Johann Sebastian Bach: Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV 248: Mixed Choir And Ensemble

Johann Sebastian Bach: Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV 248: Mixed Choir And Ensemble

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COMPOSER: Johann Sebastian Bach

PUBLISHER: Bärenreiter-Verlag

INSTRUMENTATION: Soloists, Mixed Choir and Piano

PRODUCT FORMAT: Vocal Score

Bach ’s Christmas Oratorio , composed in 1734, narrates the story of the birth of Jesus in a cycle of six cantatas with a text probably by Christian Friedrich Henrici (known as Picander) whoprovided several libretti for Bach during his Leipzig period. Like the St. Matthew and St. John Passions,

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Composer	Johann Sebastian Bach
Publisher	Bärenreiter-Verlag
Instrumentation	Soloists, Mixed Choir and Piano
Number of pages	246
Product Format	Vocal Score
Description Product Type	Vocal Score
Genre	Oratorium
Style Period	Baroque
Theme	Christmas
ISMN	9790006461660
Series	Bärenreiter Urtext
No.	BA5014A
Voicing	SATB
Text language	German

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Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, composed in 1734, narrates the story of the birth of Jesus in a cycle of six cantatas with a text probably by Christian Friedrich Henrici (known as Picander) whoprovided several libretti for Bach during his Leipzig period.

Like the St. Matthew and St. John Passions, the Christmas Oratorio is narrated by an Evangelist and includes devices from Italian operasuch as the recitative and aria. It was written to be performed during the thirteen days of Christmas of the Lutheran Church calendar (25 December – 6 January) allowing the wondrous story of the Gospel tograduallyunfold.

- Full score and performance material (BA5014), vocal score (BA5014-90) and study score (TP85) available for sale.

- Urtext of the New Bach Edition.