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== Scoring and structure ==
== Scoring and structure ==
The cantata is scored for tenor and bass soloists, [[bassoon]], three [[violin]]s, [[viola]], [[cello]] and [[pipe organ|organ]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uquebec.ca/musique/catal/bacjs/baccatv2b.html|accessdate=18 May 2013|title=Cantates 217–224|publisher=Université du Québec|language=French}}</ref>
The cantata is scored for tenor and bass soloists, [[bassoon]], three [[violin]]s, [[viola]], [[cello]] and [[pipe organ|organ]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uquebec.ca/musique/catal/bacjs/baccatv2b.html|accessdate=18 May 2013|title=Cantates 217–224|publisher=Université du Québec|language=fr}}</ref>


It has nine movements:
It has nine movements:
#Sinfonia
#Sinfonia
#Recitative (tenor): ''{{lang|de|Wer such die Pracht, wer wünscht den Glanz}}''
#Recitative (tenor): ''{{lang|de|Wer sucht die Pracht, wer wünscht den Glanz}}''
#Duet aria (tenor and bass): ''{{lang|de|Seele suchst du dein Vergnügen}}''
#Duet aria (tenor and bass): ''{{lang|de|Seele suchst du dein Vergnügen}}''
#Recitative (bass): ''{{lang|de|Umsonst ist hier die Kunst, nur Schatten}}''
#Recitative (bass): ''{{lang|de|Umsonst ist hier die Kunst, nur Schatten}}''

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Wer sucht die Pracht, wer wünscht den Glanz (Who seeks the splendour, who desires the radiance), BWV 221,[a] is a cantata by an unknown composer, formerly attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach. The event for which it was written is also unknown.[1]

Scoring and structure

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The cantata is scored for tenor and bass soloists, bassoon, three violins, viola, cello and organ.[2]

It has nine movements:

  1. Sinfonia
  2. Recitative (tenor): Wer sucht die Pracht, wer wünscht den Glanz
  3. Duet aria (tenor and bass): Seele suchst du dein Vergnügen
  4. Recitative (bass): Umsonst ist hier die Kunst, nur Schatten
  5. Aria (tenor): Felsenfest muß der Grund von Herzen Stehen
  6. Recitative (bass): So ist denn das dein einziges Bemühen
  7. Aria (bass): Entfernet euch, Vergänglichkeiten
  8. Recitative (tenor): O schöner Schluß, o wohl
  9. Duet aria (tenor and bass): Der Himmel selbst zerfällt, sein Glanz

Recording

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  • Alsfelder Vokalensemble / Steintor Barock Bremen, Wolfgang Helbich. The Apocryphal Bach Cantatas. CPO, 1991.

Notes

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

References

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  1. ^ "Cantata BWV 221 Wer sucht die Pracht, wer wünscht den Glanz". Bach Cantatas Website. Archived from the original on 2017-05-14. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  2. ^ "Cantates 217–224" (in French). Université du Québec. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
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