Sanctus in D major by Johann Sebastian Bach 4-Part - Sheet Music

By Johann Sebastian Bach

On high feast days during Bach’s time, settings of Latin prayers and other texts could be heard at Sunday service in Leipzig: Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus in the morning and the Magnificat in the afternoon. Although many of these were existing repertoire pieces, Bach also made his own settings from his earliest days as Thomascantor, such as the Sanctus in D (BWV 238), presumably composed for Christmas Day in 1723. Here he dispenses with a large ensemble, only adding an obbligato violin as the fifth voice to the four-part choral movement. The remaining strings follow the lower choral voices, while the soprano is augmented by a cornett, although today an alternative wind instrument can also be used to support the choir as Bach intended. As usual, the Sanctus is divided into two parts (Sanctus and Pleni), both of which take the form of choral fugues.

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Instrument:
Choir Voice
Ensembles:
4-Part SATB
Genres:
Christian Baroque Period
Composers:
Johann Sebastian Bach
Publishers:
Carus Verlag
Series:
Stuttgart Urtext Edition
ISBN:
9790007211134
Format:
Set of Parts
Item types:
Physical
Musical forms:
Mass
Artist:
Johann Sebastian Bach
Arrangers:
Paul Horn
Usages:
Mass
Main Key:
D major
Size:
9 x 12 inches
Shipping Weight:
0.59 pounds

Coro SATB, Ctto, 2 Vl, Va, Bc - Grade 5

SKU: CA.3123819

Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Edited by Günter Graulich. Arranged by Paul Horn. This edition: urtext. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Bach vocal. Complete orchestral parts. Sacred vocal music, Mass sections. Set of parts. Composed circa 1723. BWV 238. Duration 2 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 31.238/19. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.3123819).

ISBN 9790007211134. 9 x 12 inches. Key: D major. Language: Latin.

On high feast days during Bach’s time, settings of Latin prayers and other texts could be heard at Sunday service in Leipzig: Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus in the morning and the Magnificat in the afternoon. Although many of these were existing repertoire pieces, Bach also made his own settings from his earliest days as Thomascantor, such as the Sanctus in D (BWV 238), presumably composed for Christmas Day in 1723. Here he dispenses with a large ensemble, only adding an obbligato violin as the fifth voice to the four-part choral movement. The remaining strings follow the lower choral voices, while the soprano is augmented by a cornett, although today an alternative wind instrument can also be used to support the choir as Bach intended. As usual, the Sanctus is divided into two parts (Sanctus and Pleni), both of which take the form of choral fugues.