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Jauchzet, frohlocket! Auf, preiset die Tage (Shout for joy, exult, rise up, praise the day), [1] BWV 248 I (also written as BWV 248 I), [2] is a 1734 Christmas cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach that serves as the first part of his Christmas Oratorio.
The Christmas Oratorio (German: Weihnachtsoratorium), BWV 248, is an oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach intended for performance in church during the Christmas season.It is in six parts, each part a cantata intended for performance in a church service on a feast day of the Christmas period.
Christum wir sollen loben schon BWV 121 Christmas cantata Chorale cantata by J. S. Bach Martin Luther, author of the hymn Occasion Second Day of Christmas Chorale " Christum wir sollen loben schon " by Martin Luther Performed 26 December 1724 (1724-12-26): Leipzig Movements 6 Vocal SATB soloists and choir Instrumental cornett 3 trombones oboe d'amore 2 violins viola continuo Christum wir ...
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.
Fallt mit Danken, fallt mit Loben (Fall with thanks, fall with praise), [1] BWV 248 IV (also written as BWV 248 IV), [2] is a Christmas cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach, composed in 1734 as Part IV of his six-part Christmas Oratorio. Each part of the oratorio is a cantata, written for performance on one of the feast days of the Christmas period.
The list includes both extant cantatas and, as far as known, lost cantatas. It is sortable by the cantata number which equals the number in the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (BWV), by title, by occasion during the liturgical year, the year of composition and date of first performance, as far as known. The scoring is provided, grouped by singers and ...
Bach wrote the chorale cantata in his second year in Leipzig to conclude a set of Christmas cantatas on the Feast of Epiphany. [2] [3] The prescribed readings for the feast day were taken from the Book of Isaiah, the heathen will convert (Isaiah 60:1–6), and from the Gospel of Matthew, the Wise Men From the East bringing gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh to the newborn Jesus (Matthew 2:1 ...
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]