Magnify the Lord, my soul Cantata for the Visitation by Johann Sebastian Bach 4-Part - Sheet Music

SATB vocal soli, SATB choir, 2 oboes, trumpet, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo (Soli SATB, Coro SATB, 2 Ob, Tr, 2 Vl, Va, Bc)

SKU: CA.3101003

Cantata for the Visitation. Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Edited by Christoph Großpietsch. This edition: urtext. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Bach vocal. German title: Meine Seel erhebt den Herren. Sacred vocal music, Cantatas, Advent, Feasts of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Hymns in praise of the Virgin Mary. Vocal score. BWV 10. 28 pages. Duration 23 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 31.010/03. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.3101003).

ISBN 9790007095277. 7.5 x 10.67 inches. Language: German/English.

Bach created a very special chorale cantata for the Feast of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary (2 July 1724): Unusually, the work is not based on a Protestant hymn, but on a Gregorian chorale (9th psalm tone). The German-language Magnificat – the textual basis of the cantata – was sung to this melody at church services in Leipzig. As was customary in the chorale cantatas of the years 1724/25, the text of the Magnificat was paraphrased to fit the requirements of the musical form. The original biblical text is heard, however, in the opening chorus and the final chorale, as well as in the fifth movement (a duet), which can be viewed as the climax of the work: After the feisty bass continuo aria "Gewaltige stößt Gott vom Thron" (The mighty ones from off their seats), Luther’s original text "Er denket der Barmherzigkeit und hilft seinem Diener Israel auf" (The Lord hath holpen Israel) is heard as a ravishing duet of heavenly simplicity for alto and tenor, plainly accompanied by continuo. Between these voices, the trumpet (replaced by two oboes at a late revival) intones the chorale melody (which also features in one of the Schübler chorales, namely BWV 648).