Sei Lob und Ehr dem höchsten Gut, BWV 117 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)

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 Complete Score
*#376217 - 32.48MB, 20 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 529×⇩ - Jun T

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Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, n.d.(ca.1728-31). Copyright Public Domain [tag/del] Misc. Notes D-B N. Mus. ms. 34 Purchase Javascript is required for this feature.

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Editor Alfred Dörffel (1821–1905) First edition Publisher. Info. Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 24 Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1876. Plate B.W. XXIV. Copyright Public Domain [tag/del] Purchase Javascript is required for this feature.

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Arranger Bernhard Todt (1822–1907) [?] Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d.(ca.1890) Copyright Public Domain [tag/del] Misc. Notes Vocal Scores based on Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe Purchase Javascript is required for this feature.

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Commentary on the movements

1. [Versus 1 Chorale]: Sei Lob und Ehr' dem höchsten Gut. The chorale is sung plain to a lively instrumental accompaniment, perpetuum mobile. The additional colours of flutes lend this movement a relaxed air.
2. Versus 2 Recitativo (Bass): Es danken dir die Himmelsheer. Secco recitative.
3. Versus 3 [Aria] (Tenor): Was unser Gott geschaffen hat. Two oboes d'amore complement the tenor's sorrowful line to make this a sharp contrast from the previous two movements
4. Versus 4 Choraliter: Ich rief dem Herrn in meiner Not. A plain chorale setting.
5. Versus 5 Recitativo (Alto): Der Herr ist noch und nimmer nicht. Recitative with string accompaniment-arioso with continuo only.
6. Versus 6 [Aria] (Bass): Wenn Trost und Hülf ermangeln muß. Solo violin, but not virtuosic. This bass aria contains one of Bach's most declamatory instrumental lines, as well as a highly melodic bass line.
7. Versus 7 [Aria] (Alto): Ich will dich all mein Leben lang. Flutes and strings play in a relaxed dance-like aria.
8. Versus 8 Recitativo (Tenor): Ihr, die ihr Christi Namen nennt. Secco recitative.
9. Versus 9 Chorale: So kommet vor sein Angesicht. A reprise of the first movement with a new text.

Print Sources Consulted

• Dürr, Alfred. The Cantatas of J.S. Bach. 2 ed. Richard D.P. Jones (Trans).

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005.