Although classified as a cantata, it is essentially a miniature comic. Some of bach cantatas i first heard them on a cassette and many blew my mind then and still today. The set also contains the texts in translation, as well as cross references so you can quickly find a cantata by bwv number or name. Bach works catalog, a directory of internet resources, recommended recordings, midi files, realaudio files, images, icons, links, and a monthly bach quiz and cd giveaway.
Get babylons translation software free download now. The choral score accompaniment is simplified and more accessible to the average organist. Another artistically beautiful and popular solo collection for flute. Cantata bwv 142 uns ist ein kind geoboren english translation in parallel format. Most of the translations are located at the bcw, but links to other translations over the web are provided as. Bwv 211, also known as the coffee cantata, is a secular cantata by johann sebastian bach. Cantata bwv 147 english translation parallel format. Bach s cantatas and his other vocal works and many of his instrumental works.
Cantata bwv 142 english translation parallel format. Kuhnau cantata uns ist ein kind geboren bwv 142 chiesa cristiana protestante in milano, 18 dicembre 2016 concerto di natale della mailander kantorei. Bach, johann sebastian grove music oxford music online. Rilling was the first conductor to ever record the complete bach cantatas and still, 25 years after they were first released in celebration of the bach tercentennial in 1985, they remain the. Bach played at easter 24 april and may have performed cantata no. He composed it in leipzig in 1725 for easter monday and first performed it on 2 april 1725. Satb choir sheet music book by johann sebastian bach 16851750. Emmanuel music is a bostonbased ensemble of singers and instrumentalists founded in 1970 by craig smith to perform the complete sacred cantatas of j. Ich ruf zu dir, herr jesu christ, bwv 177 translation. Most of the translations are located at the bcw, but links to other translations over the web are provided as well. Christian friedrich penzel, one of bach s last students and prefect in 1755, copied bach cantatas found in the thomas school archives, including this work original lost. This introduction more than 20 years ago, attracted me to the classic music of that era and beyond that is opened my eyes to the baroque music as a whole. What links here related changes upload file special pages. Ch73 0900 0000 8558 5738 0 from the protestant church trogen in switzerland choir and orchestra of the j.
He composed it in leipzig for the first sunday after easter and first performed it on april 8, 1725. English translation in parallel format cantata bwv 142 a child is born to us. He composed it in leipzig for the second sunday after easter and first performed it on 15 april 1725. Choir, piano sheet music book by johann sebastian bach 16851750. Cantata 142 appeared authentic, a seemingly certain attestation, says wollny ibid. Having recently purchased the bach complete sacred cantatas box set conducted by masaaki suzuki, i now have all of the major cantata collections. He composed it in weimar for jubilate, the third sunday after easter, and led the first performance on 22 april 1714 in the schlosskirche, the court chapel of the schloss in weimar bach was appointed konzertmeister in weimar in the spring of 1714, a position that called. The bach cantatas website bcw is a comprehensive site covering all aspects of j. Bach s cantata 142 uns ist ein kind geboren and arranged it for string orchestra or quartet. For those who want to get to know these works a little better and scratch beneath the surface, stokes translations of the texts introduction by neary is a must js bach. Cantata for christmas day, formerly attributed to johann sebastian bach, but probably composed by johann kuhnau. In 1939, sydney biden provided the english translation for the cantata for us a child is. In the bachwerkeverzeichnis it is listed among the works with a doubtful attribution to johann sebastian bach.
Francis browne provided an english translation, which you might find. Original texts german cantatas sorted by bwv number sorted thematically other vocal works sorted by bwv number sorted thematically all vocal works sorted by title. Performers of bach s works, including their biographies, bach discographies. Walter ehrets arrangement of this baroque masterwork has b. Among the tools of bachs craft the traditions of musica poetica and. Bach cantate bwv 142 uns ist ein kind geboren youtube. Bach s vocal works, that is, of his cantatas, motets, masses, passions, oratorios, and chorales. He composed the chorale cantata in leipzig for the fourth sunday after trinity and first. Emmanuel music continues to perform cycles of largescale and chamber works by bach, handel, mozart, schubert, brahms, debussy, haydn, schoenberg, weill, wolf, medelssohn, and schumann under artistic director ryan turner. On this websize, you can find the texts and instrumentations of j. The text is based on a libretto by erdmann neumeister first published in 1711. The occasion for which this cantata was composed is not stated in the score. Bach uses the melody also in cantatas 110 and 142, and in the christmas. Bachs cantatas and his other vocal works and many of his instrumental works.
Translate coffee cantata to english online and download now our free translation software to use at any time. Five cantatas of bach survive only in copies by penzel. Bleib bei uns, denn es will abend werden stay with us, for evening falls, bwv 6, is a cantata by johann sebastian bach for use in a lutheran service. Bwv 119 by bach bwv 120 by bach bwv 142 not by bach bwv 157 by bach bwv 160 not by bach bwv 189 probably not by bach bwv 193 by bach, but incomplete bwv 201 224 secular cantatas so there are about six genuine omissions, and other apparent missings are down to the fact that the cantatas concerned are not by bach, not wholly. Uns ist ein kind geboren unto us a child is born, bwv 142 anh.
Ii 23, is a christmas cantata by an unknown composer. Having established that, if by bach, the cantata could only have been. Bleib bei uns, denn es will abend werden, bwv 6 wikipedia. Uns ist ein kind geboren, bwv 142 johann sebastian bach. He composed it in weimar for palm sunday, and first performed it on 25 march 1714, which was also the feast of the annunciation that year. Bach cantata bwv 142 this work is now thought to be by german composer and organist johann kuhnau who preceded bach as cantor at the thomaskirche in leipzig. Although attributed to bach by the bach gesellschaft when they first published it. In the bach werkeverzeichnis it is listed among the works with a doubtful attribution to johann sebastian bach. Cantata uns ist ein kind geboren bwv 142 mailander.
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