Bach: Three wedding chorales
Among Johann Sebastian Bach’s largely unknown vocal works is a compilation of wedding chorales which have survived in an autograph set of parts from the 1730s. These are four-part chorale settings of well-known hymns for treble voices accompanied by two horns, colla-parte strings and continuo. The chorales can still be performed today at weddings without any great difficulty.
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Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach
| 1685-1750Johann Sebastian Bach is one of the most important composers of Western music history. He came from a widely ramified musical dynasty, which produced numerous musicians and organists in the Thuringian-Saxon area.
Bach vocal
Ever since Carus-Verlag was founded in 1972, publishing the music of Johann Sebastian Bach has been a special focus for us. In the 2017 Reformation anniversary year we completed the Bach vocal project. Bach's complete sacred vocal works are now available in modern Urtext editions, together with performance material. A complete edition of all the full scores is also available in a high quality box set. Personal details
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Uwe Wolf
| 1961As a musicologist, Dr. Uwe Wolf is particularly at home in the 17th and 18th centuries. The focus of his work ranges from the time of Monteverdi and Schütz to Bach and the generation of Bach's sons and pupils through to Viennese Classicism. He has been head of the editorial department at Carus-Verlag since October 2011. Prior to this, he worked in Bach research for over 20 years. Personal details
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.... Die drei Choräle zur Trauung („Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan”, „Sei Lob und Ehr dem höchsten Gut”, „Nun danket alle Gott”) bilden die Musik zu einer „halben Brautmesse” und stellten wohl ein Repertoire des Thomaskantors für Trauungen dieser Art dar.
Kirchenmusik im Bistum Limburg, 1/2014
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Frequent questions about this work
Why are there so few individual instrumental parts for the Wedding Chorales BWV 250-252, despite the extensive scoring?
All the parts, except for the horns, play colla parte with the choral parts. In the chorus score the three movements are notated so that they can be played without page-turns, so the chorus score can also be used as a playing score by the instrumentalists. Individual parts are therefore only required for the horns (which are not included in the chorus score) and the viola (in alto clef).
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