O Holy Spirit's solemn rite (O heiliges Geist- und Wasserbad) Cantata for the Trinity Sunday by Johann Sebastian Bach 4-Part - Sheet Music
By Johann Sebastian Bach
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O Holy Spirit's solemn rite (O heiliges Geist- und Wasserbad)
20681130
20681130
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Soli SATB, SATB Choir, 2 Vl, Va, Fg, Bc
SKU: CA.3116500
Cantata for the Trinity Sunday. Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Edited by Frauke Heinze. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Bach vocal. O Heiliges Geist- Und Wasserbad. Sacred vocal music, Cantatas, Trinity. Full score. Composed 1715(?). BWV 165. Duration 13 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 31.165/00. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.3116500).ISBN 9790007186807. Language: German/English. Text: Franck, Salomo.
The cantata "O heilges Geist- und Wasserbad" (O Holy spirit's solemn rite) BWV 165 is one of Bach's earliest cantata compositions and was presumably first performed in the Weimar Schlosskirche for Trinity Sunday in 1715. With a simple instrumentation of only strings and basso continuo (including bassoon), the cantata offers an alternative to the later Leipzig cantatas for the Feast of the Holy Trinity, also with regard to the vivid interpretation of the text in the librettos by Salomon Franck. In the two expressive recitatives and the three distinctively different arias, Bach repeatedly emphasizes the central words of the text, which focuses on the meaning of the rebirth of the spirit through baptism.
