Bach: Bach: Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele, BWV 69a, BWV³ 69.2
Cantata for the Council Election Inauguration
Expected to ship in about a week.
- Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
- Arranger: Paul Horn
- Editor: Reinhold Kubik
- Instrumentation (this edition): Piano Reduction, SATB Choir
- Originally for: SATB Choir, Orchestra
- Work: Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele (Cantata for the Council Election Inauguration), BWV 69, BWV³ 69.2
- Work Languages: English, German
- ISMN:
- Size: 7.5 x 10.6 inches
- Pages: 40
Description
The cantata "Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele" is one of the relatively small group of Bach's so-called 'Ratswahlkantaten', cantatas composed for town council inaugurations. These works were performed in honor of Leipzig town council, particularly in its formal role in a festive church service in St Nicholas's Church. The cantata "Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele" was probably performed on 26 August 1748. It is distinguished by its festive, bright opening movement in several sections, at the center of which stands the two-part quotation from Psalm 103, set as a double fugue.