Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)
How bright and fair the morning star BWV 1
Cantata for the Feast of Annunciation Day Bärenreiter Urtext
3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
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- For
- 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
- Product Type
- Study score (Urtext edition)
- Author / Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Editor
- Matthias Wendt
- Product number
- 473387
- Languages
- german, english
Description
The cantata “ Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern” BWV 1 was written 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 outer verses 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 an...