Exalted flesh and blood Cantata for the 2nd day of Pentecost by Johann Sebastian Bach 4-Part - Sheet Music

SATB vocal soli, SATB choir, 2 flute, 2 violin, viola, basso continuo (Soli SATB, Coro SATB, 2 Fl, 2 Vl, Va, Bc)

SKU: CA.3117300

Cantata for the 2nd day of Pentecost. Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Edited by Frauke Heinze. This edition: urtext. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Bach vocal. Carus digital: Sheet music as PDF. Sacred vocal music, Cantatas, Whitsun. Full score. Composed 1728ca. BWV 173. 40 pages. Duration 15 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 31.173/00. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.3117300).

ISBN 9790007143213. 8.27 x 11.69 inches. Text language: German/English.

Bach created the cantata "Erhöhtes Fleisch und Blut" by setting the sacred words to what had originally been the music of a secular cantata, presumably for the festival of Pentecost in 1727. Bach made few alterations to the musical structure, but he enlarged the original solo scoring for soprano and bass to a four-voice ensemble. Particularly notable among the solo movements is the extensive duet for soprano and bass in the form of a minuet, which in its musical language is certainly unique in Bach’s cantatas. The dancelike final chorus brings the four voices together, and gives highly effective expression to the joy of Pentecost.