Der Himmel lacht! die Erde jubiliert, BWV 31 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 9 movements
Composition Year 1715, revised 1724, 1731
Genre Categories Sacred cantatas; Cantatas; Religious works; [24 more...]For 3 voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the soprano voice; Scores featuring the tenor voice; Scores featuring the bass voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; German language; For 2 violins, 2 violas, cello (arr); For 5 players (arr); Scores featuring the violin (arr); Scores featuring the viola (arr); Scores featuring the cello (arr); For 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos (arr); For violin, cello (arr); For 2 players (arr); For viola, cello (arr); For 2 cellos (arr); For violin, viola (arr); For 2 violas (arr); For trumpet, organ (arr); Scores featuring the trumpet (arr); Scores featuring the organ (arr)

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Performances

Naxos

Synthesized/MIDI

Aria: 'Letzte Stunde, brich herein' (No.8)

For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)

 Synthesized RPerformance
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MP3 file (audio)
Michrond (2015/10/27)

Publisher Info. Michel Rondeau
Performers MIDI
Copyright
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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Sheet Music

Full Scores

Editor Wilhelm Rust (1822–1892)
First edition (+ reprint)
Publisher. Info. Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 7 (pp.1-52)
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1857. Plate B.W. VII.
Reprinted Boca Raton: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(1987-2018). Catalog A5156. (#704674)
Copyright
Public Domain
Misc. Notes The Kalmus reprint seems to have been reprinted from a study score volume where the pages were re-numbered as 79-128.
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 Complete Score (EU)
#462452 - 4.17MB, 64 pp. -  7/10 2 4 6 8 10 (2) - C*/82*/V* - 3786×⇩ - Sallen112

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Sallen112 (2017/3/10)

Editor Alfred Dürr (1918–2011)
Publisher. Info. Neue Bach-Ausgabe, Serie I, Band 9 (pp.41-103)
Kassel: Bärenreiter Verlag, 1985. Plate BA 5064.
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⇒ 9 more: 2. Chorus: 'Der Himmel lacht! Die Erde jubiliert' • 3. Recitativo: 'Erwünschter Tag! Sei, Seele, wieder froh!' • 4. Aria: 'Fürst des Lebens! starker Streiter' • 5. Recitativo: 'So stehe dann, du gottergebne Seele' • 6. Aria: 'Adam muß in uns verwesen' • 7. Recitativo: 'Weil dann das Haupt sein Glied' • 8. Aria: 'Letzte Stunde, brich herein' • 9. Chorale: 'So fahr ich hin zu Jesu Christ' • Engraving files (MuseScore)

Editor Ramon Casadesus-Masanell
Publisher. Info. Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, 2021.
Copyright
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Leipzig Version, BC A 55b (after 1735)

Copyist Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710–1784)
Unknown Scribe
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1750).
Copyright
Public Domain
Misc. Notes Biblioteka Jagiellońska, Kraków (PL-Kj): Mus. ms. Bach St. 14 (4)
Figures added to bass line, transposed
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Parts

Complete

⇒ 13 more: Oboe 2 • Oboe 3 • Oboe da caccia (or English Horn) • Trumpet 1 (C) • Trumpet 2 (C) • Timpani • Violins I • Violins II • Violas I • Violas II • Cellos I • Cello II/Basses • Violas I, page 5

Publisher. Info. Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, n.d.
Copyright
Public Domain
Misc. Notes Violas I part was scanned with pages out of order, page 5 is missing from this scan. It is provided here as a separate file
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 Violas I
#462580 - 11.23MB, 7 pp. -  0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 25×⇩ - Hefinkel

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Hefinkel (2017/3/11)

Publisher. Info. Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, n.d.
Reprinted Detroit: Luck's Music Library, n.d.
Copyright
Public Domain
Misc. Notes This is a replacement part to the viola 1 part of BWV 31. The part that is now posted is missing page 5. It appears to be the same edition.
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⇒ 9 more: Bassoon • Trumpet 1, 2, 3 (C) • Timpani • Violins I • Violins II • Violas I • Violas II • Cellos I • Cellos II/Basses

Publisher. Info. Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, n.d.
Reprinted Boca Raton: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(1987-2018). Catalog A5156.
Copyright
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Weimar Versions, BC A 55a (1715)

 Incomplete Parts
#458802 - 49.17MB, 24 pp. -  0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 37×⇩ - BachFan

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Copyist Johann Martin Schubart (1690–1721)
Anon. W 13 cello
Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, n.d.[1715].
Copyright
Public Domain
Misc. Notes Biblioteka Jagiellońska, Kraków (PL-Kj): Mus. ms. Bach St. 14 (1)
Missing brass, timpani, violas, continuo, and vocal parts
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Leipzig Version, BC A 55b (1724)

 Oboe 1, Cellos
#458807 - 18.75MB, 8 pp. -  0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 45×⇩ - BachFan

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Copyist Johann Andreas Kuhnau (1703–1761)
Christian Gottlob Meißner (1707–1760)
Anon. L 10
Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, n.d.[1724].
Copyright
Public Domain
Misc. Notes Biblioteka Jagiellońska, Kraków (PL-Kj): Mus. ms. Bach St. 14 (2)
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Leipzig Version, BC A 55b (1731/1735)

 Incomplete Parts
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Copyist Samuel Gottlieb Heder (1713-?) mvts.6-8 from Weimar parts
Anon. L 78 Violins I
Anon. Vf Violins II
Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, n.d.(ca.1731).
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Biblioteka Jagiellońska, Kraków (PL-Kj): Mus. ms. Bach St. 14 (3)
Missing Oboe parts
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Vocal Scores

Arranger Bernhard Todt (1822–1907), piano reduction
Language German
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1891. Plate J.S.B. I. 31.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Based on the Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe
This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
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Arranger Bernhard Todt (1822–1907), piano reduction
Editor Günter Raphael (1903–1960)
Language German / English
Translator John Michael Diack (1869–1946), English text
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.(ca.1930). Plate 30309.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70). K 06025
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Based on the Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe
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Arranger Bernhard Todt (1822–1907), piano reduction
Editor Günter Raphael (1903–1960)
Melvin P. Unger
Language German / English
Translator John Michael Diack (1869–1946), English text
Publisher. Info. Melvin P. Unger, after
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.(ca.1930). Plate 30309.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70). K 06025
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Misc. Notes This is an annotated/analyzed piano-vocal score using the Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Sonata (No.1)

For String Quintets (Bartoli)

 Complete Score and Parts
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Arranger Russ Bartoli (b. 1951)
Editor Peter Lang
Publisher. Info. Peter Lang, 2015.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes 2 Violas or 2 Cellos
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Recitative: 'So stehe dann, du gottergebne Seele' (No.4)

For String Duos (Lang)

 Complete Score and Parts
#483968 - 0.27MB, 12 pp. -  0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 245×⇩ - FP23

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Arranger Peter Lang
Publisher. Info. Peter Lang, 2013.
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Misc. Notes Various duo configurations
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Aria: 'Letzte Stunde, brich herein' (No.8)

For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau)
Arranger Michel Rondeau
Publisher. Info. Michel Rondeau
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Books

 Complete Book
#113000 - 3.83MB, 138 pp. -  0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 545×⇩ - A.Armendáriz

PDF scanned by Unknown
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Editor Antonio Armendáriz
Language German / Spanish / French / English
Publisher. Info. Lodosa: Antonio Armendáriz Navarro
Copyright
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
Misc. Notes Textos explicativos de su origen y características en cuatro idiomas (alemán, español, francés e inglés) . Partituras de muy alta calidad, con textos en español
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Other

Chorale: 'So fahr ich hin zu Jesu Christ' (No.9)

Editor Frieder Rempp (b. 1942)
Publisher. Info. Neue Bach-Ausgabe, Serie III, Band 2.1
Choräle und geistliche Lieder, Teil 1 (pp.56-57)
Kassel: Bärenreiter Verlag, 1991. Plate BA 5075.
URTEXT EDITION [more...]

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Misc. Notes From Dietel Sammlung as "Wenn mein Stündlein verhanden ist" (No.78). More details. 600 dpi. Page size is 10.00 x 12.688 inches.
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General Information

Work Title Der Himmel lacht, die Erde jubiliert
Alternative. Title
Composer Bach, Johann Sebastian
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. BWV 31 ; BC A 55a-b
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IJB 744
Key C major*
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 9 movements:
  1. Sonata (C major)
  2. Chorus: Der Himmel lacht! Die Erde jubiliert (C major)
  3. Recitativo (bass): Erwünschter Tag! Sei, Seele, wieder froh! (C major-E minor)
  4. Aria (bass): Fürst des Lebens! starker Streiter (C major)
  5. Recitativo (tenor): So stehe dann, du gottergebne Seele (A minor-G major)
  6. Aria (tenor): Adam muß in uns verwesen (G major)
  7. Recitativo (soprano): Weil dann das Haupt sein Glied (E minor-C major)
  8. Aria (soprano): Letzte Stunde, brich herein (C major)
  9. Chorale: So fahr ich hin zu Jesu Christ (C major)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1715, revised 1724, 1731
First Performance. 1715-04-21 in Weimar
First Publication. 1857 (BGA)
Librettist see below
Salomo Franck (1659–1725) (Nos.1-8)
Nikolaus Herman (ca.1480–1561) (No.9)
Language German
Dedication Easter Sunday
Average DurationAvg. Duration 24 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation voices, chorus, orchestra
InstrDetail [more...]
Solo Voices (soprano, tenor, bass)
Mixed Chorus (SSATB)
Orchestra: 3 oboes [Weimar], oboe [Leipzig], 2 oboes d'amore [Leipzig], taille [Weimar], bassoon
3 trumpets, timpani, strings, continuo
Manuscript Sources Bach Digital (Weimar version, BC A55a)
Bach Digital (Leipzig version, BC A55b)
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