Magnificat in E-flat major, BWV 243a (Bach, Johann Sebastian)

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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 12 + 4 insertions
Composition Year 1723
Genre Categories Magnificats; Religious works; Vespers; For 5 voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the soprano voice; Scores featuring the alto voice; Scores featuring the tenor voice; Scores featuring the bass voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; Latin language

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 Complete Score
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 Complete Score (with Christmas insertions)
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Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, 1723.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (D-B): Mus.ms. Bach P 38
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 Complete Score (Inserts A & B)
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Copyist Johann Heinrich Michel (1739-1810)
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1760-17-89).
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Misc. Notes Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (D-B): Mus.ms. Bach P 37
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 Appendix
(with 4 interpolated movements omitted from D major version)
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Editor Wilhelm Rust (1822-1892)
Publisher. Info. Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 11.1
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1862. Plate B.W. XI (1).
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General Information

Work Title Magnificat
Alternative. Title Magnificat à 3 Trombe Tamburi 2 Hautb. Basson. 2 Vioinin. Viola 5 Vociè Continuo
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 179694268; LCCN: no2006040491; GND: 300630859; BNF: 13909559b; NLA: 36038302; BNE: XX3386003
Composer Bach, Johann Sebastian
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. BWV 243a ; BC.E13
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IJB 383
Key E♭ major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 12 sections + 4 insertions (appendix)
  1. Magnificat anima mea (Coro)
  2. Et Exultavit (Aria)
  3. Quia respexit (Aria)
  4. Omnes generationes (Coro)
  5. Quia fecit mihi magna (Aria)
  6. Et Misericordia (Duetto)
  7. Fecit potentiam (Coro)
  8. Deposuit (Aria)
  9. Esurientes (Aria)
  10. Suscepit Israel (Terzetto)
  11. Sicut locutus (Coro)
  12. Gloria Patri (Coro)
  • 4 insertions (Christmas, 1723):
  1. Vom Himmel hoch SATB (after Et exultavit)
  2. Freut euch und jubiliert SSAT, continuo (after Quia fecit mihi magna)
  3. Gloria SSATB with colla parte instruments & violino obligato (after Fecit potentiam)
  4. Virga Jesse (fragment) S, B, continuo (after Esurientes implevit bonis)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1723
First Performance. 1723-07-02 in Leipzig; rep. 1723-12-25 in Leipzig
First Publication. 1862
Librettist Bible, Luke 1:46–55
Language Latin
Dedication Feast of Visitation of Mary;
Christmas Day
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation Soloists: 2 Sopranos, Alto, Tenor, Bass; Mixed Chorus (SSATB)
Orchestra: 3 trumpets, timpani, 2 oboes, 2 violins, viola, continuo (+ bassoon)

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This original version was first performed on the Feast of Visitation, 1723 at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig under the composer's direction (and repeated on Christmas Day, 1723, with 4 insertions). The work was subsequently revised as the Magnificat in D major, BWV 243 (1732/1735) and performed in its revised version in 1733.

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