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| movements = 6 | text_poet = anonymous | chorale = | vocal = | instrumental = | module = }} ''ドイツ語:Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern'' (How beautifully the morning star shines),〔 , is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in 1725 in Leipzig for the feast of the Annunciation and it was first performed on 25 March 1725, which fell that year on Palm Sunday. It is a chorale cantata, being based on the hymn "ドイツ語:Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern" (1599) by Philipp Nicolai. == History and words == This cantata is part of Bach's second annual cycle of cantatas, begun on the first Sunday after Trinity 1724. It was the last chorale cantata in the cycle and is based on the hymn "ドイツ語:Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern" (1599) by Philipp Nicolai. The hymn was associated with Epiphany but also with the Annunciation,〔 and it was the latter feast for which the cantata was written. In Leipzig the Annunciation was celebrated with music, although it typically falls in Lent, when Leipzig observed ''tempus clausum''. This cantata was first performed on 25 March 1725 (which in that year was also Palm Sunday) and its joyful nature would have been all the more striking after the suspension of music for Lent.〔 The prescribed readings for the day are Isaiah's prophecy of the birth of the Messiah () and from the Gospel of Luke, the angel Gabriel announcing the birth of Jesus (). The unknown librettist kept the first and the last verse, and paraphrased the other stanzas to recitatives and arias, using stanza 2 for the first recitative, stanza 3 for the first aria, stanza 4 and part of stanza 5 for the second recitative, and stanza 6 for the second aria. The chorale, speaking of a longing for the arrival of the Saviour, can be connected to Jesus' birth being announced to Mary. The theme of arrival was especially fitting for Palm Sunday.〔 The cantata was chosen by the Bach-Gesellschaft for inclusion in the first volume of Bach's complete works, which appeared in 1851. It was later listed as BWV 1 in the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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