Cantata I

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Cantata I is the opening section of J.S. Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, introducing the festive narrative and musical themes of the larger work.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Cantata I (Christmas Oratorio) 2
Cantata I canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cantata
musical work
associatedCity Leipzig
associatedComposer Johann Sebastian Bach
surface form: J.S. Bach
associatedFeast Christmas
composer Johann Sebastian Bach
composerNationality German
firstPerformanceContext church service
firstPerformancePlace Leipzig
firstPerformanceType liturgical performance
genre church cantata
sacred music
hasForm multi-movement cantata
keyCharacteristic festive instrumentation with trumpets and timpani
language German
liturgicalOccasion Christmas
surface form: Christmas Day

First Day of Christmas
movementType aria
chorale
chorus
recitative
musicalFunction introduces main musical themes of the Christmas Oratorio
narrativeFunction introduces the festive narrative of the Christmas Oratorio
openingMovementType chorus
openingText Jauchzet, frohlocket, auf, preiset die Tage
orchestration brass
strings
timpani
woodwinds
partOf Christmas Oratorio
period Baroque
religiousContext Lutheran
religiousTradition Christianity
scoring mixed choir
orchestra
solo voices
structureRole opening section of the Christmas Oratorio
subjectMatter Nativity of Christ
surface form: Nativity of Jesus

announcement of Christ’s birth
textAuthor Picander
textSource Gospel of Luke
title Jauchzet, frohlocket, auf, preiset die Tage
vocalForces alto
bass
soprano
tenor
workCyclePosition first of six parts
workNumberWithinOratorio 1

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Christmas Oratorio hasPart Cantata I
Cantata II follows Cantata I
subject surface form: Cantata II (Christmas Oratorio)
this entity surface form: Cantata I (Christmas Oratorio)
Cantata II precededBy Cantata I
subject surface form: Cantata II (Christmas Oratorio)
this entity surface form: Cantata I (Christmas Oratorio)