Intermediate Cantata Sheet Music

For this choral cantata, Bach took the 1st, 4th and 7th verses of the chorale of the same name by Georg Neumark. The other verses, however, were mixed with free adaptations.

Thanks to its popular choral text, Bach's choral cantata "Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren" BWV 137 has long been one of the St. Thomas cantor's most frequently performed works. Unlike t...

The cantata for the 20th Sunday after Trinity. 'Ah! I see now, as I to the wedding bidden', BWV 162 was first performed on 25 October 1716 in the Castle church at Weimar. During the first year in his...

This six-movement cantata BWV 164 was performed for the first time on 26 August 1725 in Leipzig. The text was written by Bach's Weimar cantata poet Salomon Franck and had been published earlier in 171...

The cantata 'O heilges Geist- und Wasserbad'' (O Holy spirit's solemn rite) BWV 165 is one of Bach's earliest cantata compositions and was presumably first performed in the Weimar Schlosskirche for Tr...

The two-part cantata from Bach's third cycle of cantatas was performed for the first time on 4 August 1726 (the 7th Sunday after Trinity). The large-scale opening chorus for full forces to a text from...

The cantata 'Ich habe meine Zuversicht' BWV 188 comes from the so-called 'Picander cycle' and was written for the 21st Sunday after Trinity in 1728 or 1729. There are some particular problems associat...

Die vorliegende Ausgabe ermöglicht die Aufführung der Kantate in den verschiedenen von Bach praktizierten Besetzungsformen. Bei den Besetzungsangaben zu den Solopartien für hohe Stimme ist jeweils zue...

The Hochzeitskantate (Wedding Cantata) BWV 195 was performed by Bach from around 1730 at various wedding celebrations in different forms, and was evidently also lent out for performances further afiel...

Mendelssohn describes to his friend Klingemann the 1840 work as "a ‘symphony for chorus and orchestra’… First three symphonic movements, to which 12 choral- and solo- movements are appendaged; the wor...

Die Bauernkantate BWV 212 ist in Bachs Kantatenschaffen sowohl inhaltlich als auch musikalisch ein echtes Unikat. Zwar gehört sie zu Bachs Huldigungskantaten, doch handelt der Text nur indirekt vom Lo...

This is a dramatic cantata for solo voice, solo violin and orchestra. It was first performed in Edinburgh with my daughter Olivia as the vocal soloist. The vocal part was not designed for a fully trai...

This is a dramatic cantata for solo voice, solo violin and orchestra. It was first performed in Edinburgh with my daughter Olivia as the vocal soloist. The vocal part was not designed for a fully trai...

A joyful dispute of the gods' is how Johann Sebastian Bachs librettist Salomon Franck described the Birthday Cantata for the court of Saxony-Weißenfels, now generally known as the 'Hunting Cantata' BW...

A joyful dispute of the gods' is how Johann Sebastian Bachs librettist Salomon Franck described the Birthday Cantata for the court of Saxony-Weißenfels, now generally known as the 'Hunting Cantata' BW...

A joyful dispute of the gods' is how Johann Sebastian Bachs librettist Salomon Franck described the Birthday Cantata for the court of Saxony-Weißenfels, now generally known as the 'Hunting Cantata' BW...

Johann Sebastian Bach's librettist Salomon Franck called the congratulatory music for the court of Saxe-Weissenfels, which is generally known today as the "Hunting Cantata" BWV 208, "Frohlockender Göt...

Klar Op Vort Mod, Lys For Vor Fod' was composed by Sunleif Rasmussen in 2016.

Klar Op Vort Mod, Lys For Vor Fod' was composed by Sunleif Rasmussen in 2016.

Klar Op Vort Mod, Lys For Vor Fod' was composed by Sunleif Rasmussen in 2016.

November 22 should be a holiday for every true music lover. Then it is St. Cecilia's Day, the day of the patron saint of music and musicians. This day was highly regarded in the Anglo-Saxon countries....

November 22 should be a holiday for every true music lover. Then it is St. Cecilia's Day, the day of the patron saint of music and musicians. This day was highly regarded in the Anglo-Saxon countries....

November 22 should be a holiday for every true music lover. Then it is St. Cecilia's Day, the day of the patron saint of music and musicians. This day was highly regarded in the Anglo-Saxon countries....

November 22 should be a holiday for every true music lover. Then it is St. Cecilia's Day, the day of the patron saint of music and musicians. This day was highly regarded in the Anglo-Saxon countries....

Richard Burchard's dedication in the Jefferson Johnson Choral Series is scored for advanced and unaccompanied male chorus (TTBB divisi). For mature college/university or community choruses