Cantata BWV 50 - Details (original) (raw)

Ref.

BWV 50; BC: A 194

German Title:

Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft

English Title:

Now is come salvation and strength (by Richard Stokes)

Event:

Cantata for the Feast of St Michael and All Angels
Readings: Epistle: Revelations 12: 7-12; Gospel: Matthew 18: 1-11
Musical Context: Motets & Chorales for St. Michael and All Angels

Composed:

Leipzig, 1723 ?
1st performance: Unknown date and place

Text:

After Revelation 12: 10

BWV 50 Text:German-1 | German-2 | German-6 | German-7 | NBA Text
Translations:English-1 | English-3I | English-3P | English-6 | English-10 | English-14
Catalan-1 | Chinese-2 | Dutch-0 | Dutch-3 | French-1 | French-2 | French-4 | French-5 | French-6 | Hebrew-1 | Hebrew-3 | Indonesian-1 | Italian-2 | Norwegian-1 | Polish-1 | Polish-2 | Portuguese-1 | Russian-1 | Russian-3 | Spanish-2 | Spanish-7 | Spanish/English-8

Scoring:

Soloists: 8-part Chorus
Orchestra: 3 trumpets, timpani, 3 oboes, 2 violins, viola, continuo
Mvt. 1: Chorus

BWV 50 Scores:Score Vocal & Piano [1.15 MB] | Score BGA [2.12 MB]
Autograph Score (Facsimile): D-B Mus. ms. Bach P 136 [Bach Digital]
MuseScore:Complete Cantata | Mvt. 1 [MuseScore]
Annotated Score with Analysis: Complete Cantata [Unger]
Score Examples:Examples from the Score

References:

BWV 50 References: BGA: X | NBA: I/30 | BC: A 194 | Zwang: | First Published: BG, 1863 | Autograph score (facsimile): ? | Provenance | Bach Digital

Commentaries:

BWV 50 Commentaries: English:BCW | Crouch | All Music | Emmanuel Music | Mincham | NBV-AOB | NBV-AOB [BWV 50R]
Nielsen [Danish] | EvH [Dutch] | Chazot [French] | Role [French] | Kantate [Japanese] | B!52, Odcinek 41 [Polish] | Reyes [Spanish]

Music:

Music Examples

Discussions:

Week of March 16, 2003; Week of October 30, 2005; Week of March 3, 2013; Week of September 27, 2015