Adorn yourself, dear soul, BWV 180
| Bach cantata | |
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| Adorn yourself, dear soul | |
| BWV: | 180 |
| Occasion: | 20th Sunday after Trinity |
| Year of origin: | 1724 |
| Place of origin: | Leipzig |
| Genus: | Choral cantata |
| Solo : | SATB |
| Choir: | SATB |
| Instruments : | 2Fl 2Ft Ob Oc 2Vn Va Vp Bc |
| AD : | approx. 28 min |
| text | |
| unknown author | |
| List of Bach cantatas | |
Decorate yourself, o dear soul ( BWV 180), is a choral cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach .
Emergence
The cantata was composed for the 20th Sunday after Trinity and performed for the first time on October 22nd, 1724 in Leipzig . It is based on the hymn of the same name by Johann Franck from 1649, the 1st, 4th and 9th stanza of which have been retained verbatim. An unknown poet reformulated the other stanzas as arias and recitatives . The cantata demands an accomplished flute soloist , especially in the second movement . The close proximity of the creation of further demanding flute parts suggests that Bach had an outstanding soloist available in the autumn of 1724. It is assumed that this could have been the then well-known French flautist Pierre-Gabriel Buffardin , who was employed in the orchestra in Dresden and possibly stayed in Leipzig for a few weeks.
Subject
The literal stanzas of Franck's Last Supper song as well as the rephrases that remain close to the original deal with the believer's longing for union with Christ in the sacrament, with the horror of the sinner at his holiness and with the joy and gratitude after receiving Christ's body and blood. The Lutheran doctrine of the Lord's Supper is unfolded in ever new mystical images .
occupation
- Vocal soloists: soprano , alto , tenor , bass
- Choir: soprano, alto, tenor, bass
- Orchestra: recorder I / II (one of them also as a solo transverse flute in an aria), oboe , waist (deep oboe), violin I / II, viola , in a recitative cello piccolo , basso continuo .
It is one of the few Bach cantatas in which the violoncello piccolo is used.
particularities
The basic mood of the work is extremely cheerful and joyful. This is reinforced by the use of dance-like forms, such as in the opening choir with its agitated 12/8 time. What is striking about this first movement, which is laid out in the manner of a sinfonia , is that it offers significant space for orchestral play and allows the flutes and oboes to enter into dialogue in groups in an imitative manner. The melody played by the orchestral instruments acts completely independently of the song melody performed by the soprano. The challenging character of the following tenor aria is played around by a virtuoso flute. The soprano aria of the 5th movement also contributes to the cheerful, dancing mood of this lesser-known cantata.
The original manuscript of the cantata is in the possession of the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart.
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
- Adorn yourself, oh dear soul, BWV 180 : Sheet music and audio files in the International Music Score Library Project
- Cantata BWV 180 Adorn yourself, oh dear soul on bach cantata's website
- Adorn yourself, dear soul, on the Bach website
- BWV 180 Adorn yourself, o dear soul Text, structure and composition on the personal homepage of Walter F. Bischof at the University of Alberta
- Introduction to BWV 180 by Rudolf Lutz and Karl Graf (workshop of the JS Bach Foundation ) on YouTube
