Uns ist ein Kind geboren (Johann Kuhnau)

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• (Posted 2017-05-03)  CPDL #44348: 

Contributor: Paolo Pandolfo (submitted 2017-05-03).  Score information: A4, 22 pages, 1.17 MB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: A scan of the piano-vocal score by Berhard Todt.

General Information

Title: Uns ist ein Kind geboren, BWV 142
Composer: Johann Kuhnau
Lyricist: Erdmann Neumeister

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Cantata

Language: German
Instruments: Orchestra: 2 recorders, 2 oboes, 2 violins, viola, continuo

First published: 1884 in Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 40
Opus: BWV 142, 8 movements
Description: Performed in Leipzig for Christmas 1720 during the tenure of Johann Kuhnau, now considered the most probable composer. Once thought to be composed by Johann Sebastian Bach (BWV 142).

External websites:

• Free choir training aids for this work are available at Choralia.
• Uns ist ein Kind geboren at the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)

• View the Wikipedia article on BWV 142.

• Bach-cantatas site, with links to libretto and translations.

Original text and translations

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