Intermediate Classical Music Sheet Music

On March 2, 1714, Johann Sebastian Bach, who had previously worked as a chamber musician and organist at the court of Duke Wilhelm Ernst in Weimar, was promoted to concertmaster and commissioned to co...

The cantata O Ewigkeit, o Donnerwort BWV 20 for the 1st Sunday after Trinity 1724 marks the beginning of Bach's second Leipzig year, which will go down in history as the choral cantata year and is gen...

The present edition allows the cantata to be performed in the various scorings used by Bach. In the scoring indications for the solo parts for high voice, Bach's assignment in Leipzig is given first,...

The Leipzig council election cantata "Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir" from 1731 is one of Bach's cantatas in which the organ is given an obbligato role. In the introductory Sinfonia (an arrangem...

The genesis of the cantata Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten BWV 59 is somewhat enigmatic. The surviving parts attest to a performance on 1 Whitsun 1724, but the score was written well before...

The cantata's opening chorus is the first verse of the early church hymn "Veni redemptor gentium", which in Martin Luther's adaptation became the most important Advent hymn of the Protestant church. B...

Bach's second cantata beginning with the text "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland" BWV 62 was performed on 1 Advent (the only Advent Sunday with church music in Leipzig at the time) in 1724 and belongs to t...

With its large orchestration, which was used chorally in accordance with older models, the cantata is a festive piece. In terms of its external splendor, it is at best equalled, but not surpassed, by...

The cantata Sehet, welch eine Liebe BWV 64, composed for Christmas Day 1723, is characterized by the opening chorus in the "old style" without obbligato instruments. As with the cantata Darzu ist ersc...

Bach's cantata for Epiphany (6.1.) 1724 opens with a large choral movement in the unusual orchestration of two horns, two flutes, two oboes da caccia, strings and bc. Surprising unisons characterize t...

The composition of this parody begins in 1718 and ends with the final version in 1731. The original work is the birthday cantata "Der Himmel lacht auf Anhalts Ruhm und Glück" for Prince Leopold von An...

The cantata Halt im Gedächtnis Jesum Christ BWV 67 for Quasimodigeniti 1724 focuses on the story of the unbelieving Thomas, who is understood as a symbol of the doubting Christian. In addition to stri...

The cantata Wachet! betet! betet! wachet! was first performed on the 26th Sunday after Trinity in 1723. BWV 70.2 is one of Bach's two-part cantatas, the first part of which was performed before the se...

Experience Johann Sebastian Bach’s festive cantata "Gott ist mein König" BWV 71, a magnificent masterpiece of Baroque choral music. Composed for the ceremonial inauguration of the city council in Mühl...

Bach wrote the cantata "Herr, wie du willt, so schicks mit mir" BWV 73 for the 3rd Sunday after Epiphany in 1724. As in many other cantatas of the first year, the opening movement contains a part for...

after the 2nd version by Bach

On the 1st Sunday after Trinity in 1723, Bach introduced himself as the new cantor to Leipzig's worshippers with the cantata Die Elenden sollen essen BWV 75. Like the cantatas for the 1st Sunday after...

Bach composed the cantata Du sollst Gott, deinen Herrn lieben BWV 77 for the 13th Sunday after Trinity in 1723. Together with BWV 64 and 69.1, it belongs to a small group of cantatas on texts by Johan...

Alongside the more well-known cantata "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott" BWV 80, "Gott, der Herr, ist Sonn und Schild" BWV 79 is Bach's only other cantata for the Reformation festival. However, its centr...

The Reformation cantata Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott BWV 80b, published by Carus-Verlag for the first time in a practical performing edition, remained unknown to Bach scholars until well into the 20t...

Bach wrote the cantata "Jesus sleeps, what shall I hope" BWV 81 for the 4th Sunday after Epiphany in 1724. The cantata is designed as a short drama: At the beginning, fear has the upper hand. The sea...