Johann Sebastian Bach: Intermediate Sheet Music

Reconstruction of the original version (Klaus Hofmann); composition period unknown

The Whitsun cantata Erschallet ihr Lieder was composed for the first Whitsun holiday in 1714 and was performed several times in Leipzig in slightly different versions. Performances in 1724 and 1731 ar...

Kantate zum 8. Sonntag nach Trinitatis. Soli ATB, Coro SATB, [Cto], 2 Ob/2 Obda, Str, Org

The cantata Siehe zu, dass deine Gottesfurcht nicht Heuchelei sei BWV 179 opens with a motet-like choral movement in the stile antico without obbligato instruments. This is initially a counter-fugue:...

The Whitsun cantata "Erwünschtes Freudenlicht" BWV 184 is based on a Köthen composition, presumably a congratulatory cantata, whose instrumental parts (the only surviving ones) Bach continued to use i...

A (rare) autograph date (14.7.1715) confirms that the cantata Barmherziges Herze der ewigen Liebe was intended for the 4th Sunday after Trinitatis 1715. Like many Weimar cantatas, it is a decidedly ch...

In addition to the Mass in B minor, Bach is known to have composed four other, smaller masses, the so-called Lutheran or Kyrie Gloria masses. Despite their high musical qualities, they are often overs...

Neben der h-Moll-Messe existieren von Bach bekanntlich vier weitere, kleinere Messkompositionen, die sog. Lutherischen oder Kyrie-Gloria-Messen. Trotz ihrer hohen musikalischen Qualitäten, stehen sie...

Coro SATB, 3 Tr, Timp, 2 Ob, 2 Vl, Va, Bc

The solo cantata "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen", composed around 1730 for the 15th Sunday after Trinity, is one of Johann Sebastian Bach's best-known cantata compositions. The scoring with solo sopra...

Cantata for the 27th Sunday after Trinity (German/English), after the Urtext of the New Bach Edition. Soprano solo, Tenor solo, Bass solo, Oboe (2), Oboe-dacc, Strings, Basso continuo

First version in c! / Bach reworked the cantata "Ich habe genung" several times for different instrumentations. There is a version in c for bass solo (BWV3 82.1) or mezzo-soprano solo (BWV3 82.3). The...

Die berühmte kurze Fuge 'Sicut locutus est' aus Bachs 'Magnificat' wird eingeleitet von zwei choralartigen Psalmversen. Der Kontrast zwischen es-moll und Es-Dur, homophonem und polyphonem Satz, sowie...

Wachet Auf is a piece that has been arranged many times for a variety of different ensembles. This is a very full sound coming from an ensemble made up of 4 trumpets, 4 horns, 3 trombones, 1 euphonium...

2 Trumpets, Horn, Trombone & Tuba

2 Trumpets, Horn, Trombone & Tuba

Dieser Titel orientiert sich an der gleichnamigen Saxophonversion. Erwurde, wo notwendig, an den Tonumfang der Blechblasinstrumente angepasst. Besetzung 1. Stimme: Trompete 1 2. Stimme: Trompete 2 3....