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    Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern ('How beautifully the morning star shines'), BWV 1, is a church cantata for Annunciation by Johann Sebastian Bach....
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    settings through centuries, notably Bach's chorale cantata Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1, but also vocal and instrumental works by Baroque composers...
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  • Bach composed Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1, as chorale cantata for the Marian feast of the Annunciation, for a first performance in a church...
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    of his second annual cycle, the only later one being Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1, for the feast of Annunciation which was celebrated even...
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  • BWV 4, presumably written in 1707, was a chorale cantata. The last chorale cantata he wrote in his second year in Leipzig was Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern...
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    which is still celebrated in the Lutheran Church, such as Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1. Angelus Annunciade, religious order Annunciation of Ustyug...
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  • Thumbnail for Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats, BWV 42
    Week and Easter, performing Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1, the St John Passion and Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 4, among others. Possibly...
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    chapters: Concertos (BWV 1041–1065) and Overtures (BWV 1066–1071) Kanons (Canons), BWV 1072–1078 Musikalisches Opfer, Kunst der Fuge (Musical Offering...
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    New Hampshire colony. March 25 – Bach's chorale cantata Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1, is first performed on the Feast of the Annunciation,...
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  • Thumbnail for Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, BWV 180
    pastorale composed two weeks earlier; and later the last one, Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1, a tone poem using the image of the morning star. The...
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    Sebastian Bach, whose chorale cantatas Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1, and Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140, are based on them. Bach's organ...
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  • Thumbnail for Schwingt freudig euch empor, BWV 36
    focus, three from Luther's "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland" and one from Nicolai's "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern". He first performed the cantata in...
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    leuchtet der Morgenstern", the base for Bach's cantata Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1. Bach performed the cantata at least three times, first...
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  • composed chorale cantata in his second year in Leipzig was Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1, for the feast of the Annunciation on 25 March, which...
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  • Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (redirect from BWV)
    Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis. BWV 1Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (cantata) BWV 2 – Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein (cantata) BWV 3 – Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid...
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    Orgelbüchlein (redirect from BWV 606)
    BWV 715, 722, 726, 729, 732 and 738. The earliest surviving autograph manuscript of a chorale prelude is BWV 739, Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern,...
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    works in 1851 with a volume that started with BWV 1, the cantata Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1. It completed publication in 1900 with its forty-sixth...
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  • BWV 762 – Vater unser im Himmelreich (attribution doubtful) BWV 763 – Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern BWV 764 – Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern...
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  • French invasion of Britain. 1725 – Bach's chorale cantata "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1", is first performed on the Feast of the Annunciation...
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    otherwise indicated): BWV 1/6: "Wie bin ich doch so herzlich froh" ("How happy I am", v. 7 of "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern") • 2/6: "Das wollst...
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  • performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's chorale cantata Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1, at St. Thomas Church, Leipzig. March 30 – Repeat performance...
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    Nicolai's "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern". The librettist quoted the Book of Revelation in the fourth movement: "Siehe, ich stehe vor der Tür und klopfe...
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  • Thumbnail for Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140
    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme ('Awake, calls the voice to us'), BWV 140, also known as Sleepers Awake, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach...
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    the cantata number which equals the number in the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (BWV), by title, by occasion during the liturgical year, the year of composition...
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    Donnerwort, BWV 20, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140, Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 62, and Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1. Bach drew...
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  • with Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 62 for the first Sunday in Advent, and kept the plan up to Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1, performed on...
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  • Thumbnail for Erschallet, ihr Lieder, erklinget, ihr Saiten! BWV 172
    closing chorale he used a stanza from Philipp Nicolai's hymn "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern" (1599). The work is in six movements, and scored for four...
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  • Musikproduktion 2016). Cantatas BWV 1 Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1, 48, 78 and Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140 by J. S. Bach: Windsbacher...
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    by Philipp Nicolai, first published in 1599 together with "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern". It appears in German hymnals and in several English hymnals...
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    seventh stanza of Philipp Nicolai's mystical wedding song "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern", given to the soprano. Bach first performed the cantata on...
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