Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)

O Holy Spirit’s solemn rite BWV 165

Cantata for the Trinity Sunday – "O heilges Geist- und Wasserbad" Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben (revised edition)

4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, Bassoon, basso continuo

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4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, Bassoon, basso continuo
Product Type
Study score
Author / Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach
Editor
Frauke Heinze
Product number
681135
Languages
german, english
Description

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. I...