Christum wir sollen loben schon, BWV 121 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)

Performances

Sheet Music

• Full Scores (1)
• Vocal Scores (1)
• Arrangements and Transcriptions (2)

Full Scores

 Complete Score
*#01375 - 1.76MB, 20 pp. -  7.4/10 2 4 6 8 10 (7) - V/V/V - 3468x⇩ - Feldmahler

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Feldmahler (2006/8/29)

Editor Alfred Dörffel (1821–1905) Publisher. Info. Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 26 Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1878. Plate B.W. XXVI. Copyright Public Domain [tag/del] Purchase Javascript is required for this feature.

Vocal Scores

 Complete Score
*#24353 - 1.79MB, 32 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - C/V/C - 1193x⇩ - Perlnerd666

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Perlnerd666 (2008/11/13)

Arranger Bernhard Todt (1822–1907) [?] Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d.(ca.1890) Copyright Public Domain [tag/del] Misc. Notes Vocal Score based on Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe Purchase Javascript is required for this feature.

Arrangements and Transcriptions

Aria : O du von Gott erhöhte Kreatur (No.2)

For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)

 Complete Score, Trumpet Part
*#412033 - 0.22MB, 14 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 52x⇩ - Michrond

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Michrond (2016/2/19)

 Engraving files (Finale & XML)
*#412034 - 0.49MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 18x⇩ - Michrond

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Michrond (2016/2/19)

Arranger Michel Rondeau Publisher. Info. Michel Rondeau Copyright Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 [tag/del] Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection. Purchase Javascript is required for this feature.

General Information

Misc. Comments

Commentary on the movements

1. [Chorale]: Christum wir sollen loben schon [schön]. A choral motet—each line has an imitative section with the soprano singing the chorale tune as cantus firmus. The sound, perhaps due to the ancient form, is firmly rooted in the past.
2. Aria (Tenor): O du von Gott erhöhte Kreatur. An interesting phrase structure of 12 measures begins the aria; the oboe d'amore gets quite a workout in the process.
   The fluctuation between the tonic and relative minor illustrates the dual nature of the text.
3. Recitativo (Alto): Der Gnade unermeßlichs Wesen. Secco recitative, with an interesting final cadence.
4. Aria (Bass): Johannis freudenvolles Springen. Accompanied by all the strings, this attractive movement is full of complex imitation, but is still euphonious and pleasing, with no need for deep analysis to discover its full pleasures.
5. Recitativo (Soprano): Doch wie erblickt es dich in deiner Krippen? Secco recitaitve.
6. Choral: Lob, Ehr und Dank sei dir gesagt. A plain chorale setting.

Print Sources Consulted

• Dürr, Alfred. The Cantatas of J.S. Bach. 2 ed. Richard D.P. Jones (Trans).

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005.