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 (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cantata ⓘ
musical work ⓘ
associatedCity Leipzig ⓘ
associatedComposer 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 Day ⓘ
linked to: Christmas

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 Jesus ⓘ
linked to: Nativity of Christ

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Christmas Oratorio → hasPart → Cantata I ⓘ
Cantata II (Christmas Oratorio) → follows → Cantata I (Christmas Oratorio) ⓘ
subject linked to: Cantata II
linked to: Cantata I
Cantata II (Christmas Oratorio) → precededBy → Cantata I (Christmas Oratorio) ⓘ
subject linked to: Cantata II
linked to: Cantata I
Bach Christmas Oratorio cycle → consistsOf → Cantata I: Jauchzet, frohlocket, auf, preiset die Tage ⓘ
linked to: Cantata I