Cantatas · Masses · Oratorios Passions · Motets
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Cantatas · Masses · Oratorios Passions · Motets
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18 <strong>Motets</strong><br />
<strong>Motets</strong><br />
Bach’s motets, most of which date from his years at<br />
Leipzig, have always been among his best known<br />
compositions. The number of voices varies between<br />
four and eight, with the eight-part works being laid<br />
out for double choir. In some respects they are a mystery,<br />
since we know little about their liturgical use or<br />
the concrete reason for their composition. The absence<br />
of any independent instrumental parts enables<br />
these works to be performed a cappella. The motets<br />
remained showpieces for the choir of St. Thomas under<br />
Bach’s successors; it is no mere chance that when<br />
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart visited Leipzig in April<br />
1789 he heard the motet Singet dem Herrn ein<br />
neues Lied.<br />
Included among the motets, despite its obbligato instruments,<br />
is the chorale movement O Jesu Christ,<br />
meins Lebens Licht BWV 118, which Bach probably<br />
wrote to be sung at a funeral outdoors; later he<br />
changed the instrumentation and transferred it to the<br />
confines of a church.<br />
Bach: Complete <strong>Motets</strong> (without Bc) (G)<br />
BWV 225–230 + Anh. 159<br />
critical new edition 2002, ed. U. Wolf<br />
Carus 31.224/10<br />
Complete <strong>Motets</strong> (G/E)<br />
with basso continuo and instruments colla parte<br />
BWV 225–230 + Anh. 159, 160<br />
ed. G. Graulich, K. Hofmann, D. Melamed<br />
Carus 31.224<br />
225 Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied (G/E)<br />
Coro SATB/SATB, [8 Instr, Bc] / 15 min<br />
ed. G. Graulich<br />
Carus 31.225<br />
226 Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf (G/E)<br />
Coro SATB/SATB, [2 Ob, 2 Tl, Fg, 2 Vl, Va, Vc,<br />
Bc] / 9 min / ed. G. Graulich<br />
Carus 31.226<br />
227 Jesu, meine Freude (G/E)<br />
Coro SSATB, [5 Instr, Bc] / 25 min<br />
ed. G. Graulich<br />
Carus 31.227<br />
228 Fürchte dich nicht, ich bin bei dir (G/E)<br />
Coro SATB/SATB, [5 Instr, Bc] / 9 min<br />
ed. G. Graulich<br />
Carus 31.228<br />
229 Komm, Jesu, komm BWV 229 (G/E)<br />
Coro SATB/SATB, [8 Instr, Bc] / 9 min<br />
ed. U. Wolf<br />
Carus 31.229<br />
230 Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden BWV 230 (G/E)<br />
Coro SATB, [4 Instr], Bc / 8 min<br />
ed. G. Graulich<br />
Carus 31.230<br />
231 Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren<br />
(chorale choir) (G/E)<br />
Coro SATB, [Bc] / 3 min / ed. K. Hofmann<br />
Carus 31.231<br />
Anh. 159 Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich<br />
denn (G/E) / Coro SATB/SATB, [Bc]<br />
ed. D. Melamed<br />
Carus 35.003<br />
For a long time falsely attributed to Johann<br />
Christoph Bach (later also Johann Christian<br />
Bach).<br />
Anh. 160 Jauchzet dem Herrn, alle Welt (G/E)<br />
Coro SATB/SATB, [Bc]<br />
ed. K. Hofmann<br />
Carus 35.002<br />
This is a combination of movements by Telemann<br />
and Bach. At least the first two movements<br />
are attributable to Bach, including a setting<br />
of the chorale Sei Lob und Preis; this was<br />
also handed down separately as BWV 231.<br />
118 O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht<br />
(funeral motet) (G/E)<br />
1st version: Coro SATB, 2 Cor, Cto, 3 Trb<br />
2nd version: Coro SATB, 2 Cor, 2 Vl, Va, Bc,<br />
[2 Ob, Tl, Fg]<br />
7 min / ed. U. Leisinger<br />
Carus 31.118<br />
Bach vocal
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