How bright and fair the morning star, BWV 36.4 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
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- (Posted 2001-01-18) CPDL #01986:
- Editor: Arno Rog (submitted 2001-01-18). Score information: A4, 1 page, 33 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Transposed up a tone. In English translation, uses the first stanza "How bright and fair the morning star". File recovered using the WayBackMachine of http://archive.org
General Information
Title: How bright and fair the morning star
Composer: Philipp Nicolai
Arranger: Johann Sebastian Bach
Lyricist: Philipp Nicolai
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Chorale
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: ca. 1599
2nd published: 1784 in Vierstimmige Choralgesänge, Teil 1, no. 85
3rd published: 1857 in Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 7
4th published: 1898 in 389 Choralgesänge, no. 377
Opus: BWV 36 , mvt. 4
Description: Music from the fourth movement of the cantata Schwingt freudig euch empor, BWV 36. Words are a translation of the first stanza of Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern.
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern.