• Magnificat in D major [second version]

BWV 243.2; BWV 243; BC E 14

^GND

Other catalogues

• NV 1790, S. 70 [7]

Genre

• Magnificat

Scoring

• Sopran solo I, Sopran solo II, Alt solo, Tenor solo, Bass solo, Sopran I, Sopran II, Alt, Teno, Bass, Tromba I, Tromba II, Tromba III, Timpani, Flauto traverso I, Flauto traverso II, Oboe I, Oboe II, Oboe d´amore I, Oboe d´amore II, Violine I, Violine II, Viola, Basso continuo

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Date of origin, Work history

• um 1732-1735

• Date of composition around 1732–1735 as a revised version of BWV 243.1; first performance possibly on July 2, 1733 (Visitation of Mary) following the lifting of the period of national mourning (see BWV 232.2)

relation from other works:

has arrangement in BR-CPEB Ef 3H 827Wq 218

Comment

• 2. Fassung in D-Dur.

Introduction to the work

Link to videos:

Magnificat in D [2. Fassung] BWV 243.2 (Netherlands Bach Society)

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Libretto

• Luke 1:46-55 (Vulgate) and Minor Doxology

Link to lyrics

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Original sources

D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 39 [Score]

Additional sources

D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 40 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 120 [Part(s)]
D-Bhm H 980 [Score]
D-DS Mus. ms. 1314 [Part(s)]
D-Rp Pr-M J. S. Bach I/9a [Score and part(s)]
D-Rp SM 4305 [Score and part(s)]
D-Rp SM VII/96 [Score]
DK-Kk mu 1306.2717 Jens Peter Larsens samling [Score]
DK-Kk mu 6704.2732 Weyses Samling (C I, 615) [Score]
Verschollen BWV 243 (2), J. N. J. Kötschau [Score]
Verschollen BWV 243 (Stimmensatz), C. P. E. Bach [Part(s)]
Verschollen BWV 243a oder 243, J. Rietz [Score]
Verschollen Sing-Akademie BWV 243 [Score]

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Edition

NBA II/3, S. 65 (Alfred Dürr, 1955) – Critical report (1955), S. 18

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BachDigitalWork_work_00000302

Static URL

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2023-08-30 07:03:09