Wie Schön Leuchtet Der Morgenstern (How Bright And Fair The Morning Star) BWV 1. Cantata for the Feast of Annunciation Day.
The cantata “ Wie Schön Leuchtet Der Morgenstern” BWV 1 waswritten for 25 March 1725, when the Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Mary coincided with Palm Sunday. It forms the conclusion of Bach’s cantata cycle of 1724/25.
The anonymous librettist retained the outerverses 1 and 7 of Philipp Nicolai’s text (1599) which is assigned to the feast of Epiphany according to old tradition but was also sung at the Annunciation of the Blessed Mary. Verses 2 to 6 form the basis for the Tenor andBassrecitatives and the Soprano and Tenor arias.
Bach’s composition has a particularly festive brilliance with his use of 2 Horns, 2 Oboes Da Caccia and the two concertante solo Violins. The Violins’ livelyfigurations clearly reflect an image of the shining morning star.
- Urtext of the New Bach Edition.
- Original German text with English singing translation.
- Idiomatic and easy-to-play Piano reduction.
-Performance material (BA10001), vocal score (BA10001-90) & study score (TP1001) available for sale.
| Instrument | Piano |
| Genre (Fx Pop, Rock, Barn m.m.) | Kor |
| Typ (fx Lärobok, samling m.m.) | Vocal partitur |
| Niveau | Låg Intermediär |
| Sidor | 37 |
| Media | Noter |
| Bidragsgivare | Sebastian Bach, Johann(Composer) |
| ISMN | 9790006536146 |