Johann Ludwig Bach

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Johann Ludwig Bach.

Johann Ludwig Bach (Template:OldStyleDate – 1 May 1731) was a German composer and violinist.

He was born in Thal (Ruhla) near Eisenach. At the age of 22 he moved to Meiningen eventually being appointed cantor there, and later Kapellmeister. He wrote a large amount of music and regularly oversaw performances, both at Meiningen and neighbouring courts.

He was a third cousin of Johann Sebastian Bach, who made copies of several of his cantatas and performed them at Leipzig. The cantata Denn du wirst meine Seele nicht in der Hölle lassen, BWV 15, once thought to be by Johann Sebastian, and listed as BWV 15 in Wolfgang Schmieder's catalogue of his works, is now thought to be by Johann Ludwig.

Bach died in Meiningen.

Works, editions and recordings

Template:See also The earliest lists of compositions by Johann Ludwig Bach appeared in the 19th century: Johann Theodor Mosewius listed 16 of his cantatas in 1852,<ref>Johann Theodor Mosewius. Johann Sebastian Bach's Matthaüs-Passion, musikalisch-aesthetisch dargestellt. Berlin: Guttentag (Trautwein), 1852; Republished by Michael Heinemann (editor) at Georg Olms Verlag, 2001 (Template:ISBN), p. VI</ref> and Alfred Dörffel listed 17 cantatas and the Mass in E minor, with their incipits, in Vol. 41 of the Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe (1894).Template:Sfn The Johann-Ludwig-Bach-Verzeichnis (catalogue of compositions by Johann Ludwig Bach, abbreviated JLB) contains 39 compositions, starting, in the same sequence, with the 17 cantatas listed by Dörffel:<ref name="CarusJLB5">Hermann Max (editor). Johann Ludwig Bach: Ja, mir hast du Arbeit gemacht. Carus, 1982</ref>

  1. Template:AnchorGott ist unser Zuversicht, sacred cantata for the fourth Sunday after Epiphany. Scored for soprano, alto, tenor and bass soloists (satb) and choir (SATB), with an accompaniment consisting of 2 violin parts and one viola part (Str), and basso continuo (Bc). Performed in Leipzig on Template:Nowrap.<ref>Gott ist unser Zuversicht, JLB 1 (Bach, Johann Ludwig) at IMSLP website</ref><ref>Bach Digital Work Template:BDW at Bach Digital website</ref>
  2. Template:AnchorDer Gottlosen Arbeit, sacred cantata for the fifth Sunday after Epiphany. Scored for satbSATB, Str and Bc. Performed in Leipzig on Template:Nowrap.<ref>Der Gottlosen Arbeit, JLB 2 (Bach, Johann Ludwig) at IMSLP website</ref><ref>Bach Digital Work Template:BDW at Bach Digital website</ref>
  3. Template:AnchorDarum will ich auch erwählen, sacred cantata for the third Sunday before Lent (Septuagesima). Scored for satbSATB, two oboes (2Ob), Str and Bc. Performed in Leipzig on Template:Nowrap.<ref>Darum will ich auch erwählen, JLB 3 (Bach, Johann Ludwig) at IMSLP website</ref><ref>Bach Digital Work Template:BDW at Bach Digital website</ref>
  4. Template:AnchorDarum säet euch Gerechtigkeit, sacred cantata for the second Sunday before Lent (Sexagesima). Scored for satbSATB, Str and Bc. Performed in Leipzig on Template:Nowrap.<ref>Darum säet euch Gerechtigkeit, JLB 4 (Bach, Johann Ludwig) at IMSLP website</ref><ref>Bach Digital Work Template:BDW at Bach Digital website</ref>
  5. Template:AnchorJa, mir hast du Arbeit gemacht, sacred cantata for the last Sunday before Lent (Estomihi). Scored for satbSATB, Str and Bc. Performed in Leipzig on Template:Nowrap. Movements:<ref name="CarusJLB5" /><ref name="MaxJLB5">Barbara Schlick, Mary Nichols, Wilfried Jochens, Jugendkantorei Dormagen, Das Kleine Konzert and Hermann Max (conductor). Johann Ludwig Bach: Kantaten. Carus, 1981</ref><ref>Ja, mir hast du Arbeit gemacht, JLB 5 (Bach, Johann Ludwig) at IMSLP website</ref><ref>Bach Digital Work Template:BDW at Bach Digital website</ref>
    Part I
    Aria (bass): "Ja, mir hast du Arbeit gemacht" (Yes, you rather burden me, Template:Sourcetext) – Recitative (tenor): "Der Herr der Herrlichkeit" (The Lord of blessedness) – Duet (alto, tenor): "Ach, der Sünden Greul und Wust" (O, confusing sinfulness) – Recitative (bass): "Sehet, wir gehen hinauf" (Come now, we journey the path)
    Part II
    Aria (soprano): "Fließt, ihr Lieb- und Trauertränen" (Flow, my tears of love and mourning!, Template:Sourcetext) – Recitative (soprano): "Dies ist das Reis'geschenk" (With tears I follow you) – Arioso (alto): "O wundergroße Lieb" (O wondrous loving heart) – Chorus: "Zieh, teurer Jesus, hin" (My precious Lord, alas), concluding with two stanzas from Johannes Heermann's "Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen" (tune by Johannes Crüger)
  6. Template:AnchorWie lieblich sind auf den Bergen, sacred cantata for the first Sunday after Easter (Quasimodogeniti). Scored for satbSATB, Str and Bc. Performed in Leipzig on Template:Nowrap.<ref>Wie lieblich sind auf den Bergen, JLB 6 (Bach, Johann Ludwig) at IMSLP website</ref><ref>Bach Digital Work Template:BDW at Bach Digital website</ref>
  7. Template:AnchorIch will meinen Geist, sacred cantata for the sixth Sunday after Trinity. Scored for satbSATB, two natural horns (2Hn), Str and Bc. Performed in Leipzig on Template:Nowrap. Movements:<ref>Ich will meinen Geist, JLB 7 (Bach, Johann Ludwig) at IMSLP website</ref><ref>Bach Digital Work Template:BDW at Bach Digital website</ref><ref name="MaxJLB13">Maria Zadori, Kai Wessel, David Cordier, Wilfried Jochens, Hans-Georg Wimmer, Stephan Schreckenberger, Harry van der Kamp, the Rheinische Kantorei, the Kleine Konzert and Hermann Max (conductor) Missa Brevis "Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr". Template:Webarchive Capriccio, 2004</ref>
    1. Duet (soprano, alto): "Ich will meinen Geist in euch geben"
    2. Recitative (bass): "Das Gute, das ich kann"
    3. Aria (bass): "Lass mich deine Hilfe spüren"
    4. Arioso (alto, tenor): "An dem merken wir, dass wir ihn kennen"
    5. Aria (soprano): "Seele, wilst du Christum kennen"
    6. Recitative (soprano): "Dies ist die Prob', die er von dir begehrt"
    7. Chorus: "Hilf Jesu, hilf" – Chorale: "Die Werke kommen wahrlich her"
  8. Template:AnchorDie mit Tränen säen, sacred cantata for the third Sunday after Easter (Jubilate). Scored for satbSATB, Str and Bc. Performed in Leipzig on Template:Nowrap. Movements:<ref>Bach Digital Work Template:BDW at Bach Digital website</ref><ref name="CarusJLB8">Hans Hornung and Martin Gotthard Schneider (editors). Johann Ludwig Bach: Die mit Tränen säen. Carus, 1977 (21992)</ref><ref name="MaxJLB5" /><ref name="SchollJLB8">Susanne Gorzny, Steve Wächter, Michael Zabanoff, Biederitzer Kantorei, Telemann-Consort-Magdeburg and Michael Scholl (conductor). mitteldeutsche Barockkantaten. Amati, 2007</ref>
    1. Chorus: "Die mit Tränen säen" (Who has sorrow planting, Template:Sourcetext)
    2. Recitative (alto): "Bei unverdrossnem Schweiß" (Alone by work and care)
    3. Aria (alto): "Tau und Tränen feuchten Saat und Herzen an" (Dew and weeping water seeds and faithful hearts)
    4. Duet (tenor, bass): "Denn ich halte es dafür" (This I strongly do maintain, Template:Sourcetext)
    5. Aria (soprano): "Dringt, ihr Qualen auf mich her" (Come, o torments, over me)
    6. Recitative (soprano): "Es kann die Seel kein besser Glück genießen" (The soul can know no higher satisfaction)
    7. Chorus: "O angenehmer Tausch" (O wonderful exchange), concluding with three stanzas from "Kommt her zu mir" by Georg Grünwald
  9. Template:AnchorMache dich auf, werde licht, sacred cantata for the feast of Purification. Scored for satbSATB, 2Ob, Str and Bc. Performed in Leipzig on Template:Nowrap. Movements:<ref>Bach Digital Work Template:BDW at Bach Digital website</ref><ref name="CarusJLB9">Hermann Max (editor). Johann Ludwig Bach: Mache dich auf, werde licht. Carus, 1984 (21992)</ref><ref name="MaxJLB5" />
    Part I
    Aria (bass): "Mache dich auf, werde licht" (Rise up and shine, be a light) – Duet (soprano, tenor): "Und die Heiden" (And the nations) – Recitative (alto): "Siehst du, verdüstert Aug'" (See now, most darkened eye) – Aria (soprano): "Weicht, ihr Schatten" (Flee, dark shadows) – Aria (tenor): "Herr, nun lässet du deinen Diener" (Lord, you let now your faithful servant)
    Part II
    Aria (alto): "Herr, dein Wort, das ist geschehen" (Lord, your word has been fulfilled now) – Recitative (soprano, alto, tenor, bass): "Dein Reich ist ja den Menschen zubereitet" (Your kingdom, Lord, is meant for ev'rybody) – Chorus: "Laß, Höchster, diesen Wunsch" (Most highest, may this wish)
  10. Template:AnchorEr ist aus der Angst und Gericht genommen, sacred cantata for Easter Monday. Scored for satbSATB, 2Ob, Str and Bc. Performed in Leipzig on Template:Nowrap.<ref>Bach Digital Work Template:BDW at Bach Digital website</ref>
  11. Template:AnchorEr machet uns lebendig, sacred cantata for Easter Tuesday. Scored for satbSATB, Str and Bc. Performed in Leipzig on Template:Nowrap. Movements:<ref name="MaxJLB5" /><ref>Bach Digital Work Template:BDW at Bach Digital website</ref>
    1. Chorus: "Er machet uns lebendig"
    2. Recitative: "Du hast gesiegt"
    3. Aria: "Soll ich vor dir, Herr"
    4. Duet: "So sind wir nun mit ihm begraben"
    5. Aria: "Geerbte Schuld"
    6. Recitative: "Nimm, Heiland, hin den Dank"
    7. Chorale: "Hilf, daß ich mit diesem Morgen"
  12. Template:AnchorUnd ich will ihnen einen einigen Hirten, sacred cantata for the second Sunday after Easter (Misericordias Domini). Scored for satbSATB, Str and Bc. Performed in Leipzig on Template:Nowrap.<ref>Bach Digital Work Template:BDW at Bach Digital website</ref>
  13. Template:AnchorDer Herr wird ein Neues im Lande, sacred cantata for the feast of Visitation. Scored for satbSATB, 2Ob, Str and Bc. Performed in Leipzig on Template:Nowrap. Movements:<ref name="MaxJLB13" /><ref>Bach Digital Work Template:BDW at Bach Digital website</ref>
    1. Chorus: "Der Herr wird ein Neues im Lande erschaffen"
    2. Recitative (alto): "Hat Gott nicht alles gut gemacht?"
    3. Aria (alto): "Evens Kinder aus der Schuld zu reißen"
    4. Aria (soprano): "Meine Seele erhebt den Herrn"
    5. Arioso (tenor, bass): "Gesegnet ist der Leib, der Jesum hat getragen"
    6. Recitative (alto, tenor, bass): "Muss alle Welt die Mutter selig preisen"
    7. Chorus: "Verschmähe nicht den Preis" – Chorale: "Nun lob', mein Seel', den Herren"
  14. Template:AnchorDie Weisheit kömmt nicht, sacred cantata for the fourth Sunday after Easter (Cantate). Scored for sabbSATB, 2Ob, Str and Bc. Performed in Leipzig on Template:Nowrap. Movements:<ref name="MaxJLB13" /><ref>Bach Digital Work Template:BDW at Bach Digital website</ref>
    1. Chorus: "Die Weisheit kömmt nicht in eine boshafte Seele"
    2. Recitative (tenor): "Wie stehen Tag und Finsternis zusammen"
    3. Aria (tenor): "Licht und Recht muss die Brust der Seelen weisen"
    4. Arioso (bass): "Wenn derselbige kommt, der die Welt wird strafen"
    5. Aria (soprano): "Streu ein Fünklein reiner Flammen"
    6. Recitative (soprano): "Wie kann ich sonst vor seinem Recht bestehn?"
    7. Chorale (chorus): "O du allersüß'ste Freude"
  15. Template:AnchorDurch sein Erkenntnis, sacred cantata for the 11th Sunday after Trinity. Scored for satbSATB, 2Ob, Str and Bc. Performed in Leipzig on Template:Nowrap.<ref>Bach Digital Work Template:BDW at Bach Digital website</ref>
  16. Template:AnchorIch aber ging für dir über, sacred cantata for the 13th Sunday after Trinity. Scored for satbSATB, 2Ob, Str and Bc. Performed in Leipzig on Template:Nowrap.<ref>Bach Digital Work Template:BDW at Bach Digital website</ref>
  17. Template:AnchorSiehe, ich will meinen Engel senden, sacred cantata for the feast of St. John the Baptist. Scored for satbSATB, 2Ob, Str and Bc. Performed in Leipzig on Template:Nowrap.<ref>Bach Digital Work Template:BDW at Bach Digital website</ref>
  18. Template:AnchorKlingt vergnügt, ihr holden Saiten, secular cantata.<ref>Bach Digital Work 10563 at Bach Digital website</ref>
  19. Template:AnchorO Herr, ich bin dein Knecht, funeral music (Trauermusik) for Ernst Ludwig I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (died 24 November 1724).<ref>Bach Digital Work Template:BDW at Bach Digital website</ref> Movements:<ref name="Max3CD">Maria Zadori, Lena Susanne Norin, Guy de Mey, Klaus Mertens, Veronika Winter, Gundula Anders, Hans Jörg Mammel, Hans-Joachim Weber, Annette Schneider, Rheinische Kantorei, Das Kleine Konzert and Hermann Max (conductor). Johann Ludwig Bach: Trauermusik (für Soli, Doppelchor, 2 Orchester). Template:Webarchive Capriccio, 2011</ref>
    Part I:
    "O Herr, ich bin dein Knecht" (Chorus) – Recitative: "Du Gottes Ebenbild" (Soprano) – Aria: "Ach ja, die Ketten" (Soprano) – Recitative: "Dein Will kann nicht das?" (Alto) – Aria: "O Herr, ich bin dein Knecht" (Alto) – Recitative: "So kannstu aus dem Diensthaus" (Tenor) – Aria: "Ob gleich aller Treiber Wut" (Tenor) – Recitative: "Ja, der, dem alle Macht" (Bass) – "Meine Bande sind zurissen" (Chorus)
    Part II:
    Duet and Aria: Ich suche nur das Himmelleben (Soprano, Alto, Bass) – Chorale: Herr Jesu Christ (Chorus) – Duet: Drum will ich auch Dankopfer bringen (Alto, Tenor) – Aria: Das, was ich meinem Gott versprochen (Bass) – Chorale: Herr Jesu Christ (Chorus) – Duet: Drum Welt, ade, ich bin dein müde (Soprano, Alto) – Aria and Chorale: Jerusalem, ich tu verlangen (Tenor, Bass, Chorus)
    Part III:
    Dir Will Ich Dank Opfern (Chorus) – Recitative: Was Ist Der Mensch, Herr (Alto) – Aria: Dies Macht Dein Sohn (Alto) – Recitative: Befreit Mich Nun Der Sohn (Tenor) – Aria: Lob Und Dank Zum Opfer Geben (Tenor) – Recitative: Doch Eines Weiss Ich Noch (Soprano) – Aria: Da, Da Will Ich Dir Bezahlen (Soprano) – Accompagnato: Die Herrschaft, Welche Nur (Bass) – So Viel Gnadengaben (Bass) – Finale: In Dir, Jerusalem (Chorus) – Chorale: Preis, Lob, Ehr, Ruhm, Dank, Kraft Und Macht (Chorus)
  20. Template:AnchorOuvertüre à 4 in G major.<ref>Bach Digital Work 10960 at Bach Digital website</ref>
  21. Template:AnchorDenn du wirst meine Seele nicht in der Hölle lassen, sacred cantata for Easter, in two parts.<ref>Denn du wirst meine Seele nicht in der Hölle lassen, JLB 21 (Bach, Johann Ludwig) at IMSLP website</ref> Performed in Leipzig on Template:Nowrap, and for some time misattributed to Johann Sebastian Bach (BWV 15).<ref>Bach Digital Work Template:BDW at Bach Digital website</ref>
  22. Template:AnchorKüsset den Sohn, daß er nicht zürne.<ref name="kbhartmann">Johann Ludwig Bach Template:Webarchive at {{#invoke:URL|url}}{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=Template:Main other|preview=Page using Template:URL with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y | 1 | 2 }}</ref>
  23. Template:AnchorSiehe, ich will viel Fischer aussenden.<ref name="kbhartmann" />
  24. Template:AnchorDu sollst lieben Gott deinen Herrn, sacred cantata for the 13th Sunday after Trinity.<ref>Bach Digital Work 11030 at Bach Digital website</ref>
  25. Template:AnchorEs wird des Herren Tag kommen, sacred cantata.<ref>Bach Digital Work Template:BDW at Bach Digital website</ref>
  26. Template:AnchorGehet, ihr Sorgen, gehet hin, for H. Anton Ulrich, 17 October 1728.<ref name="kbhartmann" />
  27. Template:AnchorGott sei uns gnädig, motet.<ref>Bach Digital Work 10468 at Bach Digital website</ref>
  28. Template:AnchorDas ist meine Freude, motet.<ref>Das ist meine Freude, JLB 28 (Bach, Johann Ludwig) at IMSLP website</ref><ref>Das ist meine Freude (Johann Ludwig Bach) at Choral Public Domain Library website</ref><ref>Bach Digital Work 10470 at Bach Digital website</ref>
  29. Template:AnchorUns ist ein Kind geboren, motet.<ref>Bach Digital Work 10472 at Bach Digital website</ref>
  30. Template:AnchorDie richtig für sich gewandelt haben, motet.<ref>Bach Digital Work 10473 at Bach Digital website</ref>
  31. Template:AnchorIch will auf den Herren schauen, motet.<ref>Bach Digital Work 10477 at Bach Digital website</ref>
  32. Template:AnchorWir wissen so unser irdisches Haus, motet.<ref>Bach Digital Work 10479 at Bach Digital website</ref>
  33. Template:AnchorUnsere Trübsal die zeitlich und leicht ist, motet.<ref>Unsere Trübsal die zeitlich und leicht ist, JLB 33 (Bach, Johann Ludwig) at IMSLP website</ref><ref>Unsere Trübsal (Johann Ludwig Bach) at Choral Public Domain Library website</ref><ref>Bach Digital Work 10481 at Bach Digital website</ref>
  34. Template:AnchorDas Blut Jesu Christi, motet.<ref>Bach Digital Work Template:BDW at Bach Digital website</ref>
  35. Template:AnchorSei nun wieder zufrieden, motet.<ref>Bach Digital Work 10483 at Bach Digital website</ref>
  36. Template:AnchorGedenke meiner, mein Gott, funeral motet.<ref>Bach Digital Work Template:BDW at Bach Digital website</ref>
  37. Template:AnchorIch habe dich ein klein Augenblick verlassen, motet.<ref>Bach Digital Work 10485 at Bach Digital website</ref>
  38. Template:AnchorKyrie–Gloria Mass in E minor, Missa super cantilena "Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr", a.k.a. BWV Anh. 166, formerly attributed to Johann Nicolaus Bach. Short addition by J. S. Bach in his Leipzig copy of this composition. The text of the Gloria is partly in German: it intersperses the Latin text of the Gloria with, as cantus firmus, all four stanzas of "Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr" (which is itself a paraphrase of the Gloria), a Lutheran hymn by Nicolaus Decius and Joachim Slüter. Movements:Template:Sfn<ref name="Max3CD" /><ref>Bach Digital Work Template:BDW at Bach Digital website</ref><ref name="BC-Anh166">Mass in E minor, BWV Anh 166 at {{#invoke:URL|url}}{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=Template:Main other|preview=Page using Template:URL with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y | 1 | 2 }}</ref><ref name="CarusJBL38">Klaus Hofmann (editor). Johann Nikolaus Bach: Missa brevis Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr. Carus Verlag, 1976 (21993)</ref><ref>Geiringer, Karl and Irene. The Bach Family: Seven Generations of Creative Genius, footnote p. 117. New York: Oxford University Press, 1954.</ref>
    Kyrie:
    "Kyrie eleison" – "Christe eleison" – "Kyrie eleison"
    Gloria:
    "Gloria in excelsis" – "Laudamus te" – "Domine Fili unigenite" – "Quoniam tu solus sanctus" – "Cum Sancto Spiritu"
  39. Template:AnchorConcerto for two violins and orchestra in D major.<ref name="kbhartmann" /><ref>Bach Digital Work Template:BDW at Bach Digital website</ref>

Template:Anchor Further there is a sacred cantata for the second Sunday after Trinity, Kommet, es ist alles bereit, JLB deest, with a manuscript dated 1719.<ref>Bach Digital Work Template:BDW at Bach Digital website</ref>

Compositions that are sometimes attributed to Johann Ludwig Bach:

Score publications

In 1852 Denn du wirst meine Seele nicht in der Hölle lassen, JLB 21, was published as J. S. Bach's 15th cantata by the Bach-Gesellschaft.<ref>Johann Nikolaus Forkel, translated with notes and appendices by Charles Sanford Terry: Johann Sebastian Bach: His Life, Art, and Work New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe; London: Constable. 1920, p. 227</ref> Carus Verlag published the Kyrie-Gloria Mass (JLB 38),<ref name="CarusJBL38" /> the Suite in G major (JLB 20),<ref>Suite G-dur. Carus, 1984</ref> the motets,<ref>Uwe Wolf (editor). Bach, J.L.: Sämtliche Motetten. Carus Verlag, 2002</ref> and a few cantatas (JLB 5, 8 and 9).<ref name="CarusJLB5" /><ref name="CarusJLB8" /><ref name="CarusJLB9" /> Facsimiles of several 18th-century manuscripts containing Johann Ludwig Bach's works are available at the Bach Digital website. Ulrich Leisinger's edition of the Trauermusik, JLB 19, was published by Hofmeister.<ref>Ulrich Leisinger. Johann Ludwig Bach: Trauermusik auf Herzog Ernst Ludwig I. von Sachsen-Coburg-Meiningen. Hofmeister, 2013</ref>

Recordings

Sacred cantatas JLB 1–17:

Trauermusik, JLB 19:

Overture in G major, JLB 20:

Sacred cantata, JLB 21 (see also Denn du wirst meine Seele nicht in der Hölle lassen#Recordings):

Motets, JLB 27–37:

Kyrie-Gloria Mass, JLB 38:

Concerto, JLB 39:

  • Reinhard Goebel, Stephan Schardt and Musica Antiqua Köln (2012)<ref name="Goebel2012" />

Kyrie–Gloria Masses BWV Anh. 25 and 167:

  • Mona Spägele, Harry Van Berne, Stephan Schreckenberger, Christiane Iven, Bremen Baroque Orchestra, Alsfelder Vocal Ensemble, Gesualdo Consort and others conducted by Wolfgang Helbich (before 2014)<ref name="Helbich8CD" />

References

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