Quodlibet, BWV 524
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The Quodlibet or ''Wedding Quodlibet'',
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524, is a lighthearted composition by
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which today exists only in fragmentary form. The line "In diesem Jahre haben wir zwei Sonnenfinsternissen" (In this year we have
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two solar eclipses) places the composition of the piece in or shortly after 1707, when central Germany was witness to two such celestial events. The extant source—a fair-copy autograph manuscript on three large, folded sheets—was not discovered until 1932. The work itself is a loosely structured
quodlibet A quodlibet (; Latin for "whatever you wish" from '' quod'', "what" and '' libet'', "pleases") is a musical composition that combines several different melodies—usually popular tunes—in counterpoint, and often in a light-hearted, humorous ma ...
for
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and continuo. Bach likely did not write the text, which some attribute to the Leipzig poet
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. Though the cover sheet has been lost, the
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of the remaining portion indicates that the quodlibet was to be performed at a wedding, possibly that of the composer himself to Maria Barbara Bach.


References

*Bratz, Thomas.
BWV 524 Quodlibet (Fragment) 'Was seind das vor grosse Schlösser'
. Retrieved 19 August 2007 * Bomba, Andreas. "O ye thoughts, why torment ye my spirit". Program Notes to ''Bach: The Complete Works, Vol. 16''.
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Quodlibet, BWV 524
performance by the
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