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Ich bin in mir vergnügt, BWV 204

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Ich bin in mir vergnügt (I am content in myself), BWV 204,[a] is a secular cantata composed by Johann Sebastian Bach in Leipzig between 1726 and 1727.

History and text

Bach composed this cantata in Leipzig between 1726 and 1727 for an unknown occasion. The text is drawn from the work of Christian Friedrich Hunold.[1] Hunold and Bach are assumed to have met,[2] but the librettist died in 1721, which is well before the cantata appears to have been composed.

The music of the closing aria was reused in the wedding cantata Vergnügte PleißenStadt, BWV 216 of 1728.[1]

Scoring and structure

The cantata is scored for soprano soloist, flauto traverso, two oboes, two violins, viola, and basso continuo.[3]

It has eight movements:

  1. Recitative: Ich bin in mir vergnügt
  2. Aria: Ruhig und in sich zufrieden
  3. Recitative: Ihr Seelen, die ihr außer euch
  4. Aria: Die Schätzbarkeit der weiten Erden
  5. Recitative: Schwer ist es zwar, viel Eitles zu besitzen
  6. Aria: Meine Seele sei vergnügt
  7. Recitative: Ein edler Mensch ist Perlenmuscheln gleich
  8. Aria: Himmlische Vergnügsamkeit

Music

The opening recitative is harmonically active but melodically fragmented because of the unusual choice to set balanced couplets in recitative. The first aria is characterized by a "restless feeling of effort" beginning immediately after the short instrumental ritornello, and is the only one in da capo form. The second recitative is the only one to be accompagnato, with the strings supporting a harmony that "begins to slide around like quicksand". The second aria has a flowing ritornello theme provided by continuo and obbligato violin. The third recitative is secco with "two bursts of operatic virtuosity". The third aria is in ternary form and minor mode. The fourth recitative includes an arioso passage ending on an "exceedingly odd" cadence. The final movement is the only one to include all instrumental parts, with a dance-like opening theme and an ABAB structure.[2]

Recordings

Notes

  1. ^ "BWV" is Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis, a thematic catalogue of Bach's works.

References

  1. ^ a b "Cantata BWV 204 Ich bin in mir vergnügt". Bach Cantatas Website. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  2. ^ a b Mincham, Julian (December 2010). "Chapter 102 BWV 204". The Cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  3. ^ "BWV 204". University of Alberta. Retrieved 17 May 2013.

External links

This page was last edited on 9 September 2022, at 02:09
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