Wie schon leuchtet der Morgenstern BWV 1
Cantata for the Feast of Annunciation Day
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Cantata for the Feast of Annunciation Day. Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Edited by Matthias Wendt. This edition: urtext edition. Stapled. Barenreiter Urtext. Set of wind parts. BWV 1. 7/5/8/8 pages. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA10001-65. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA10001-65).ISBN 9790006536153. 32.5 x 25.5 cm inches.
The cantata"Wie schon leuchtet der Morgenstern"BWV 1 was written for 25 March 1725, when the Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Mary coincided with Palm Sunday.
It forms the conclusion of Bach's cantata cycle of 1724/25.
The anonymous librettist retained the outer verses 1 and 7 of Philipp Nicolai's text (1599) which is assigned to the feast of Epiphany according to old tradition but was also sung at the Annunciation of the Blessed Mary. Verses 2 to 6 form the basis for the tenor and bass recitatives and the soprano and tenor arias.
Bach's composition has a particularly festive brilliance with his use of 2 horns, 2 oboes da caccia and the two concertante solo violins. The violins' lively figurations clearly reflect an image of the shining morning star.
- Urtext of the New Bach Edition
- Original German text with English singing translation
- Idiomatic and easy-to-play piano reduction
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