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Music for Easter is often in the format of an Oratorio, although there are many Easter cantatas too. Readings 1 Corinthians 5:6–8, Christ is our Easter lamb Mark 16:1–8, Resurrection Hymns "Also heilig ist der Tag" [2] "Vita sanctorum, decus angelorum", and German "Der Heiligen Leben thut stets nach Gott streben" [2]
The cantata was Bach's first composition for Easter as Thomaskantor in Leipzig. He derived it from his earlier Serenata, which had a similar celebratory mood. An unknown librettist solved the problem that Bach's congratulatory cantata was a dialogue of tenor and alto by retaining a dialogue in three movements, assigned to Hope
Earth exults), [1] BWV 31, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach for the first day of Easter. Bach composed the cantata in Weimar and first performed it on 21 April 1715. History and words
A church cantata or sacred cantata is a cantata intended to be performed during Christian liturgy. The genre was particularly popular in 18th-century Lutheran Germany, with many composers writing an extensive output: Stölzel , Telemann , Graupner and Krieger each wrote nearly or more than a thousand.
His cantatas are usually written for a baroque orchestra consisting of a string section, an oboe section, and a continuo group, timpani and brass were sometimes added on festive occasions such as Christmas or Easter. The vocal forces consisted of a four-part choir and soloists.
(or) So du mit deinem Munde bekennest Jesum, BWV 145 (Easter Tuesday cantata Ich lebe, mein Herze, zu deinem Ergötzen, BWV 145, converted to a cantata for Easter Sunday by adding two preceding movements, one of which, i.e. the opening movement of TWV 1:1350, was composed by Telemann: it is unlikely that this pasticcio was realised by Bach; BDW ...
Christ lag in Todes Banden (also spelled Todesbanden; [a] "Christ lay in death's bonds" [2] or "Christ lay in the snares of death"), [3] BWV 4, is a cantata for Easter by German composer Johann Sebastian Bach, one of his earliest church cantatas. It is agreed to be an early work partly for stylistic reasons and partly because there is evidence ...
Ihr werdet weinen und heulen (You shall weep and wail), [1] BWV 103, is a cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach, a church cantata for the third Sunday after Easter, called Jubilate. Bach composed the cantata in his second year as Thomaskantor in Leipzig and first performed it on 22 April 1725.