Cantata III

E306206
church cantata sacred vocal composition

Cantata III is one of the six cantatas that make up Johann Sebastian Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, performed as part of the liturgical celebrations during the Christmas season.

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Label Occurrences
Cantata III canonical 1
Cantata III (Christmas Oratorio) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf church cantata ⓘ
sacred vocal composition ⓘ
associatedCity Leipzig ⓘ
associatedWithLiturgicalReading Luke 2:15–20 ⓘ
basedOnBiblicalText Gospel of Luke ⓘ
catalogNumber BWV 248 ⓘ
surface form: BWV 248 III
composer Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
composerOccupation Thomaskantor in Leipzig ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
firstPerformanceCountry Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
firstPerformanceDateApproximate 27 December 1734 ⓘ
firstPerformanceLocation Leipzig ⓘ
firstPerformanceVenue St. Thomas Church, Leipzig ⓘ
surface form: Thomaskirche, Leipzig
firstPerformanceYear 1734 ⓘ
genre oratorio movement ⓘ
hasInstrumentation basso continuo ⓘ
oboes ⓘ
strings ⓘ
timpani ⓘ
trumpets ⓘ
hasKeyWork D major (opening chorus, commonly performed) ⓘ
hasLiturgicalFunction meditation on the Nativity ⓘ
hasMovementType aria ⓘ
chorale ⓘ
chorus ⓘ
recitative ⓘ
hasSacredTheme birth of Jesus ⓘ
praise of Christ ⓘ
hasSubgenre Christmas cantata ⓘ
hasWorkOrderWithinOratorio Part III ⓘ
intendedFor church performance ⓘ
language German ⓘ
liturgicalOccasion Third Day of Christmas ⓘ
liturgicalSeason Christmas ⓘ
musicalPeriod Baroque ⓘ
numberOfCantatasInCycle 6 ⓘ
originalLanguageOfText German ⓘ
originalPerformanceContext liturgical service ⓘ
partOf Christmas Oratorio ⓘ
placeOfComposition Leipzig ⓘ
positionInCycle 3 ⓘ
religion Lutheran ⓘ
scoring solo voices, choir, and orchestra ⓘ
subject Adoration of the Shepherds ⓘ
textType liturgical ⓘ
title Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen ⓘ
usesChorale Lutheran chorale melodies ⓘ
workSeries Bach Christmas Oratorio cycle ⓘ

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

Christmas Oratorio → hasPart → Cantata III ⓘ
Cantata II → followedBy → Cantata III ⓘ
subject surface form: Cantata II (Christmas Oratorio)
this entity surface form: Cantata III (Christmas Oratorio)