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The oldest extant examples of this song form are those of Manuel Torre. The most popular of these is La Niña de la Puebla (The Village Child). Other composers were Juan Varea, and El Agujeta. Today, these songs are sung by José Mercé and José Menese, among others.
Und es waren Hirten in derselben Gegend ("And there were shepherds in the same environs"), [1] BWV 248 II (also written as BWV 248 II), [2] is a 1734 Christmas cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach as the second part of his Christmas Oratorio.
Rhino Records approached the band with the prospect of recording a studio album, [2] which was an idea they had debated before, without recording one. [3] Los Lobos reached out to song collectors and friends to gather a body of music that included 147 Latin Christmas songs (including one original tune), spanning several decades and the entirety of the Americas, across genres or styles as ...
A Christmas cantata or Nativity cantata is a cantata, music for voice or voices in several movements, for Christmas.The importance of the feast inspired many composers to write cantatas for the occasion, some designed to be performed in church services, others for concert or secular celebration.
Bach structured the cantata in seven movements. An opening chorus and a closing chorale frame a sequence of arias, a recitative and a duet.Bach scored the work for four vocal soloists (soprano (S), alto (A), tenor (T), bass (B)), a four-part choir and a Baroque instrumental ensemble of three trumpets and timpani (Ti), two transverse flutes (Ft), three oboes (Ob) (also oboe d'amore and oboe da ...
Portrait of the young Bach (disputed) [20] Erschallet, ihr Lieder is the third of the Weimar cantatas. [21] It was the first composed for a feast day, Pentecost Sunday (Whit Sunday), Pentecost being a high holiday along with Christmas and Easter. [22]
Herr, wenn die stolzen Feinde schnauben (Lord, when our insolent enemies snort), [1] BWV 248 VI (also written as BWV 248 VI), is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach, composed for Epiphany as the sixth part of his Christmas Oratorio for the Christmas season of 1734–35 in Leipzig.
Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied (Sing a new song to the Lord), [1] BWV 190, [a] is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach.He wrote it in Leipzig for the New Year's Day and first performed it on 1 January 1724 as part of his first cantata cycle.