he Quodlibet or Wedding Quodlibet, BWV 524, is a
lighthearted composition by Johann Sebastian Bach which
today exists only in fragmentary form. The line "In
diesem Jahre haben wir zwei Sonnenfinsternissen" (In
this year we have [seen] two solar eclipses) places the
composition of the piece in or shortly after 1707, when
central Germany was witness to two such celestial
events. The extant source—a fair-copy autograph
manuscript on three large, folded sheets—was not
discovered until 1932.
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he Quodlibet or Wedding Quodlibet, BWV 524, is a
lighthearted composition by Johann Sebastian Bach which
today exists only in fragmentary form. The line "In
diesem Jahre haben wir zwei Sonnenfinsternissen" (In
this year we have [seen] two solar eclipses) places the
composition of the piece in or shortly after 1707, when
central Germany was witness to two such celestial
events. The extant source—a fair-copy autograph
manuscript on three large, folded sheets—was not
discovered until 1932.
The work itself is a loosely structured quodlibet for
SATB and continuo. Bach likely did not write the text,
which some attribute to the Leipzig poet Johann
Christoph Gottsched. Though the cover sheet has been
lost, the libretto of the remaining portion indicates
that the quodlibet was to be performed at a wedding,
possibly Bach's own.
Source: Wikipedia
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quodlibet,_BWV_524).
I created this arrangement for Wind Quintet (Flute,
Oboe, Bb Clarinet, French Horn & Bassoon).