Picander Cycle Of 1728–29
Picander's cycle of 1728–29 is a cycle of church cantata librettos covering the liturgical year. It was published for the first time in 1728 as ' (Cantatas for the Sun- and feastdays throughout the year). Johann Sebastian Bach set several of these librettos to music, but it is unknown whether he covered a substantial part of the cycle. This elusive cycle of cantata settings is indicated as the composer's fourth Leipzig cycle, or the ''Picander cycle'' (German: ').Günther Zedler''Die Kantaten von Johann Sebastian Bach: Eine Einführung in die Werkgattung''.Books on Demand, 2011. pp. 24–26/ref>Tatiana Shabalin"Recent Discoveries in St Petersburg and their Meaning for the Understanding of Bach’s Cantatas"pp. 77-99 i''Understanding Bach'' 4 2009Picander (=Christian Friedrich Henrici)''Ernst-Schertzhaffte und Satyrische Gedichte'', Volume III.Leipzig: Joh. Theod. Boetii Tochter (1732; 2nd printing 1737)pp. 79–188/ref> Picander's librettos A few questions regarding the collaborat ...
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Picander
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 studied law at Wittenberg and Leipzig. He wrote to supplement his income from tutoring and continued even after obtaining regular employment as a civil servant. Librettist for Johann Sebastian Bach Bach moved to Leipzig in 1723. There is uncertainty as to who was writing the libretti he set during his first years in the city. The authors of the libretti for the Chorale cantata cycle of 1724/25 are anonymous. By 1725, Henrici and Bach were working togethe