Oh you admirable treasure
from: Glory to God in the highest, cantata for Christmas Day. Reconstruction Diethard Hellmann BWV 197a, 4 (BWV3 197.1), 1728
Only a fragment of the score survives of Bach’s Christmas cantata Glory to God in the hightest BWV 197a, composed to a text from the “Picander cycle” of 1728, insufficient to allow a reconstruction of the complete cantata. The fragment begins with the end section of an aria which Bach later transferred into his wedding cantata Rest thy faith on God the Lord BWV 197. The movement, a lullaby of dreamlike beauty, has long been known as a particular jewel amongst Bach’s cantatas.
Starting with the surviving final section from the fragmentary score together with Bach’s later revision, Diethard Hellmann has succeeded in reconstructing the original version almost in its entirety, so that this aria, “Oh you admirable treasure”, can now also be performed at Christmas.
This edition is merely a reconstruction of the aria “Oh you admirable treasure” from the Christmas cantata BWV3 197.1, which has survived only incompletely. A reconstruction of the complete cantata appears under the number Carus 31.402/00. The wedding cantata BWV3 197.2, in which Bach adopted two movements from the Christmas cantata, is available under the number Carus 31.197/50.
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Digital text (without sheet music) incl. printing licence, html file, singing text, originalhtml file, singing text, original (Sample)O du angenehmer Schatz,
hebe dich aus deiner Krippen,
nimm dafür auf meinen Lippen
und in meinem Herzen Platz.
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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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Songwriter / Librettist
Christian Friedrich Henrici (Picander)
| 1700-1764
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Arranger
Diethard Hellmann
| 1928-1999
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