Magnificat in D major BWV 243
with the Insertion Movements of the Version in E flat major for Performances over Christmas – Urtext
[solos,mix ch,orch] duration: 40′ solos: SSATB – choir: SSATB – 2. 2(2ob d'am). 0. 2 – 0. 3. 0. 0 – timp – str – bc
Description
Johann Sebastian Bach’s Magnificat BWV 243 is an opulent festive music that represents a special feature in his œuvre. The first version (in E-flat major, BWV 243.1) is premiered only one month after Bach takes up his post as Thomaskantor in Leipzig in 1723. In the same year, Bach adds the four Christmas interludes, so-called Lauds, and performs the expanded version again on Christmas Day. Eventually, between 1732 and 1735, he reworks the work in many places and changes the key to a more trumpet-friendly D major. It is in this version (BWV 243.2) that the work later becomes generally known.
The edition adopts the interlude movements of the E-flat major version in a transposed form at the appropriate places in the score, parts, and piano vocal score. This allows a performance of the Magnificat in D major with interludes without time-consuming page-turning or the use of separate editions. In a performance without interlude movements, these can be paged over via a separate counting with Latin letters.
In addition, the editor undertakes a new reconstruction of the movement “Virga Jesse floruit,” which survives only incompletely in the autograph. The preface and critical report provide detailed information on this and other editorial questions. After the edition of the Magnificat by Johann Kuhnau, David Erler now presents a standard-setting edition of the Magnificat by J. S. Bach which places the work in the context of the Leipzig musical tradition.
PB 5733D
score
EAN: 9790004822555
106 pages / 25 x 32 cm / digital edition
EB 9437
piano vocal score
EAN: 9790004189146
72 pages / 19 x 27 cm / 206 g / stapled
OB 5733-11
continuo realization
organ
EAN: 9790004349861
32 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 145 g / stapled
OB 5733-15
violin 1
EAN: 9790004349878
8 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 53 g / stapled
OB 5733-16
violin 2
EAN: 9790004349885
8 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 53 g / stapled
OB 5733-19
viola
EAN: 9790004349892
8 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 53 g / stapled
OB 5733-26
basso (cello/double bass)
EAN: 9790004349908
16 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 79 g / stapled
OB 5733-30
wind parts
EAN: 9790004349915
56 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 257 g / folder
Description
Description
Johann Sebastian Bach’s Magnificat BWV 243 is an opulent festive music that represents a special feature in his œuvre. The first version (in E-flat major, BWV 243.1) is premiered only one month after Bach takes up his post as Thomaskantor in Leipzig in 1723. In the same year, Bach adds the four Christmas interludes, so-called Lauds, and performs the expanded version again on Christmas Day. Eventually, between 1732 and 1735, he reworks the work in many places and changes the key to a more trumpet-friendly D major. It is in this version (BWV 243.2) that the work later becomes generally known.
The edition adopts the interlude movements of the E-flat major version in a transposed form at the appropriate places in the score, parts, and piano vocal score. This allows a performance of the Magnificat in D major with interludes without time-consuming page-turning or the use of separate editions. In a performance without interlude movements, these can be paged over via a separate counting with Latin letters.
In addition, the editor undertakes a new reconstruction of the movement “Virga Jesse floruit,” which survives only incompletely in the autograph. The preface and critical report provide detailed information on this and other editorial questions. After the edition of the Magnificat by Johann Kuhnau, David Erler now presents a standard-setting edition of the Magnificat by J. S. Bach which places the work in the context of the Leipzig musical tradition.
Table of contents
| 1. | Magnificat anima mea |
| 2. | Et exsultavit spiritus meus |
| A. | Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her |
| 3a. | Quia respexit humilitatem |
| 3b. | … omnes generationes |
| 4. | Quia fecit mihi magna |
| B. | Freut euch und jubiliert |
| 5. | Et misericordia |
| 6. | Fecit potentiam |
| C. | Gloria in excelsis Deo |
| 7. | Deposuit potentes de sede |
| 8. | Esurientes implevit bonis |
| D. | Virga Jesse floruit |
| 9. | Suscepit Israel |
| 10. | Sicut locutus est |
| 11. | Gloria Patri |