Jesu, nun sei gepreiset (Jesus, now be praised), BWV 41 , is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach . He composed the chorale cantata in Leipzig for New Year's Day and first performed it on 1 January 1725 as part of his second cantata cycle . It is based on the hymn by Johannes Hermann (1591).
14-541: [REDACTED] Look up Jesu in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Jesu may refer to: Jesus (c. 4 BC – c. AD 30/33), Jewish religious leader and central figure of Christianity Jesu (name) , vocative and poetic form of Jesus' name Music [ edit ] Jesu (band) , a British experimental band formed by Justin Broadrick Jesu (album) ,
28-557: A 2004 album by the band Jesu " Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring ", final movement of Johann Sebastian Bach's Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147 Jesu, der du meine Seele , BWV 78 , cantata by Bach " Jesu, meine Freude ", hymn by Johann Franck Jesu, nun sei gepreiset , BWV 41 , cantata by Bach Jesu, meine Freude , BWV 227 , motet by Bach See also [ edit ] All pages with titles beginning with Jesu Jesus (disambiguation) Yesu (disambiguation) Yehoshua (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
42-634: A British experimental band formed by Justin Broadrick Jesu (album) , a 2004 album by the band Jesu " Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring ", final movement of Johann Sebastian Bach's Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147 Jesu, der du meine Seele , BWV 78 , cantata by Bach " Jesu, meine Freude ", hymn by Johann Franck Jesu, nun sei gepreiset , BWV 41 , cantata by Bach Jesu, meine Freude , BWV 227 , motet by Bach See also [ edit ] All pages with titles beginning with Jesu Jesus (disambiguation) Yesu (disambiguation) Yehoshua (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
56-500: A sequence of alternating arias and recitatives , expanding the 14 lines by additional ideas, but not specifically referring to the gospel. Bach first performed the cantata on 1 January 1725, and reprised it at least once, between 1732 and 1735. The cantata in six movements is scored for four soloists ( soprano , alto , tenor and bass ), a four-part choir , three trumpets , timpani , three oboes , two violins , viola , violoncello piccolo da spalla and basso continuo . In
70-399: Is derived from the first phrase of the chorale melody. Lines 15 and 16 repeat lines 1 and 2, saying " behüt Leib, Seel und Leben " (Protect our body, soul and life). In contrast, both arias have been described as chamber music . The first aria is sung by the soprano, accompanied by three oboes in pastoral 8 time . A short secco recitative leads to a tenor aria, which
84-456: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Jesu [REDACTED] Look up Jesu in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Jesu may refer to: Jesus (c. 4 BC – c. AD 30/33), Jewish religious leader and central figure of Christianity Jesu (name) , vocative and poetic form of Jesus' name Music [ edit ] Jesu (band) ,
98-620: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Jesu, nun sei gepreiset, BWV 41 Bach wrote the cantata in 1724, his second year as Thomaskantor in Leipzig , for New Year's Day . The feast also celebrated the naming and circumcision of Jesus . The prescribed readings for the feast day were from the Epistle to the Galatians , by faith we inherit ( Galatians 3:23–29 ), and from
112-466: Is dominated by an obbligato violoncello piccolo in expansive movement. The last recitative for bass contains one line from Martin Luther 's Deutsche Litanei (German litany), which Bach set for four-part choir, marked allegro , as if the congregation joined the prayer of the individual. The closing chorale corresponds to the first movement. The lines are separated several times by its trumpet motif;
126-665: The Gospel of Luke , the Circumcision and naming of Jesus ( Luke 2:21 ). That year, Bach composed a cycle of chorale cantatas , begun on the first Sunday after Trinity of 1724. The cantata is based on the hymn for New Year's Day in three stanzas by Johannes Hermann (1591) who was also a Thomaskantor . Its melody is by Melchior Vulpius , who first published it in his Ein schön geistlich Gesangbuch , printed in Jena (1609). The hymn calls Jesus by name first, fitting to
140-614: The celebration of the naming. Otherwise it is more concerned with the beginning of the New Year. It was popular in Leipzig and was used in two more of Bach's cantatas for the occasion, Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied , BWV 190 and Gott, wie dein Name, so ist auch dein Ruhm , BWV 171 . An unknown poet kept the first and the last stanza as movements 1 and 6, and paraphrased stanza 2 to
154-490: The lower voices in free polyphony . Lines 9 and 10, speaking of " in guter Stille " (in good silence) are marked adagio ; the choir sings in homophony in triple meter , accompanied by the orchestra without the trumpets. Lines 11 and 12, repeated in 13 and 14, are a presto fugato , with the instruments playing colla parte , expressing " Wir wollen uns dir ergeben " (We want to devote ourselves to you), an "enthusiastic rededication to spiritual values". The fugal subject
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#1732802613324168-417: The opening chorus, a chorale fantasia , Bach faced the problem of structuring the unusually long stanza of 14 lines and an additional repeat of the last two lines, as seems to have been customary in Leipzig. The concerto of the orchestra is dominated by a syncope fanfare motif from the trumpets. In the first four lines, repeated in the next four and the final two, the soprano sings the cantus firmus , with
182-405: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Jesu . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jesu&oldid=1230539785 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
196-405: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Jesu . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jesu&oldid=1230539785 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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