Sei_Lob_und_Preis_mit_Ehren,_BWV_231

<i>Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren</i>, BWV 28/2a

Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren, BWV 28/2a

Motet based on a cantata movement by Johann Sebastian Bach

Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren (May there be praise and glory and honour), BWV 28/2a and BWV 231, identical to the second movement of BWV Anh. 160, is a motet composed by Johann Sebastian Bach.[1] It was composed some time in 1725.[citation needed]

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Text

BWV 28/2a is an arrangement of the second movement of Bach's cantata Gottlob! nun geht das Jahr zu Ende, BWV 28, with a different text, however taken from the same Lutheran hymn, that is Johann Gramann's "Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren" (1530).[1]

Music

The motet has SATB voice parts.[1] In some[which?] printings of this motet, a basso continuo is added to support the bass part, doubling it exactly.[citation needed]

Recordings

See also: Jauchzet dem Herrn alle Welt (motet) § Recordings; and Gottlob! nun geht das Jahr zu Ende, BWV 28 § Recordings

References

  1. [1]
    Bach Digital Works 00035, 00036 and 01471
  2. [2]
    Instrumental and Supplement, pp. 119–121. bach333.com.
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