 474, is a motet for two four-part choirs by Johann Pachelbel, a setting of verses from Psalm 85.

History and music

Pachelbel composed the motet Tröste, tröste uns, Gott, setting verses 5 to 10 from Psalm 85 in the translation into German by Martin Luther. He scored it for a double chorus and basso continuo. The two choirs are used antiphonally.
An edition of the motet was published by Carus-Verlag in 1968, edited by Eberhard Bonitz. The duration is given as 3 minutes. It was recorded in 1994 in a collection of motets by Pachelbel, Johann Christoph Bach and Johann Michael Bach by Cantus Cölln, with one voice on a part, conducted by Konrad Junghänel.