Magnificat (Bach)
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Johann Sebastian Bach's Magnificat, BWV 243, is a musical setting of the biblical canticle Magnificat. It is scored for five vocal parts, and a Baroque orchestra including trumpets and timpani. It is
First page of Bach's autograph score
Adoration of the Shepherds, Augsburg, around 1730
Traditional D minor setting of Luther's German Magnificat, which is a particular German version of the ninth tone or tonus peregrinus
"Vom Himmel hoch", Luther's hymn in a 1541 songbook
Johann Sebastian Bach
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Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety of instruments and forms, including the orchestral Brandenburg
Magnificat (Bach)
…Johann Sebastian Bach's Magnificat, BWV 243, is a musical setting of the biblical canticle Magnificat. It is scored for five vocal parts (two sopranos, alto, tenor and bass…
1748 portrait of Bach holding a copy of the canon BWV 1076
![Johann Ambrosius Bach, 1685, Bach's father. Painting attributed to Johann David Herlicius [de]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Johann_Ambrosius_Bach.jpg/500px-Johann_Ambrosius_Bach.jpg)
Johann Ambrosius Bach, 1685, Bach's father. Painting attributed to Johann David Herlicius [de]
Current version of the Wender organ in the Bach Church, Arnstadt.
Organ of the St Paul's Church in Leipzig, tested by Bach in 1717