Through bitter tribulation we enter into God's kingdom
Cantata for the Sunday Jubilate BWV 146, 1728?
It is evident from the sources that the cantata was written for the 3rd Sunday after Easter. The text, the identity of whose author is unknown, is based on the comparison between sadness and joy prescribed in the Gospel for that Sunday. This cantata has survived only in copies made after 1750, but undoubtedly the cantata dates from Bachs's years in Leipzig.
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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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Editor
Anja Morgenstern
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Vocal score arranger
Paul Horn
| 1922-2016Paul Horn war ein deutscher Kirchenmusiker, Organist, Komponist und Musikwissenschaftler. Er studierte Kirchenmusik und Orgel an der Evangelischen Kirchenmusikschule Esslingen am Neckar bei Hans-Arnold Metzger und Musikwissenschaft, Theologie und Geschichte an der Universität Tübingen. Seine berufliche Laufbahn begann als Kantor an der Evangelischen Michaelskirche in Stuttgart-Degerloch. 1954 wurde er Kantor an der Evangelischen Stadtkirche Ravensburg, eine Position, die er bis zu seiner Pensionierung innehatte. Als Musikwissenschaftler arbeitete Horn bis ins hohe Alter eng mit Carus zusammen. So stammen zahlreiche Carus-Klavierauszüge aus seiner Feder. Personal details
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Translator
Henry Drinker
Frequent questions about this work
Which situation is the transposed organ part intended for?
Bach planned this cantata with concertante organ for the organs in the main Leipzig churches. These were tuned a whole tone higher (c. a1=466 Hz, ‘Chorton’ [choir/organ pitch] than strings and woodwinds (a1=415 Hz, ‘Kammerton’ [chamber pitch]). In order to allow for this difference, the organ part was notated a whole tone lower (in C minor instead of D minor). Today, many Baroque organs are still tuned to a higher pitch. In order to enable performances to take place in such churches, we offer the transposed organ part in C minor (31.146/47). Especially in a cantata with obbligato organ, the use of a historical organ is appropriate. For all other performance situations where there is no difference in pitch, there is a normal, untransposed organ part in D minor (31.146/49).