O angenehme Melodei, BWV 210a
O angenehme Melodei | |
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Secular cantata by J. S. Bach | |
Catalogue |
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Related | basis for BWV 210 |
Occasion | Visit of Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, to Leipzig |
Text | by Christian Friedrich Hunold |
Performed | 12 January 1729 Leipzig : |
Movements | 8 |
Vocal | solo soprano |
Instrumental |
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O angenehme Melodei (O pleasing melody),
History and words
Bach first performed O angenehme Melodei cantata in 1729 and adapted it for two other occasions. The first version, performed on 12 January 1729, paid homage to Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels on the occasion of his visit to Leipzig.[2][3] The dates of the later performances are not known, but the dedications were to Joachim Friedrich Count Flemming, the governor of Leipzig (words for that occasion given below), and, thirdly, to the Gönner von Wissenschaft und Kunst (Patron of Science and Art), this version is also called Sponsorenkantate, the sponsors' cantata).[4][5]
Only the soprano part and a separate printed textbook of the earliest version survived into the twentieth century. The soprano part was lost in World War II. Bach used the five
Scoring, structure and music
The cantata in ten movements is probably scored as the surviving O holder Tag, erwünschte Zeit,
- Recitative: O angenehme Melodei
- Aria: Spielet, ihr beseelten Lieder
- Recitative: Ihr Sorgen, flieht
- Aria: Ruhet hie, matte Töne
- Recitative: Wiewohl, beliebte Musica
- Aria: Schweigt, ihr Flöten, schweigt, ihr Töne
- Recitative: Doch fasse dich, dein Glanz
- Aria: Großer Flemming, alles Wissen
- Recitative: Erleuchtet Haupt, so bleibe fernerweit
- Aria: Sei vergnügt, großer Flemming
Richard D. P. Jones notes in his book The Creative Development of Johann Sebastian Bach that the text deals with the power of music, inspiring Bach to music of "quite exceptional quality".[2]
References
- ^ Work 00266 at Bach Digital website.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-150384-9.
- ISBN 978-1-31-545280-7.
- ^ a b c Work 00266, O angenehme Melodei (fragment) BWV 210.1; BWV 210a; BC [G 29] / Secular cantata (Tribute), at Bach Digital website.
- ^ Paczkowski, Szymon (2006). "Bach and the Story of an "Aria tempo di Polonaise" for Joachim Friedrich Flemming". Institute of Musicology, Warsaw University, 2006 Biennial Meeting of the American Bach Society. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
- ^ ISBN 3-423-04080-7.
- ^ Paczkowski, Szymon (2008). "O angenehme Melodei / Johann Sebastian Bach, edited by Alexander Ferdinand Grychtolik" (in German). Edition Güntersberg. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
- ^ Paczkowski, Szymon (2008). "Johann Sebastian Bach: O angenehme Melodei / Erstausgabe einer Rekonstruktion" (PDF) (in German). Toccata (trade paper). Retrieved 21 January 2011.
External links
- O angenehme Melodei, BWV 210a: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- Literature by and about O angenehme Melodei, BWV 210a in the German National Library catalogue
- Cantata BWV 210a O angenehme Melodei: history, scoring, sources for text and music, translations to various languages, discography, discussion, Bach Cantatas Website
- BWV 210a – "O angenehme Melodei!": English translation, discussion, Emmanuel Music
- BWV 210a O angenehme Melodei!: English translation, University of Vermont
- BWV 210a O angenehme Melodei!: text, scoring, University of Alberta