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 and bass recitatives and the soprano and tenor arias. Bach's composition has a particularly festive brilliance with his use of 2 horns, 2 oboes da caccia and the two concertante solo violins. The violins' lively figurations clearly reflect an image of the shining morning star.. Format: Study/Pocket score. Classification: Choral. Notation: Urtext. Media: Printed music. Language: English; German.
Cat No.
TP1001
Price
£8.50
Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach
Editor
Matthias Wendt
Category
Miniature Score
Publisher
Barenreiter Ltd
ISMN
979-0-006-20503-5
EAN-13
9790006205035
Availability
In Print
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