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Johann Christoph Bach Give heed, my heart, lift up thine eyes

Christmas motet

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cantus firmus: "Vom Himmel hoch"
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  • Johann Christoph Bach (1642–1703), the eldest son of Heinrich Bach, was regarded in the family tradition as the greatest genius before Johann Sebastian; in the family chronicle he is described as the “great and expressive composer”. J.C. Bach was presumably taught by the Arnstadt cantor Jonas de Fletin, who as a pupil of Heinrich Schütz represented the ideal of a style of composition combining the Italian and German traditions. For more than twenty years J.C. Bach’s collaboration with his cousin Johann Ambrosius Bach proved to be particularly fruitful. The Eisenach Stadtchronik wrote of Johann Ambrosius that in 1672 he had “created an effect at Easter with organs, violins, singing, trumpets and timpani” such as no cantor had previously achieved, but this impression was also due in no small measure to the demanding and extremely profound compositions of Johann Christoph Bach. His creative output encompasses, in addition to various works for harpsichord and organ, above all, motets, choral arias and cantatas which are distinguished by a high degree of technical skill and an extraordinarily harmonically rich and varied tonal language. Personal details

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Johann Christoph Bach: Merk auf, mein Herz und sieh dorthin

An der Harvard-University ist eine Partitur aufgetaucht, deren Besitzverhältnisse sich zurückverfolgen lassen bis in die Bibliothek der Thomasschule: „Merk auf, mein Herz und sieh dahin”. Im Bach-Werkeverzeichnis steht diese Komposition im Anhang unter der Nr. 163 und ist dort Johann Bernhard Bach oder Johann Ernst Bach zugeschrieben. Der Herausgeber, Peter Wollny, hat vor allem aus stilistischen Gründen den Eisenacher Johann Christoph Bach vorgeschlagen, ohne andere Möglichkeiten ganz auszuschließen. Wer auch immer der Komponist sein mag, durch seine Abstammung aus der Leipziger Thomasschule und möglicherweise auch Aufführungen durch Johann Sebastian Bach ist das Werk geadelt, und das mit Recht. Diese Vertonung von Teilen des Luther-Liedes „Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her” steht deutlich über den vergleichbaren Motetten des thüringischen Umfelds. Die Doppelchörigkeit wird hier in vielfältiger Weise genutzt, die Melodie verschiedenartig einbezogen. Interessant ist die Bezeichnung „tremulo” bei lang ausgehaltenen Akkorden auf dem Wort „ruhn”, die Peter Wollny in Viertelstöße auflöst. Bei diesem Werk handelt es sich um eine wichtige Neuerscheinung frühbarocker Musik.

Peter L. Voß
Quelle: Musik und Kirche 2/1996, S. 116

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