Magnificat in C major with Insertion Movements for Performances over Christmas – Urtext by Johann Kuhnau SSATB - Sheet Music
By Johann Kuhnau
20474585
Magnificat in C major
20474585
20474585
20474585
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Chorus and piano (solos: SSATB – 0.2.0.0 – 0.3.0.0 – timp – str – bc)
SKU: BR.EB-32108
With Insertion Movements for Performances over Christmas – Urtext. Composed by Johann Kuhnau. Edited by David Erler. Arranged by Andreas (KA) Köhs. Choir; stapled. Edition Breitkopf. Mass; Baroque. Piano/Vocal Score. 52 pages. Duration 30'. Breitkopf and Haertel #EB 32108. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.EB-32108).ISBN 9790004186756. 7.5 x 10.5 inches.
Kuhnau's Magnificat in C major is - apart from his Biblical Sonatas - considered to be his most ambitious and best known work. However, as recent research has revealed, there are indeed many other large-scale works among his oeuvre which are largely presumed lost today, apart from those that were published as first editions. Until now, only insufficient or erroneous editions of the Magnificat have been available, a piano reduction has not been available at all. Beyond that, editor David Erler has succeeded in tracking down new evidence on the authorship of four Laudes (insertion movements for performances over Christmas) and to carry out their altogether new placement in the main work. He was able to prove that Bach's Magnificat directly succeeded Kuhnaus's work and that the use of such Laudes was common in Leipzig's parish churches and beyond.
