The heavens laugh, the earth exults in gladness (Der Himmel lacht! Die Erde jubilieret) Cantata for Easter Sunday by Johann Sebastian Bach STB - Sheet Music
By Johann Sebastian Bach
17391310
The heavens laugh, the earth exults in gladness (Der Himmel lacht! Die Erde jubilieret)
17391310
17391310
17391310
Details
STB vocal soli, SSATB choir, oboe, 3 trumpets, timpani, 2 violin, 2 viola, basso continuo, [2 oboes, taille, bassoon]
SKU: CA.3103100
Cantata for Easter Sunday. Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Edited by Michael Marker. This edition: urtext. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Bach vocal. German title: Der Himmel Lacht, Die Erde Jubilieret. Sacred vocal music, Cantatas, Easter and Eastertide. Full score. Composed 1715. BWV 31. 68 pages. Duration 24 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 31.031/00. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.3103100).ISBN 9790007084660. Language: German/English.
The words are based on the Easter Gospel, the account of the Resurrection of Jesus, which is first joyfully celebrated. Then follows a call to the faithful: every Christian must make the Resurrection a reason to renew himself spiritually, so as to complete a kind of inner Resurrection himself. For his scoring - which changed slightly from performance to performance - Bach called upon a five-part choir, three trumpets and timpani, three oboes, taille and bassoon, strings and basso continuo.
