Weimar cantata (Bach)

Johann Sebastian Bach worked in Weimar from 1708 to 1717. The composition of cantatas for the Schlosskirche (court chapel) on a regular monthly basis started with his promotion to Konzertmeister in March 1714.[1]

Church cantatas

From 1714 to 1717 Bach was commissioned to compose one church cantata a month. His goal was to compose a complete set of cantatas for the liturgical year within four years. In the course of almost four years there he thus covered most occasions of the liturgical year.[2]

For former employers?

Uncertain purpose and date of origin:

Weimar cycle

The expression "Weimar cycle" has been used for the cantatas composed in Weimar from 1714 (which form the bulk of extant cantatas composed before Bach's Leipzig time).[4][5]

Cantatas 54 and 199 were performed within the cycle but possibly composed earlier.

Passions

Further information: Passions (Bach)

Passions performed in the Weimar period, however not considered to be passion cantatas, thus not generally listed in the Weimar (cantata) cycle:

Secular cantatas

Bach composed the first version of his secular cantata Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, BWV 208 (Hunting Cantata) for performance on 23 February 1713.[12]

References

  1. ↑ Koster, Jan. "Weimar 1708–1717". let.rug.nl. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  2. ↑ Dürr, Alfred (2006). The Cantatas of J. S. Bach: With Their Librettos in German-English Parallel Text. Translated by Richard D. P. Jones. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-929776-4. pp. 13–20
  3. ↑ BDW 0175 at Bach Digital website
  4. ↑ Joshua Rifkin (2001). Liner notes to Three Weimar Cantatas, Dorian 93231
  5. ↑ Richard D. P. Jones (2006). The Creative Development of Johann Sebastian Bach, Volume I: 1695-1717: Music to Delight the Spirit. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780191513244, p. 212
  6. ↑ BDW 0024 and 0025 at Bach Digital website
  7. ↑ BDW 0079 at Bach Digital website
  8. ↑ BDW 0021 at Bach Digital website
  9. ↑ BDW 0100 at Bach Digital website
  10. ↑ BWV2a, p. 454
  11. ↑ BDW 1502) at Bach Digital website
  12. ↑ BDW 0261 at Bach Digital website
Church cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach by chronology
Preceded by
Bach's early cantatas		 Weimar cantatas
1708–17 		Succeeded by
Köthen: Lobet den Herrn, alle seine Heerscharen, BWV Anh. 5
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