The newly born child (Das neugeborne Kindelein)
Cantata for the Sunday after Christmas
by Johann Sebastian Bach
4-Part - Sheet Music

SATB vocal soli, 3 recorders, 2 oboes, english horn, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo

SKU: CA.3112203

Cantata for the Sunday after Christmas. Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Edited by Christiane Hausmann. Arranged by Paul Horn. This edition: urtext. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Bach vocal. German title: Das neugeborne Kindelein. Sacred vocal music, Cantatas, Christmas. Vocal score. Composed 1724. BWV 122. 20 pages. Duration 16 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 31.122/03. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.3112203).

ISBN 9790007137151. Language: German/English.

More than usual, in this chorale cantata the hymn is continuously present; it appears as the cantus firmus in four of the six movements and gives the work an overall unity. In addition to the opening chorus and in the closing chorale, it appears in a trio, a rare occurrence in Bach's vocal works, and even in a recitative. The latter is performed by recorders. The rich scoring for winds - besides the recorders it also includes three oboes - characterizes this cantata, which is performed after Christmas and whose text refers back to Christmas and also points to the new year. Score available separately - see item CA.3112200.