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Secular cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach
Vergnügte Pleißenstadt (Contented Pleisse-town
[1] ),
BWV 216.1 (formerly BWV 216 ),
[2] is a
secular cantata composed by
Johann Sebastian Bach , which survives in an incomplete state.
History and text
Bach composed this cantata for the wedding of Johann Heinrich Wolff and Susanna Regina Hempel. Susanna was the daughter of a customs official,
[3] and came from
Zittau ; her husband came from
Leipzig , where the work was first performed on 5 February 1728. The text was written by
Picander , who published it in his collection Ernst-Schertzhaffte und Satyrische Gedichte .
[4] Picander refers to the bride and groom by the rivers of their respective cities (the "Pleißenstadt" of the title is Leipzig, the city on the river
Pleiße ).
There was a related work
Erwählte Pleißenstadt: Apollo et Mercurius , BWV 216.2 , the music of which is lost. This was written for Leipzig Town Council, and the text does not relate to Zittau.
[5]
Scoring and structure
The surviving music consists of parts for
soprano and
alto voices, representing the characters of
Neiße and Pleiße respectively.
[6] The instrumental forces are unknown,
[4] but for two numbers Bach drew on music he had composed for earlier cantatas, which may suggest a range of instrumental colour was called for. One
parody source is a duet for alto and tenor from
Zerreißet, zersprenget, zertrümmert die Gruft , BWV 205 , a festively scored work premiered in 1725. The parody source of movement 3 was
Ich bin in mir vergnügt , BWV 204 , scored for
soprano soloist,
flauto traverso , two
oboes , two
violins ,
viola , and
basso continuo and also premiered in the 1720s.
It includes seven movements:
Duet aria: Vergnügte Pleißenstadt
Duet recitative: So angenehm auch mein Revier
Aria (soprano): Angenehme Hempelin
Recitative (alto): Erspare den Verdruss
Aria (alto): Mit Lachen und Scherzen
Duet recitative: Wie lieblich wird sie nun
Duet aria: Heil und Segen
Recording
Bach Concertino Osaka,
Joshua Rifkin . J.S. Bach: Hochzeitkantaten . Mainich Classics, 2005.
References
External links
BWV 30a : Angenehmes Wiederau
BWV 36a : Steigt freudig in die Luft
BWV 36b : Die Freude reget sich
BWV 36c : Schwingt freudig euch empor
BWV 66a : Der Himmel dacht auf Anhalts Ruhm und Glück
BWV 134a : Die Zeit, die Tag und Jahre macht
BWV 173a : Durchlauchtster Leopold
BWV 193a : Ihr Häuser des Himmels, ihr scheinenden Lichter
BWV 198 : Mourning Ode
BWV 201 : The Contest between Phoebus and Pan
BWV 202 : Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten
BWV 203 : Amore traditore
BWV 204 : On Contentedness
BWV 205 : Aeolus Placated
BWV 205a : Blast Lärmen, ihr Feinde
BWV 206 : Schleicht, spielende Wellen
BWV 207 : Vereinigte Zwietracht der wechselnden Saiten
BWV 207a : Auf, schmetternde Töne der muntern Trompeten
BWV 208 : Hunting Cantata
BWV 208a : Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd
BWV 209 : Non sa che sia dolore
BWV 210 : O holder Tag, erwünschte Zeit
BWV 210a : O angenehme Melodei
BWV 211 : Coffee Cantata
BWV 212 : Peasant Cantata
BWV 213 : Hercules at the Crossroads
BWV 214 : Tönet, ihr Pauken! Erschallet, Trompeten!
BWV 215 : Preise dein Glücke, gesegnetes Sachsen
BWV 216 : Vergnügte Pleißenstadt
BWV 216a : Apollo and Mercurius
BWV 249a : Shepherd Cantata
BWV 249b : The Celebration of Genius
BWV Anh. 9 : Entfernet euch, ihr heitern Sterne
BWV Anh. 11 : Es lebe der König, der Vater im Lande
BWV Anh. 18 : Froher Tag, verlangte Stunden