Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)
How bright and fair the morning star BWV 1
Cantata for the Feast of Annunciation Day Bärenreiter Urtext
3 solister (STB), blandad kör (SATB), orkester, basso continuo
Detaljer
- För
- 3 solister (STB), blandad kör (SATB), orkester, basso continuo
- Typ av produkt
- Övningspartitur (urtext)
- Författare / Kompositör
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Utgivare
- Matthias Wendt
- Produktnummer
- 473387
- Språk
- tyska, engelska
Beskrivning
The cantata “ Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern” BWV 1 was written for 25 March 1725, when the Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Mary coincided with Palm Sunday. It forms the conclusion of Bach’s cantata cycle of 1724/25.
The anonymous librettist retained the outer verses 1 and 7 of Philipp Nicolai’s text (1599) which is assigned to the feast of Epiphany according to old tradition but was also sung at the Annunciation of the Blessed Mary. Verses 2 to 6 form the basis for the tenor an...
Innehåll
- Zur Edition
- Editorial Note
- 1. (Coro): Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern / How bright and fair
- the morning star
- 2. Recitativo (Tenore): Du wahrer Gottes und Marien Sohn / Thou very son of God and Mary born
- 3. Aria (Soprano): Erfüllet, ihr himmlischen, göttlichen Flammen / Come kindle, thou heavenly bright shining beacon
- 4. Recitativo (Basso): Ein ird'scher Glanz, ein lieblich Licht / Our hearts rejoice in no false light
- 5. Ar...
