Johann Ludwig Bach (1677-1731) - Missa sopra 'Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr'

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Autor: Johann Ludwig Bach (1677-1731)
Obra: Missa sopra 'Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr'
Intèrprets: Ex Tempore (ensemble); Florian Heyerick (conductor)

Pintura: Giovanni Battista da Faenza (16th Century) - The Incredulity of Saint Thomas

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Johann Ludwig Bach
(Thal, nr Eisenach, 4 February 1677 - Meiningen, bur. 1 May 1731)

German composer, son of Johann Jacob Bach (1655-1718). Nothing is known of his musical training, but he probably received some early instruction from his father before attending the Gotha Gymnasium in 1688-93. From 1699 he was a court musician at Meiningen, from 1703 Kantor and from 1711 court Kapellmeister. In 1706 he had unsuccessfully applied to succeed A.C. Dedekind as Kantor of St Georg, Eisenach, although he had been interested only in the musical and not the teaching duties of the post. His patron of many years, Duke Ernst Ludwig, died in 1724 and Johann Ludwig wrote the music for his funeral. Johann Ludwig wrote an imposing number of vocal works. Although orchestral music was probably his principal activity from 1711 onwards, hardly any music at that type is extant. The preservation of the cantatas is due primarily to Johann Sebastian Bach, who performed 18 of them, as well as the two masses, in Leipzig in 1726; some were given again between 1735 and 1750. Denn du wirst meine Seele was long considered an early work by Johann Sebastian (bwv15). The cantatas constitute the most important part of Johann Ludwig’s work; in contrast with the main corpus of Johann Sebastian’s cantatas, they represent the older type of mixed cantata, consisting essentially of biblical text and chorale in the following scheme: text from the Old Testament; recitative; aria; text from the New Testament; aria; recitative; chorus; chorale. The standard scoring is for four-part choir, strings and (usually) two oboes; in one cantata two horns are required, but there are no solo woodwind. These works had at least some small influence on Johann Sebastian Bach, for example in his use of a string ensemble to accompany the words of Jesus.