• Steigt freudig in die Luft

BWV 36.2; BWV 36a; BC [G 12]

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Genre

• Secular cantata

Scoring

• [S solo, T solo, B solo, S, A, T, B, Oboe d'amore, Viola d'amore, Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Basso continuo]

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Date of origin, Work history

• vor dem 30. November 1726

• First performance on November 30, 1726 (or contrary to Picander 1725?) for the birthday of Princess Charlotte Friederica Amalia of Anhalt-Köthen, whom Prince Leopold had already married in June 1725. Music, except for the recitatives in movements 2, 4, 6, and 8, can be reconstructed based on the original composition

relation to other works:

is revision of BWV 36.1 / BC G 35

Link to videos:

Steigt freudig in die Luft, BWV 36.2 (Mitteldeutsche Hofmusik, A. Grychtolik)

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Author Libretto

Henrici, Christian Friedrich, genannt Picander (1700–1764)

Libretto

• C. F. Henrici. Textdruck: Picander 1727 I, Seite 14 ("Bey der Ersten Geburths-Feyer | Der Durchlauchtigsten Fürstin zu Anhalt-Cöthen. 1726.")

Link to lyrics

Libretto

Freie Dichtung von Christian Friedrich Henrici (Picander) (1700–1764)

in: Chr. Fr. Henrici; Picanders Ernst-Schertzhaffte und Satyrische Gedichte. 1, Leipzig 1732, S. 14

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Additional sources

Es sind keine handschriftlichen Quellen überliefert. [unknown]

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Edition

NBA I/35 (Alfred Dürr) – Critical report (1964), S. 152

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BachDigitalWork_work_00000049

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https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000049

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2024-02-06 11:47:50