Christen, ätzet diesen Tag, BWV 63 (Johann Sebastian Bach)

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• (Posted 2017-01-11)  CPDL #42613: 

Contributor: Paolo Pandolfo (submitted 2017-01-11).  Score information: A4, 43 pages, 2.34 MB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Scan of Bernhard Todt's piano-vocal score (English and German text)

General Information

Title: Christen, ätzet diesen Tag, BWV 63
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
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Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Cantata

Language: German
Instruments: Orchestra: 3 oboes, bassoon, 4 trumpets, timpani, strings, continuo

First published: 1868 in Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 16
Opus: BWV 0063, 7 movements

Description: Cantata for the First Day of Christmas, performed in Leipzig 25 December 1723 and possibly in Weimar as early as 1713.

External websites:

• Christen, ätzet diesen Tag, BWV 63 at the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)

• View the Wikipedia article on BWV 63.

• Complete libretto.

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