Cantata for Christmas Day-Gelobet seist du Jesu Christ BWV 91Cantata for Christmas DayThe cantata Gelobet seist du Jesu Christ was composed by J. S. Bach for Christmas Day 1724. It belongs to that yearly set of ?chorale cantatas? the texts of which were mostly derived from a single chorale. The anonymous author of the text used to retain literally the first and last verses of the selected chorale but paraphrased the middle verses more or less freely in the form of recitatives arias and ariosi.Urtext of the New Bach EditionPerformance material (BA10091) Vocal score (BA10091-90) & study score format 22.5 x 16.5cm(TP1091) available for sale

Basso continuo Organ-The 2nd version with the 4 inserts from the E-flat major version (transposed into D major).- Urtext of the New Bach Edition- Full Score (BA5103) vocal score (BA510390) and study score format 22.5 x 16.5cm (TP2) available for saleBarenreiter Urtext:In the international music world “Bärenreiter Urtext” is synonymous with performing editions in which the musical text has been prepared using clearly formulated scholarly critical criteria. Editors which include prominent musicologists as well as musicians take all available sources into account thus guaranteeing an authentic musical text which represents the latest inmusicological research.For Bärenreiter “Urtext” is more than just a label – it is also a pledge and a guarantee for sheet music performing editions that present the authentic text and the latest findings of scholarly research enabling musicians to get as close to the composer’s intentions as the surviving sources will allow. There are no arbitrary editorial additions and the quality of the musical text is matched by an appearance on the page that satisfies the most discerning eye.