Preise dein Glücke, gesegnetes Sachsen, BWV 215 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
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- Contributor: Paolo Pandolfo (submitted 2017-10-27). Score information: A4, 79 pages, 3.16 MB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Scan of BGA full score
General Information
Title: Preise dein Glücke, gesegnetes Sachsen, BWV 215
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
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Number of voices: 8vv Voicing: SATB.SATB
Genre: Secular, Cantata
Language: German
Instruments: Orchestra: 2fl, 2 ob, 3 trpt & timp, str.
First published: 1887 in Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 34
Opus: BWV 215, 9 movements
Description: First performed 5 October 1734, the anniversary of the election of August III of Saxony as King of Poland. Two movements reappear as parodies: the opening chorus as the Osanna of the Mass in B minor, BWV 232 and the aria Durch die von Eifer entflammeten Waffen as Erleucht auch meine finstre Sinnen, No. 47 in the Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248.
External websites:
- Preise dein Glücke, gesegnetes Sachsen, BWV 215 (Johann Sebastian Bach) at the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)
View the Wikipedia article on Preise dein Glücke, gesegnetes Sachsen, BWV 215 (Johann Sebastian Bach).
- Bach-cantatas site, with links to libretto and translations.
Original text and translations
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