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Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1

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The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/March 25, 2022 by Wehwalt (talk) 19:45, 5 February 2022 (UTC)



Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (How beautifully the morning star shines), BWV1, is a church cantata for Annunciation by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed the chorale cantata in 1725, based on Nicolai's 1599 hymn, for the feast celebrated on 25 March which coincided with Palm Sunday that year. The theme of the hymn suits both occasions, in a spirit of longing expectation of an arrival. The hymn was paraphrased by a contemporary poet who retained its first and last stanzas unchanged, set as a chorale fantasia and the closing chorale, but transformed the inner stanzas into a sequence of alternating recitatives and arias. Bach scored the work for three vocal soloists, a four-part choir and a Baroque instrumental ensemble of two horns, two oboes da caccia, two solo violins (beginning pictured), strings and continuo. It became the last chorale cantata of his second cantata cycle. When Bach's works were published by the Bach-Gesellschaft, the cantata was chosen to begin the complete edition in 1851. It was assigned No. 1 in the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis of 1950.
 * Most recent similar article(s): no Bach cantata for a year, Bach motet 7 February but coordinated with delegate Gog the Mild
 * Main editors: Gerda Arendt
 * Promoted: March 2021
 * Reasons for nomination: day of occasion and first performance
 * Support as nominator. Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:13, 21 January 2022 (UTC)