Four choral movements for Christmas. Also insert movements for the Magnificat. First edition by Johann Schelle Choir - Sheet Music

SKU: CA.1002600

ISBN 9790007186869. 8.27 x 11.69 inches.

In the period around 1700, numerous settings of the Magnificat were performed in the main Leipzig churches. Works by composers such as J. Kuhnau and G. P. Telemann survive; however, the best-known examples are undoubtedly the Magnificat BWV 243 and 243a by J. S. Bach, the ‘extra’ movements for the latter which exist in Bach’s own hand. Following a long-established Leipzig tradition, the vocal settings of "Vom Himmel hoch", "Freut euch und jubiliert", "Gloria in excelsis" and "Virga Jesse floruit" (known as the Kindl-Wiegen) could be inserted between the verses of the Magnificat at Christmas. Some of these are scored for festive forces. These extra movements in C major published here for the first time, and attributed to Johann Schelle, can be performed either together with a Magnificat setting in a suitable key (e.g. by Kuhnau, Telemann) or independently.