Christmas Oratorio

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The Christmas Oratorio is a large-scale sacred vocal work by Johann Sebastian Bach, consisting of six cantatas intended for performance during the Christmas season.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf liturgical music ⓘ
oratorio ⓘ
sacred vocal work ⓘ
basedOn Gospel of Luke ⓘ
Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
catalogueNumber BWV 248 ⓘ
composer Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1734 ⓘ
1735 ⓘ
firstPerformanceLocation Leipzig ⓘ
firstPerformancePlace St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig ⓘ
St. Thomas Church, Leipzig ⓘ
genre church music ⓘ
sacred oratorio ⓘ
hasPart Cantata I ⓘ
Cantata II ⓘ
Cantata III ⓘ
Cantata IV ⓘ
Cantata V ⓘ
Cantata VI ⓘ
intendedFor Christmas season ⓘ
language German ⓘ
liturgicalOccasion Christmas Day ⓘ
linked to: Christmas

Epiphany ⓘ
New Year’s Day ⓘ
Second Day of Christmas ⓘ
Sunday after New Year ⓘ
Third Day of Christmas ⓘ
numberOfParts 6 ⓘ
originalTitle Weihnachts-Oratorium ⓘ
linked to: Christmas Oratorio
originalTitleLanguage German ⓘ
period Baroque ⓘ
placeOfComposition Leipzig ⓘ
reusesMusicFrom secular cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
scoring soloists, choir and orchestra ⓘ
structure series of six cantatas ⓘ
subjectMatter Nativity of Jesus ⓘ
linked to: Nativity of Christ

events from Christmas to Epiphany ⓘ
textAuthor Picander ⓘ
typicalPerformanceDuration approximately 2.5 hours ⓘ
usesForm aria ⓘ
chorale ⓘ
chorus ⓘ
recitative ⓘ
usesParodyTechnique yes ⓘ

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

Johann Sebastian Bach → notableWork → Christmas Oratorio ⓘ
Christmas Oratorio → originalTitle → Weihnachts-Oratorium ⓘ
linked to: Christmas Oratorio
Charles Weidman → notableWork → Christmas Oratorio ⓘ
Cantata I → partOf → Christmas Oratorio ⓘ
BWV 248 → title → Weihnachtsoratorium ⓘ
linked to: Christmas Oratorio
Cantata II (Christmas Oratorio) → partOf → Christmas Oratorio ⓘ
subject linked to: Cantata II
Cantata III (Christmas Oratorio) → partOf → Christmas Oratorio ⓘ
subject linked to: Cantata III
Cantata IV → partOf → Christmas Oratorio ⓘ
Cantata V → partOf → Christmas Oratorio ⓘ
Cantata VI → partOf → Christmas Oratorio ⓘ
Cantata VI → isFinalPartOf → Christmas Oratorio ⓘ
Cantata VI → firstPerformedAsPartOf → Christmas Oratorio ⓘ
Cantata VI → belongsToCycle → Christmas Oratorio BWV 248 ⓘ
linked to: Christmas Oratorio
Bach Collegium Japan → performs → Christmas Oratorio ⓘ
Bach Christmas Oratorio cycle → title → Weihnachtsoratorium ⓘ
linked to: Christmas Oratorio
Herr, wenn die stolzen Feinde schnauben → partOf → Christmas Oratorio, Cantata VI ⓘ
linked to: Christmas Oratorio
248/6 → partOf → Christmas Oratorio ⓘ
Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe → includesWork → Christmas Oratorio ⓘ