How beautifully the morning star shines, BWV 1
Bach cantata | |
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How beautiful the morning star shines | |
BWV: | 1 |
Occasion: | Annunciation |
Year of origin: | 1725 |
Place of origin: | Leipzig |
Genus: | Choral cantata |
Solo : | STB |
Choir: | SATB |
Instruments : | 2Co 2Oc 2Vs 2Vn Va Bc |
AD : | approx. 25 min |
text | |
unknown poet | |
List of Bach cantatas |
How beautifully the morning star shines ( BWV 1) is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach based on the chorale of the same name by Philipp Nicolai from 1599.
Emergence
The work was composed by Bach as a choral cantata for the feast of the Annunciation (March 25th) in 1725 . The unknown lyricist only took over the wording of the first and seventh stanzas, the other stanzas were rewritten as recitatives and arias .
Subject
Nicolai's choral text celebrates the believer's joy over the birth of Jesus.
occupation
- Solos: soprano , tenor , bass
- Choir: soprano, alto , tenor, bass
- Instrumental parts: Horn I / II, oboe da caccia I / II, solo violin I / II, tutti violin I / II, viola , basso continuo
particularities
While the horns support the orchestra and song melody in the lavishly designed entrance choir, the violins, with their concertante playing in a high register, represent the sparkle of the morning star .
literature
- Alfred Dürr : Johann Sebastian Bach: The Cantatas. Bärenreiter, Kassel 1999, ISBN 3-7618-1476-3
- Werner Neumann : Handbook of JS Bach's Cantatas , 1947, 5th edition 1984, ISBN 3-7651-0054-4
- Hans-Joachim Schulze : The Bach Cantatas: Introductions to all of Johann Sebastian Bach's cantatas . Leipzig: Evangelical publishing company; Stuttgart: Carus-Verlag 2006 (Edition Bach-Archiv Leipzig) ISBN 3-374-02390-8 (Evang. Verl.-Anst.), ISBN 3-89948-073-2 (Carus-Verl.)
- Christoph Wolff , Ton Koopman : The world of Bach cantatas . Verlag JB Metzler, Stuttgart, Weimar 2006 ISBN 978-3-476-02127-4
Web links
Commons : How beautifully the morning star shines, BWV 1 - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- How beautifully the morning star shines, BWV 1 : Sheet music and audio files in the International Music Score Library Project
- How beautifully the morning star shines, BWV 1 : Text, structure, cast, at the University of Alberta