Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft, BWV 50 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)

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Feldmahler (2006/8/06)

Editor Wilhelm Rust (1822–1892)
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Publisher. Info. Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 10
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1860. Plate B.W. X.
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Philip Legge (2010/11/13)

Editor Philip Legge (1972*)
Publisher. Info. Choral Public Domain Library, 12 July 2002
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Editor Philip Legge (1972*)
Publisher. Info. Choral Public Domain Library, 12 July 2002
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Misc. Notes Set includes alternate Oboe III part for Oboe d’amore in A (on account of Bach’s part being unplayable on the modern instrument).
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Perlnerd666 (2008/11/9)

Language German
Publisher. Info. London: Novello, n.d.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70).
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Philip Legge (2010/11/13)

Arranger Philip Legge (1972*)
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Publisher. Info. Choral Public Domain Library, 30 April 2002
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Work Title Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft
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Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 181424839; LCCN: n85111708; GND: 300007337; BNF: 13909635m; NLA: 35299392; BNE: XX2361524
Composer Bach, Johann Sebastian
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. BWV 50
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IJB 416
Key D major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 1
First Publication. 1860 (BGA)
Librettist Revelations 12:10
Language German
Average DurationAvg. Duration 3–4 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation Vocal — 2 Choruses (SATB+SATB)
Orchestra — 3 Oboes, 3 Trumpets in D, Timpani, Strings, Continuo
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A single movement which “poses many unresolved questions for scholarship with regard to its origin, use, and context.” The piece is really a gigantic choral fugue. The text points to its being for the Feast of the Archangel Michael.
This piece may be spurious, according to Rifkin.

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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005.
Cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach