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Ihr Häuser des Himmels, ihr scheinenden Lichter , BWV 193a

Ihr Häuser des Himmels, ihr scheinenden Lichter (Ye houses of heaven, ye radiant lights), BWV 193.1 (formerly BWV 193a), [ 1 ] is a secular cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach ...

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Ihr Häuser des Himmels, ihr scheinenden Lichter (Ye houses of heaven, ye radiant lights), BWV 193.1 (formerly BWV 193a),[1] is a secular cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach first performed on 3 August 1727. The music is lost, but it can be partially reconstructed as several movements (including the opening chorus) are known to have shared music with Ihr Tore zu Zion, BWV 193.2, a church cantata which was premiered around three weeks after Ihr Häuser des Himmels, ihr scheinenden Lichter.

History and text

This cantata was composed for the name day of Frederick August I, Elector of Saxony. The text is by Picander who published it in the second part of his collection Picanders Ernst-Schertzhaffte und Satyrische Gedichte (Leipzig 1729). However, there has been speculation that Picander based his text on the work of Christian Friedrich Hunold, an earlier librettist of Bach. The reason for this suggestion is a similarity to a series of congratulatory cantatas Bach composed at Köthen.[2]

The opening chorus is about a council of the gods. It was the custom for congratulatory works such as this to feature allegorical characters; in this case they are: Providentia (Providence), Fama (Fame), Salus (Well-being) and Pietas (Piety).

The title page bears the dedication:

Bey der / Hohen Nahmens-Feyer / Ihro / Koenigl. Maj. in Pohlen / und Churfl. Durchl. zu Sachsen etc. / bezeigte / In einer geringen MUSIC / Seinen allerunterthaenligsten Glueckwunsch / Christian Friedrich Henrici / Leipzig den 3. Aug. 1727[3]

In English it may be rendered as:

At the / high feast of the name / of your Serene Highness / King of Poland / and Elector in Saxony / showed / in a little MUSIC / his most subordinate congratulation / Christian Friedrich Henrici / Leipzig the 3rd of Aug. 1727.

The cantata is counted among the works for celebrations of the Leipzig University, Festmusiken zu Leipziger Universitätsfeiern.[4]

Structure

The work has eleven movements:[3]

  1. Chorus: Ihr Haeuser des Himmels, ihr scheinenden Lichter
  2. Recitative (Providentia): Preißwuerdigster August
  3. Aria (Providentia): Nenne deinen August: Gott!
  4. Recitativo (Fama): ¡Oh! Etiqueta Schoener, ¡oh! schöne Blicke
  5. Aria (Fama, Providentia): {Ich will/Du solt} ruehmen, {ich will/du solt} sagen
  6. Recitativo (Providentia, Fama, Salus): So AUGUSTUS nicht an Ruhm und Thatten Seines gleichen
  7. Aria (Salus): ¡Señor! tan asqueroso como Dein Erhoehen
  8. Recitativo (Pietas): Wie bin ich doch ergoetzt
  9. Aria (Pietas): Sachsen, komm zum Opffer-Heerd
  10. Recitativo (Pietas): Doch worzu wollen wir viel Tempel bauen?
  11. Aria (Pietas, coro): Himmel, erhoere das bethende Land

Se ha especulado con la posibilidad de que el quinto movimiento, un dúo (que no se encuentra en la Cantata BWV 193) entre Providentia y Fama, haya influido en el dúo " Domine Deus ", el movimiento central del Gloria en la Misa en si menor de Bach.

Referencias

  1. ↑ Obra 00235 en el sitio web de Bach Digital .
  2. ↑ "Cantata BWV 193a" . bach-cantatas . Consultado el 23 de julio de 2013 .
  3. 1 2 "BWV 193a" . Universidad de Vermont . Consultado el 23 de julio de 2013 .
  4. ^ Timm, David (2009). Festmusiken zu Leipziger Universitätsfeiern (en alemán). Universidad de Leipzig . págs.8 y sigs . Consultado el 2 de diciembre de 2012 . 

Fuentes

  • Cantata BWV 193a Ihr Häuser des Himmels, ihr scheinenden Lichter historia, partitura, fuentes de texto y música, traducciones a varios idiomas, discografía, discusión, sitio web de Bach Cantatas
  • Ihr Häuser des Himmels, ihr scheinenden Lichter historia, partitura, sitio web de Bach (en alemán)