Bach digital -

Magnificat, single movement

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Scoring

Sopran solo I, Sopran solo II, Alt solo, Tenor solo, Bass solo, Sopran I, Sopran II, Alt, Tenor, Bass, Tromba I, Tromba II, Tromba III, Timpani, Flauto dolce, Oboe I, Oboe II, Violine I, Violine II, Viola, Basso continuo (einschließlich Bassono)

Date of origin, Work history

1723

Date of composition Autumn/Winter 1723 (autograph handwriting styles/technique of musical movement). First performance on December 25, 1723; figural Magnificat performances were customary in Leipzig on high feast days, including the three feasts of Mary during the Vespers service; during Christmas (since Samuel Calvisius) with four Laudes inserted into the Magnificat. Movement D is incompletely preserved but can be approximately reconstructed from its parody, BWV 110/5

Early performances

1723-25-12, Leipzig, St. Thomas Church (Link to event)
Vespergottesdienst, Predigt: Justus Gotthard Rabener

relation from other works:

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

Comment

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Libretto

Luke 1, 46-55 (Vulgate) and Minor Doxology; 4 inserted movements (Laudes):
A: Stanza 1 from Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her (M. Luther, 1535);
B: Freut euch und jubiliert (unknown author, 1570);
C: Gloria in excelsis Deo (after Luke 2, 14);
D: Virga Jesse floruit (unknown author, first evidenced in Florilegium Portense 1603 in a composition by S. Calvisius)

Chorale

Chorale

Satz B:
Dichter unbekannt, Freut euch und jubiliert, 1570
in: E. Bodenschatz, Florilegium selectissimarum cantionum [...], Leipzig, Lamberg 1603, Nr. 87

Chorale