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(Pleasant Wiederau, rejoice in thy meadows), BWV 30.1 (formerly BWV 30a),Work , ''Angenehmes Wiederau, freue dich in deinen Auen'', at Bach Digital website. is a 1737
secular cantata A cantata (; ; literally "sung", past participle feminine singular of the Italian verb ''cantare'', "to sing") is a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment, typically in several movements, often involving a choir. The meaning of th ...
by Johann Sebastian Bach, on a
libretto A libretto (Italian for "booklet") is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or Musical theatre, musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to the t ...
by
Christian Friedrich Henrici Christian Friedrich Henrici (January 14, 1700 – May 10, 1764), writing under the pen name Picander, was a German poet and librettist for many of the cantatas which Johann Sebastian Bach composed in Leipzig. Henrici was born in Stolpen. He stud ...
(Picander). Bach reused some of its music in later works, including ''Freue dich, erlöste Schar'', BWV 30.2, one of his church cantatas, which was nearly entirely modelled after the secular composition.Work , ''Freue dich, erlöste Schar'', at Bach Digital website.


History and text

was composed in Leipzig in 1737 by which time most of Bach's cantatas had already been completed. It was an homage to , who had acquired an estate at in Pegau near Leipzig. The work was performed on 28 September at Hennicke's . The
libretto A libretto (Italian for "booklet") is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or Musical theatre, musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to the t ...
of the cantata was written by
Christian Friedrich Henrici Christian Friedrich Henrici (January 14, 1700 – May 10, 1764), writing under the pen name Picander, was a German poet and librettist for many of the cantatas which Johann Sebastian Bach composed in Leipzig. Henrici was born in Stolpen. He stud ...
(Picander), a frequent collaborator of the composer.


Scoring and structure

The piece is scored for
basso continuo Basso continuo parts, almost universal in the Baroque era (1600–1750), provided the harmonic structure of the music by supplying a bassline and a chord progression. The phrase is often shortened to continuo, and the instrumentalists playing th ...
, along with four vocal soloists (
soprano A soprano () is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261  Hz to "high A" (A5) = 880&n ...
as ''Zeit'' (Time),
alto The musical term alto, meaning "high" in Italian (Latin: ''altus''), historically refers to the contrapuntal part higher than the tenor and its associated vocal range. In 4-part voice leading alto is the second-highest part, sung in choruses by ...
as ''Glück'' (Good Fortune), tenor as ''Elster'' (River Elster),
bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range: ** Bass (instrument), including: ** Acoustic bass gui ...
as ''Schicksal'' (Fate)) and four-part choir. The cantata has thirteen movements: #Chorus: ' # Recitative (bass, soprano, alto, tenor): ' # Aria (bass): ' #Recitative (alto): ' #Aria (alto): ' #Recitative (bass): ' #Aria (bass): ' #Recitative (soprano): ' #Aria (soprano): ' #Recitative (tenor): ' #Aria (tenor): ' #Recitative (soprano, bass, alto): ' #Chorus: '


Music

The eleventh movement, a tenor aria, is a reworking of a soprano aria from
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. The other major movements were later reused in
BWV 30.2 The (BWV; ; ) is a catalogue of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach. It was first published in 1950, edited by Wolfgang Schmieder. The catalogue's second edition appeared in 1990. An abbreviated version of that second edition, known as BWV2a ...
, while the recitatives were newly composed.Classical Net
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Recordings

* Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir; Ton Koopman. ''J.S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 22''. Antoine Marchand * Gächinger Kantorei, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart; Helmuth Rilling. ''Edition Bachakademie Vol. 139 – Congratulatory and Hommage Cantatas''. Hänssler *
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,
Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum (NBCM, New Bach's Collegium Musicum) is a German chamber orchestra, founded in Leipzig, Saxony. It follows the tradition of collegia musica, developed by Johann Sebastian Bach, also in Leipzig. The orchestra is de ...
;
Max Pommer Max Pommer (born 9 February 1936) is a German musicologist and conductor, a director of the Leipziger Universitätschor and the founder and conductor of the Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum. Career Born in Leipzig, Pommer was a student of t ...
. ''Kantate "Angenehmes Wiederau" BWV 30a''. Eterna/Berlin Classic * Les Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles/ Café Zimmermann;
Gustav Leonhardt Gustav Maria Leonhardt (30 May 1928 – 16 January 2012) was a Dutch keyboardist, conductor, musicologist, teacher and editor. He was a leading figure in the historically informed performance movement to perform music on period instruments. Leo ...
. ''J.S. Bach: Weltliche Kantaten BWV 30a & 207 (Integrale delle Cantate profane Vol. 5)''. Alpha 118 * Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki. ''J. S. Bach: Secular Cantatas, Vol. 10''. BIS, 2018.


References


Sources

* Alfred Dürr: ''Johann Sebastian Bach: Die Kantaten.'' Bärenreiter, Kassel 1999, * Alfred Dürr: ''The Cantatas of J.S. Bach'', Oxford University Press, 2006. * Werner Neumann: ''Handbuch der Kantaten J.S.Bachs'', 1947, 5th Ed. 1984, * Hans-Joachim Schulze: ''Die Bach-Kantaten: Einführungen zu sämtlichen Kantaten Johann Sebastian Bachs''. Leipzig: Evangelische Verlags-Anstalt; Stuttgart: Carus-Verlag 2006 (Edition
Bach-Archiv Leipzig The Bach-Archiv Leipzig or Bach-Archiv is an institution for the documentation and research of the life and work of Johann Sebastian Bach. The Bach-Archiv also researches the Bach family, especially their music. Based in Leipzig, the city where ...
) (Evang. Verl.-Anst.), ( Carus-Verlag) * Christoph Wolff/Ton Koopman: ''Die Welt der Bach-Kantaten'' Verlag J.B. Metzler, Stuttgart, Weimar 2006


External links

* * Z. Philip Ambrose
BWV 30a: Angenehmes Wiederau, freue dich in deinen Auen!
– English translation of the libretto at University of Vermont website.
Schloss Wiederau: Gerettet vor den Braunkohle-Baggern
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