Open the gates (Telemann)

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Make the gates wide ( TWV 1: 1074) is a sacred cantata by Georg Philipp Telemann .

The text comes from the Eisenach court musician and spiritual poet Johann Friedrich Helbig (1680–1722). The dictum of the opening choir comes from Psalm 24 . The final chorale is a choral movement about the first stanza of the song Why do you want to stand outside by Paul Gerhardt in the melody version by Johann Crüger .

history

The cantata is intended for the 1st Advent and opens Telemann's “Sicilian Vintage” of cantatas, which he composed in Frankfurt am Main . With the composition of the year Telemann fulfilled his contractual obligation to deliver a year of cantatas every two years for the court of Saxony-Eisenach . Duke Johann Wilhelm had personally designated Helbig's poetry as a text basis by decree. The unifying stylistic features of the year are the inclusion of movements in the siciliana rhythm as well as the continuous use of two obbligato oboes . The year was performed in Eisenach in the 1719/20 church year . Performances followed in Hamburg in 1722/23 , as evidenced by text prints, and in Frankfurt am Main in 1726/27.

The cantata has come down to us in a copy by Johann Sebastian Bach , who performed it on November 28, 1734, the 1st Advent in Leipzig. It is possible that Bach used cantatas by other composers this year in order to gain time for the composition of his Christmas Oratorio BWV 248. A set of parts from the estate of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach contains alternative versions of the two arias with decorations , which were probably created by CPE Bach for a Hamburg performance. Another copy of the cantata was rediscovered a few years ago in the Austrian National Library in Vienna.

The first print was edited in 1963 by Traugott Fedtke based on JS Bach's copy and published by Hänssler Stuttgart. The cantata soon developed into one of Telemann's most frequently performed church music works. The new edition prepared by Klaus Hofmann in 1975 also included the other existing manuscripts as templates.

occupation

Solos (SATB), choir ( SATB ), 2 oboes , 2 violins , viola , basso continuo

text

1st choir: Open the gates

Open the gates
and open the doors of the world,
that the King of Honor may enter.

Who is the same King of Honor?
It is the Lord, strong and mighty in contention.

Open the gates
and open the doors of the world!

Who is the same King of Honor?
It is the Lord of hosts ,
he is the King of Honors
Sela, Sela, Sela. ( Ps 24,7-10  LUT )

2nd aria (soprano)

Jesus, come into my soul,
let it be your home.
Drive out of her the confusion of sins,
honor,
greed and lust for the flesh, grant her a light of your grace.

3rd recitative (tenor)

I would like to prepare the way for the entry and offer
you the clothes of a holy awe
of true repentance and faith.
Just help me with your spirit
that my service may please you.
You know that for me I am unskilled for all good things,
but when your splendor looks into my heart,
I will grant you everything you
can desire from my humility.

4th aria (bass)

I want to pray, I want to wrestle,
I want to praise, I want to sing,
so that above all I
may do your will.
My longing is
that I am completely alone devoted to you with
my heart and mind, my Redeemer, my gain
.

5. Chorale: Why do you want to stand outside

Why do you want to stand outside,
you blessed of the Lord? Allow
yourself to come to me,
please, you my star.
O my Jesus, my joy,
in the right time, helpers
, help O Savior, my heart
from sin, one that hurt me. ( Paul Gerhardt )

1 at Paul Gerhardt in the original: "Wounds"

literature

  • Werner Menke: Thematic index of the vocal works by Georg Philipp Telemann. Volume 1. Cantatas for worship use. 2., ext. Edition Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main 1988, ISBN 3-465-01835-4 , p. 223.
  • Traugott Fedtke, Klaus Hofmann (ed.): Georg Philipp Telemann. Open the gates. [Score]. Hänssler, Neuhausen-Stuttgart 1975. Later: Carus, Stuttgart 1992.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Johann Friedrich Helbig: Auffmunterung zur Andacht, Or: Musical texts, about the ordinary Sundays and Feasts, Gospels throughout the year, performed in honor of God by Der Hoch = Fürstl. Chapel in Eisenach. Johann Adolph Boetius, Eisenach 1720, pp. 1–3 ( digitized version ).
  2. a b http://www.hymnary.org/text/warum_willst_du_draussen_haben
  3. ^ Brit Reipsch: Notes on the so-called Sicilian vintage by Georg Philipp Telemann. In: Peter Cahn (Ed.): Telemann in Frankfurt: Report on the symposium Frankfurt am Main, 26./27. April 1996. (= contributions to the music history of the Middle Rhine region. 35), ISSN  0522-6937 , Schott, Mainz 2000, ISBN 3-7957-1337-4 , pp. 74–92, here: p. 84 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  4. ^ Brit Reipsch: Annotations on Georg Philipp Telemann, Johann Friedrich Helbig and Johann Sebastian Bach. In: Telemann and Bach: Telemann contributions. (= Magdeburg Telemann Studies. Volume 18). 2005, ISBN 3-4871-2837-3 , pp. 63–85, here: p. 64 ( limited preview in Google book search).
  5. ^ Christiane Jungius: Telemanns Frankfurter Kantatenzyklen. Bärenreiter, Kassel 2008, ISBN 978-3-7618-1998-2 , p. 25 and 378.
  6. ^ Klaus-Peter Koch: Telemann as Sorauer Hofkapellmeister. In: Carsten Lange (Ed.): Composers in the field of tension between courtly and urban music culture. Report on the International Scientific Conference, Magdeburg, March 18-19, 2010, on the occasion of the 20th Magdeburg Telemann Festival (= Telemann conference reports; 18). Olms, Hildesheim 2014, ISBN 978-3-487-15197-7 , pp. 45–82, here: p. 56 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
  7. Peter Wollny: The spiritual cantatas of Bach's contemporaries. In: Christoph Wolff, Ton Koopman (Hrsg.): The world of Bach cantatas. Volume 3. Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 1998, ISBN 3-476-01427-4 , pp. 37-50, here: p. 43.
  8. Eric Fiedler: Telemann in Vienna - on the rediscovery of seven cantatas from Telemann's 'Second Lingen Year' in the Austrian National Library. In: Die Musikforschung 61 (2008) 3, ISSN  0027-4801 , pp. 205-221 ( online ; subscription access).