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| Composer : | Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685 - 1750) | ||||
| Instrumentation : | Oboe, harp | ||||
| Style : | Baroque | ||||
| Arranger : | MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL (1960 - ) | ||||
| Publisher : | MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL | ||||
| Copyright : | Public Domain | ||||
| Added by magataganm, 28 May 2015 Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild (God the Lord is sun and shield), BWV 79, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in Leipzig in 1725 for Reformation Day and first performed it on 31 October 1725. Bach composed the cantata for the Reformation Day. The prescribed readings for the feast day were from the Second Epistle to the Thessalonians, "be steadfast against adversaries" (2 Thessalonians 2:3–8), and from the Book of Revelation, fear God and honour him (Revelation 14:6–8). An unknown poet was not concerned about the readings, but did justice to the festive occasion, beginning with a quotation from Psalm 84 (Psalms 84:11), and including the first stanza from Martin Rinckart's hymn "Nun danket alle Gott" and as the closing chorale the final stanza of Ludwig Helmbold's hymn "Nun laßt uns Gott dem Herren". John Eliot Gardiner, who conducted the cantatas for Reformation at the Schlosskirche, Wittenberg where the Reformation began, describes the opening chorus as a ceremonial procession, and hears the "insistent drum beat" going along with the "fanfares of the high horns" as a "the hammering of Luther’s theses to the oak door at the back of the church". The instrumental ritornello introduces two themes: "a festive, march-like theme for the horns and timpani, and a more lively counter-theme that develops from a note that is heard seven times. This, the following aria "Mit allem, was ich hab und bin" (With everything that I have and am) expresses similar ideas in a personal way, "tranquil and individual". Source: Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alles_nur_nach_Gottes_Wil len,_BWV_72) Although originally scored for Alto soloist, two violins, and basso continuo, I created this arrangement for Oboe & Concert (Pedal) Harp. Sheet central : | Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild (7 sheet music) | | |||
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