Organ
SKU:
CA.3810249
Organ
part. Composed by
Johann Christian Bach.
Edited by Gunter
Graulich. Stuttgart
Urtext Edition: Bach
vocal. German title:
Magnificat A 4 E 22 - for
Soli SATB, Coro SATB,
2Vl, Va, 2 Ob, 2 Cor, Bc.
Sacred vocal music.
Individual Part. Warb E
22. 8 pages. Duration 12
minutes. Carus Verlag #CV
38.102/49. Published by
Carus Verlag
(CA.3810249).
ISBN
M-007-21504-0.
Latin.
At less than
20 years of age, the
youngest son of the
Leipzig cantor of St.
Thomas, Johann Sebastian
Bach, withdrew from the
Lutheran musical
tradition of his family:
Johann Christian Bach
went to Italy, converted
to Catholicism there and
composed mainly Latin
church music between 1757
and 1760. His great
successes with operas for
Turin, Milan and Naples
from 1761 onwards led him
all the way to London.
Bach's church music
comprises a number of
vespers compositions,
some of them large-scale,
including this
Magnificat a 4
(1760) for soloists,
choir and orchestra. The
very diversified
work gets its additional
attraction from
distinctively led oboes
and horns.