Cantata III

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf church cantata ⓘ
sacred vocal composition ⓘ
associatedCity Leipzig ⓘ
associatedWithLiturgicalReading Luke 2:15–20 ⓘ
basedOnBiblicalText Gospel of Luke ⓘ
catalogNumber BWV 248 III ⓘ
linked to: BWV 248
composer Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
composerOccupation Thomaskantor in Leipzig ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
firstPerformanceCountry Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
firstPerformanceDateApproximate 27 December 1734 ⓘ
firstPerformanceLocation Leipzig ⓘ
firstPerformanceVenue 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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Referenced by (3)

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

Christmas Oratorio → hasPart → Cantata III ⓘ
Cantata II (Christmas Oratorio) → followedBy → Cantata III (Christmas Oratorio) ⓘ
subject linked to: Cantata II
linked to: Cantata III
Bach Christmas Oratorio cycle → consistsOf → Cantata III: Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen ⓘ
linked to: Cantata III