Magnificat in E flat major [first version] BWV 243.1; BWV 243a; BC E 13 GND
- Other catalogues
- NV 1790, S. 72 [3]
- Genre
- Magnificat
- 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
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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
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(Link to event)
(Link to event) - relation from other works:
- has arrangement in BR-CPEB Ef 3
- Comment
- about first performance s. A. Glöckner, in: BJ 2003, p. 37ff.
- Link to videos:
- Magnificat in Es [1. Fassung] mit vier weihnachtlichen Einlagesätzen, BWV 243.1 (Amsterdam Baroque, T. Koopman)
- Libretto
- Lukas 1, 46-55 (Vulgata) und Kleine Doxologie; 4 Einlagesätze (Laudes):
A: Strophe 1 aus Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her (M. Luther, 1535);
B: Freut euch und jubiliert (Dichter unbekannt, 1570);
C: Gloria in excelsis Deo (nach Lukas 2, 14);
D: Virga Jesse floruit (Dichter unbekannt, erstmals nachgewiesen in Florilegium portense 1603 in Komposition von S. Calvisius); 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)
Link to lyrics - Chorale
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Satz A:
M. Luther, Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her, 1535, Strophe 1in: M. Luther, Geistliche Lieder auffs new gebessert zu Wittemberg. D. Mart. Luther, Wittemberg, 1535 - Chorale
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Satz B:
Dichter unbekannt, Freut euch und jubiliert, 1570
in: E. Bodenschatz, Florilegium selectissimarum cantionum [...], Leipzig, Lamberg 1603, Nr. 87 - Chorale
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Satz D:
Dichter unbekannt, Virga Jesse floruit, erstmals nachgewiesen in 1603
in: T. Popel, Cantilenae aliquot piae [...], Wittenberg, 1570
- Original sources
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D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 38 [Score, Sketch]
- Additional sources
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A-Sd MN 102, Faszikel 1 [Score]
A-Wn SA.67.B.29 [Score]
D-Bhm H 980 [Score]
D-B Kb 76/3 [Erstdruck] [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 37, Faszikel 3 [Score]
D-F Mus Hs 201 [Score]
D-HEms Th Ba 3 [Score]
D-LEm Becker III 2.17 [Score]
S-Skma Lovén V:4 [Score]
Verschollen Sing-Akademie BWV 243a [Score]
Verschollen Sing-Akademie BWV Anh. 161 [Score]
Verschollen Thomasschule zu Leipzig, BWV 243a (Partitur) [Score]
Verschollen BWV 243a oder 243, J. Rietz [Score]
Verschollen BWV 243a, K. Zulehner [Score]
Verschollen BWV Anh. 161 (2), A. W. Bach [Score]
Verschollen BWV 243a/C, C. F. G. Schwencke [Part(s)]
- Edition
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NBA II/3, S. 1 (Alfred Dürr, 1955) – Critical report (1955), S. 9 - Literature
- Zur Erstaufführung s. A. Glöckner, in: BJ 2003, S. 37ff.
- persistent ID
- BachDigitalWork_work_00000303
- Static URL
- https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000303
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