German texts unidentified; known librettists for oratorios include: for Israeliten in der Wüste: Daniel Schiebeler ; Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Jesu: Karl Wilhelm Ramler ; Passionscantate: Anna Luise Karsch, Christoph Daniel Ebeling, and Johann Joachim Eschenburg, see Grove music online. Issued "in cooperation with the Bach-Archiv Leipzig, the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, and Harvard University." Includes bibliographical references. Includes preface and introduction in English.
Contents:
General preface -- Preface : librettos -- Introduction -- Oratorios. Die Israeliten in der Wüste (1769), Wq 238 ; Die Israeliten in der Wüste (1775), Wq 238 ; Die Israeliten in der Wüste (1776), Wq 238 ; Die Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Jesu [1778[, Wq 240 ; Die Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Jesu [1783], Wq 240 ; Passions-cantate (n.d.), Wq 233 ; Passions-cantate (n.d., Spinnhauskirche), Wq 233 -- Cantatas. Quasimodogeniti (1756), including Wq 244 ; Misericordias Domini (1756), including Wq 244 ; Jubilate (1756), including Wq 244 ; Easter I (1757), Wq 244 ; Trinity VIII (1777), including Wq 223 ; Trinity II (1779), including BR-CPEB F 14 ; Trinity XVII (1779) ; Christmas I (1779), including Wq 249 ; Epiphany I (1780), including Wq 249 ; Easter II (1780), including Wq 241 ; Visitation of Mary (1780), including H 819 ; Easter I (1782), including BR-CPEB F 11 ; Quasimodogeniti (1783), including Wq 226 ; Easter I (1784), including Wq 243 ; Michaelmas (1785), including Wq 246 ; Septuagesima (1786) ; Trinity XIV (1786) Christmas I (1786), including Wq 249 ; Exaudi (1787) ; Pentecost II (1788), including BR-CPEB F 15 ; Trinity II (1788), including BR-CPEB F 15 ; Trinity IV (1788) ; Trinity XX [1789] -- Bürgercapitainsmusiken. Oratorium und Serenate (1780), H 822a-b ; Oratorium und Serenate (1783), H 822c-d -- Works for special occasions. Dank-Hymne der Freundschaft (1785), H 824e -- Musik am Dankfeste (1786), H 823 -- Works for Frankfurt/Oder. Die Hoffnung sank (1735), BR-CPEB G-Inc 1 ; Streift die falben Blätter ab (1735), BR-CPEB F-Inc 1 ; Friedrich lebt, der Musen Freude (1737), BR-CPEB G-Inc 2 -- Funeral music. Trauermusik Schuback [1783], BR-CPEB F 71 ; Trauermusik Doormann [1784], BR-CPEB F 72 ; Trauermusik Luis [1788], BR-CPEB F 74 -- Concert performances. Cantaten (n.d.), including BR-CPEB F 3.2, BR-CPEB F 38, Wq 216 ; Magnificat (1779), Wq 215 ; Heilig mit zwei Chören [1779], Wq 217 ; Klopstocks Morgengesang [1783], Wq 239 -- Konzert...Armeninstitut (1786) -- Oration exercises. Arien...Rede-Übung (1773) ; Rede-Übung...Kaiser Nero (1773) ; Arien...Rede-Übung (1776), Wq 211 ; Rede-Übung...Julius Cäsar (1776) ; Arien...Rede-Übung (1778), Wq 211 ; Rede-Übung...Tode des Seneca (1778) ; Arien...Rede-Übung (1781), Wq 211 ; Rede-Übung...Julius Cäsar (1781) -- Dedication services. Ordnung...Lazareths-Kirche (1769) ; Ordnung...Michaelis-Kirche (1786).
Summary:
Contains a wide range of librettos relating to Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach that are to be regarded as original texts in the sense that they were issued for performances in which Bach was personally involved.
Series:
The complete works / Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Series VIII, Supplement ; 3.3 Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel, 1714-1788. Works. 2005 ; ser. VIII, v. 3.3. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2006017948
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