Christmas Oratorio
Vocal score
- Composer
- J S Bach
- Opus
- BWV 248
- Pages
- 160
- Arranger
- Gustav Rösler
- Instruments
- Voice, Piano
- Licence
- Public domain
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- Music Library
- Filesize
- 9.24 MB
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About Christmas Oratorio
The Christmas Oratorio (German: Weihnachts-Oratorium) BWV 248, is an oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach intended for performance in church during the Christmas season. It was written for the Christmas season of 1734 incorporating music from earlier compositions, including three secular cantatas written during 1733 and 1734 and a now lost church cantata, BWV 248a. The date is confirmed in Bach's autograph manuscript. The next performance was not until 17 December 1857 by the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin under Eduard Grell. The Christmas Oratorio is a particularly sophisticated example of parody music. The author of the text is unknown, although a likely collaborator was Christian Friedrich Henrici (Picander).
The above text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License ( creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ ). It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Christmas Oratorio" ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_Oratorio ).
The above text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License ( creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ ). It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Christmas Oratorio" ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_Oratorio ).
Other arrangements
- Part 1. Jauchzet, frohlocket, auf, preiset die Tage (full score)
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- Part 2. Und es waren Hirten in derselben Gegend (full score)
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- Part 3. Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen (full score)
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- Part 4. Fallt mit Danken, fallt mit Loben (full score)
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- Part 5. Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen (full score)
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- Part 6. Herr, wenn die stolzen Feinde schnauben (full score)
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