Weimar cantata (Bach)

Johann Sebastian Bach worked in Weimar from 1708 to 1717. The composition of cantatas for the Schlosskirche (court chapel) on a regular monthly basis started with his promotion to Konzertmeister in March 1714.[1]

Church cantatas

From 1714 to 1717 Bach was commissioned to compose one church cantata a month. His goal was to compose a complete set of cantatas for the liturgical year within four years. In the course of almost four years there he thus covered most occasions of the liturgical year.[2]

For former employers?

Uncertain purpose and date of origin:

Weimar cycle

The expression "Weimar cycle" has been used for the cantatas composed in Weimar from 1714 (which form the bulk of extant cantatas composed before Bach's Leipzig time).[4][5]

Cantatas 54 and 199 were performed within the cycle but possibly composed earlier.

Passions

Passions performed in the Weimar period, however not considered to be passion cantatas, thus not generally listed in the Weimar (cantata) cycle:

Secular cantatas

Bach composed the first version of his secular cantata Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, BWV 208 (Hunting Cantata) for performance on 23 February 1713.[12]

References

  1. ↑ Koster, Jan. "Weimar 1708–1717". let.rug.nl. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  2. ↑ Dürr, Alfred (2006). The Cantatas of J. S. Bach: With Their Librettos in German-English Parallel Text. Translated by Richard D. P. Jones. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-929776-4. pp. 13–20
  3. ↑ BDW 0175 at Bach Digital website
  4. ↑ Joshua Rifkin (2001). Liner notes to Three Weimar Cantatas, Dorian 93231
  5. ↑ Richard D. P. Jones (2006). The Creative Development of Johann Sebastian Bach, Volume I: 1695-1717: Music to Delight the Spirit. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780191513244, p. 212
  6. ↑ BDW 0024 and 0025 at Bach Digital website
  7. ↑ BDW 0079 at Bach Digital website
  8. ↑ BDW 0021 at Bach Digital website
  9. ↑ BDW 0100 at Bach Digital website
  10. ↑ BWV2a, p. 454
  11. ↑ BDW 1502) at Bach Digital website
  12. ↑ BDW 0261 at Bach Digital website
Church cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach by chronology
Preceded by
Bach's early cantatas		 Weimar cantatas
1708–17 		Succeeded by
Köthen: Lobet den Herrn, alle seine Heerscharen, BWV Anh. 5
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