Bach Chat

SKU: BR.PB-3761

ISBN 9790004201527. 9 x 12 inches.

There can be no doubt about it: The Bachs were a family of musicians. One of them was Johann Bach, who lived from 1604 to 1673 and experienced the turbulent times of the Thirty Years' War. When he - as the first in the family - found joy and fulfillment not only as an organist, but also as a composer, he would certainly never have imagined what historically great steps his successors were to take, especially his great nephew Johann Sebastian.Johann Bach's motet Unser Leben ist ein Schatten was published in 1821, but was erroneously attributed to Johann Michael Bach. Unusual is the scoring with one six-part main chorus and one three-part off-stage chorus (Chorus latens) which gives the piece a spatial sound depth and thus a very particular atmosphere.

SKU: BR.CHB-3533-02

ISBN 9790004404652. 7.5 x 10.5 inches.

There can be no doubt about it: The Bachs were a family of musicians. One of them was Johann Bach, who lived from 1604 to 1673 and experienced the turbulent times of the Thirty Years' War. When he - as the first in the family - found joy and fulfillment not only as an organist, but also as a composer, he would certainly never have imagined what historically great steps his successors were to take, especially his great nephew Johann Sebastian.Johann Bach's motet Unser Leben ist ein Schatten was published in 1821, but was erroneously attributed to Johann Michael Bach. Unusual is the scoring with one six-part main chorus and one three-part off-stage chorus (Chorus latens) which gives the piece a spatial sound depth and thus a very particular atmosphere.

SKU: CA.3013111

ISBN 9790007039622. Language: German/English.

We possess few examples of Johann Bachs's music. Three choral works are currently associated with his name, but none of these attributions are considered to be certain. Score and part available separately - see item CA.3013100.

SKU: CA.3119707

ISBN 9790007242428. Key: G major. Language: German. Text: Henrici (Picander), Christian Friedrich.

Only a fragment of the score survives of Bach's Christmas cantata Ehre sei Gott in der Hohe BWV 197a, composed to a text from the Picander cycle of 1728, insufficient to allow a reconstruction of the complete cantata. The fragment begins with the end section of an aria which Bach later transferred into his wedding cantata Gott ist unsre Zuversicht BWV 197. The movement, a lullaby of dreamlike beauty, has long been known as a particular jewel amongst Bach's cantatas. Starting with the surviving end section from the fragmentary score plus Bach's later revision, Diethard Hellmann has convincingly reconstructed the original version so that this aria can also be performed at Christmas. Bach's Wedding Cantata BWV 197 is available separately (Carus 31.197/50). Score available separately - see item CA.3119700.