Johann ludwig bach trauermusik prima pars funeral music 1. Bach vater unser im himmelreich bwv 636 midi file for organ. Klagt, kinder, klagt es aller welt cry, children, cry to all the world, also known as kothener trauermusik kothen funeral music, bwv 1143, bwv 244a, is a cantata by johann sebastian bach. Johann ludwig had composed his cantatas to texts by his patron, duke ernst ludwig, and was therefore commissioned to set the poem that the duke had written for his. Trauermusik by kirchenmusik akademie on amazon music amazon. Stadtkirche zur gotteshilfe waltershausen, germany. The talents of this family just never ends, the bachs just keep coming. Bachs trauermusic has until now been presumed lost but dont hold your breath. At the age of 22 he moved to meiningen eventually being appointed.
Trauermusik hanschristoph rademann to stream in hifi, or to download in true cd quality on. Trauermusik is the most ambitious composition left by johann ludwig bach, known as the meiningen bach, who belonged to a branch of the family separated from johann sebastians since the 16th century. Jl bachs funeral music for the duke of sachsenmeiningen is a delightful discovery. Emmanuel music is a bostonbased ensemble of singers and instrumentalists founded in 1970 by craig smith to perform the complete sacred cantatas of j. Born at thal, near eisenach, he was the eldest son of johann jacob bach, an organist, who guided his sons early musical studies. The preservation of the cantatas is due entirely to j. Emmanuel music continues to perform cycles of largescale and chamber works by bach, handel, mozart, schubert, brahms, debussy, haydn, schoenberg, weill, wolf, medelssohn, and schumann under artistic director ryan turner. Bach wrote hundreds of pieces for organ, choir, as well as many other instruments. Gott ist unser zuversicht, jlb 1 bach, johann ludwig i. Betrachte meine seel is an aria in eb major for bass from the johannes passion bwv 245 composed by johann sebastian bach in 1724. Feb 12, 2011 johann ludwig bachs twochoir work of 1724 is a major rediscovery, says nicholas kenyon.
Bach, who performed 18 of them, as well as the two masses, in leipzig in 1726. Johann michael bach to be distinguished 17451820 from johann michael bach johann michael bach 9 august 1648, arnstadt, schwarzburgsondershausen 17 may 1694, gehren was a. At the age of 22 he moved to meiningen eventually being appointed cantor there, and later kapellmeister. Excellent music from bachs family january, 20 by clifford h c. Johann ludwig bachs twochoir work of 1724 is a major rediscovery, says nicholas kenyon.
Johann ludwig bach er machet uns lebendig, cantata for 4. Er machet uns lebendig, cantata for 4 voices, chorus, 2 oboes, strings and continuo play streams in full or download mp3 from classical archives, the largest and best organized classical music site on the web. Missa sopra cantatas the meiningen hofkapellmeister johann ludwig bach is one of the members of the widely ramified family of musicians who did not pay much attention to secular fame and contented themselves with leading a secluded and industrious life, so that they quickly tended to sink into obscurity. Weihnachtsoratorium bwv 248 details bach cantatas website. Klagt, kinder, klagt es aller welt, bwv 244a wikipedia. Trauermusik by kirchenmusik akademie on amazon music. Free scores by johann ludwig bach in the choral public domain library choralwiki free scores by johann ludwig bach at the international music score library project. There remained for him in leipzig the melancholy satisfaction of providing the funeral music for his so dearly beloved prince, and of performing it in person in. Ich will meinen geist, jlb 7 bach, johann ludwig imslp. Versi since the last movement of this piece, which is perhaps the most beautiful of hindemiths pieces, is a chorale, a version for string instrument plus organ is the obvious work to publish. Jesus bleibet meine freude sheet music for piano download. Trauermusik soloists, rias kammerchorakademie fur alte musik berlinrademann. He wrote a large amount of music and regularly oversaw performances, both at meiningen and neighbouring.
Satb vocal soli or choir, cappellfavoritchoir, 2 violins 2 oboes, 2 violas 2 english horn, cello, basso continuo composed by johann ludwig bach 16771731, johann sebastian bach 16851750, and johann nikolaus bach. Bach, johann sebastian betrachte, meine seele from st. Js bach clearly regarded his distant cousins music highly, performing 18 of his cantatas in leipzig during a single year. Complete recordings 19001949 complete recordings 19501959 complete recordings 19601969 complete recordings 19701979 complete recordings 19801989. Trauermusik trauersinfonie richard wagner john boyd. Though light, the continuo accompaniment provides an underlying pulse, lending the song a sense of propulsion. Wagner transposed the music down onehalf step to bb minor and added a dominantseventh chord to connect the passage to the next section. Welcome to hyperion records, an independent british classical label devoted to presenting highquality recordings of music of all styles and from all periods from the twelfth century to the twentyfirst. Order from your preferred classical music cd store arkivmusic. It is almost unimaginable how many talented composers existed in such a short period of time in the baroque.
The talents of this family just never ends, the bach s just keep coming. Indeed, i made rademanns exciting disc one of my recordings of the year. Herr bach conducted the performance from a clavicembalo, among the musicians in the gallery. Thus, trauermusik can now be performed in churches as well. Johann ludwig bach 16771731 missa sopra allein gott. Johann ludwig bach was a distant cousin a second cousin, i believe of johann sebastian bach. Betrachte meine seel by bach translation accompaniment.
Bachs christmas oratorio, composed in 1734, narrates the story of the birth of jesus in a cycle of six cantatas with a text probably by christian friedrich henrici known as picander who provided several libretti for bach during his leipzig period. Although orchestral music was probably his principal activity from 1711 onwards, hardly any material is extant. Stream trauermusik johann ludwig bach 2012, a playlist by latempete from desktop or your mobile device. The first part of trauermusik is an arrangement of music from the overture to euryanthe mm. Bach recycled ten arias from the st matthew passion written for leipzig, and also took choruses from the trauerode for the electress of saxony. He composed it in 1729 for the funeral of leopold, prince of anhaltkothen. Email this page print this page download adobe acrobat reader increase font size decrease font size department of music ferguson center for the arts a3 757 5947089 757 5947591 fax. I speculated that perhaps this was the first recording of the work but i now find that i was wrong for this set of three reissued discs from capriccio includes hermann max. Print and download in pdf or midi jesus bleibet meine freude johann sebastian bach. Johann ludwig bach trauermusik harmonia mundi hmc 902080. Department of music christopher newport university. Excellent music from bach s family january, 20 by clifford h c.
Though rooted firmly in the shorter motets from the thuringian tradition, nonetheless they reach dimensions which are seldom observed in that tradition. The motets of johann ludwig bach occupy an outstanding position within this genre. Check out trauermusik by kirchenmusik akademie on amazon music. A great catafalque bearing the queens emblems stood in the center of the crowded church, and the service began with the ringing of all the bells of the city.