Cantata Cycle 1716-1717 (Telemann)
Encyclopedia
The Cantata Cycle 1716-1717 (also known as the Concertante Cycle) is a series of cantata
Cantata
A cantata is a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment, typically in several movements, often involving a choir....

s written by Georg Philipp Telemann
Georg Philipp Telemann
Georg Philipp Telemann was a German Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist. Almost completely self-taught in music, he became a composer against his family's wishes. After studying in Magdeburg, Zellerfeld, and Hildesheim, Telemann entered the University of Leipzig to study law, but eventually...

 while he was Frankfurt
Frankfurt
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's Director of Municipal Music. In addition to composing music for civic occasions, he conducted and composed for several churches in the city, including the Katharinenkirche
Katharinenkirche, Frankfurt
St. Catherine's Church is the largest Lutheran church in Frankfurt am Main, dedicated to the martyred early Christian saint, Catherine of Alexandria. It is located in the city centre near one of the most famous plazas in the city, the Hauptwache.This church is built in the baroque style and stands...

 and the Barfüßerkirche where he was Kapellmeister
Kapellmeister
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. During his time in Frankfurt (1712–1721), he composed five new year-long cycles of sacred music for the Sundays and holy days of the ecclesiastical calendar
Liturgical year
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. He also completed several cycles which he had begun earlier in Eisenach
Eisenach
Eisenach is a city in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated between the northern foothills of the Thuringian Forest and the Hainich National Park. Its population in 2006 was 43,626.-History:...

 where he had been the leader of the court singers. After taking up his post in Hamburg
Hamburg
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 in 1721, he continued to supply Frankfurt with cantata cycles — one complete cycle every three years, as part of an arrangement to maintain his citizenship of that city.

Scores

Between 1712 and Telemann’s death in 1767 copyists in Frankfurt produced a large collection of performance materials for his religious cantatas, which are currently preserved in Frankfurt's Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek
Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main
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 (City and University Library). There are relatively few of these scores available in modern editions. However, the Frankfurt Telemann Society has begun a project in conjunction with Habsburger Verlag to publish modern editions of the scores, particularly the early Frankfurt cantata cycles. These appear in the Frankfurter Telemann-Ausgaben series.

List of cantatas in the 1716-1717 cycle

Feast Day TWV Number Title Sources Scoring Notes
Advent
Advent
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 1
TWV 1:1234 Saget der Tochter Zion Frankfurt Ff 1314a (S)ATB
SATB
In music, SATB is an initialism for soprano, alto, tenor, bass, defining the voices required by a chorus or choir to perform a particular musical work...

 (Soprano Rip. missing)
1 sets of parts (König)
Advent 2 TWV 1:811 Huetet euch, dass eure Herzen Frankfurt Ff 1138 SATB 2 sets of scores (Beck, König, Fischer), 2 sets of parts (Set 1: Bodinus, Set 2: Seibart, Copyist "60b," König),
Advent 3 TWV 1:1129 Mein Kind, willtu Gottes Diener sein Frankfurt Ff 1262 SATB 0 sets of scores, 2 sets of parts
Advent 4 TWV 1:914 Ihr seid alle Gottes Kinder Frankfurt Ff 1200 SATB 2 sets of scores, 2 sets of parts
Christmas
Christmas
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TWV 1:1450 Uns ist ein Kind geboren Frankfurt Ff 1414 SATB 1 sets of scores, 2 sets of parts
Christmas TWV 1:1430 Und da die Engel von ihnen gen Himmel führen Frankfurt Ff 1430 SATB 1 sets of scores, 2 sets of parts
Christmas 3 TWV 1:1017 Kündlich gross ist das Geheimnis Frankfurt Ff 1017 SATB 1 sets of scores, 1 sets of parts
Sunday after Christmas TWV deest Dancket denn Herrn demm er ist freundlich Frankfurt Ff 814 SATB 1 sets of scores, 2 sets of parts
Feast of the Circumcision of Christ TWV 1:1726 Wünschet Jerusalem Gluck Frankfurt Ff 1545 SATB 0 sets of scores, 1 sets of parts
Sunday after New Year's TWV 1:26 Ach Herr! Wie ist meiner Feinde so viel Frankfurt Ff 739 SATB 2 sets of scores, 2 sets of parts
Epiphany TWV 1:1958 Lobet den Herrn, alles Heiden (Psalm 117) Frankfurt Ff 1958 SATB 1 sets of scores, 1 sets of parts
1st Sunday after Epiphany TWV 1:431 Eins bitte ich vom Herrn Frankfurt Ff 957 SATB 2 sets of scores, 2 sets of parts
2nd Sunday after Epiphany TWV 1:332 Die Ehe soll ehrlich gehalten werden Frankfurt Ff 911 SATB 1 sets of scores, 2 sets of parts
3rd Sunday after Epiphany TWV 1:1394 Spricht der Herr aber also, Ich habe nicht Lust Frankfurt Ff 1394 SATB 2 sets of scores, 2 sets of parts
4th Sunday after Epiphany TWV 1:362 Die, so ihr den Herrn fürchten Frankfurt Ff 920 SATB 0 sets of scores, 2 sets of parts
Purification of the Virgin TWV 1:245 Der Gerechte kommt um Frankfurt Ff 864 SATB ****
5th Sunday after Epiphany TWV 1:1273 Seid nüchtern und wachet Frankfurt Ff 1334 SATB 1 sets of scores, 1 sets of parts
6th Sunday after Epiphany TWV deest Jesus meine Freude MISSING **** MISSING (Mentioned in a 1771 inventory
7th Sunday after Epiphany TWV 1:1448 Unser Wandel aber ist im Himmel MISSING **** ****
Septuagesima
Septuagesima
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TWV 1:501 Es ist ein großer Gewinn, wer gottselig Frankfurt Ff 985 SATB 2 sets of scores, 2 sets of parts
Sexagesima
Sexagesima
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TWV 1:1295 Selig sind, die Gottes Wort hören Frankfurt Ff 1344 SATB 1 sets of scores (Beck), 2 sets of parts (Parts Set 1: König Part 1) (Parts Set 2:Beck, Fischer)
Estomihi
Quinquagesima
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TWV 1:1316 Siehe, das ist Gottes Lamm Frankfurt Ff 1361 SATB 1 sets of scores (Beck), 2 sets of parts (Parts set 1 Copyists "60a," König, Seibart) (Parts set 2: Copyist "88")
Invocavit
Quadragesima Sunday
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TWV 1:1279 Seid stark in dem Herrn und in seiner Macht Frankfurt Ff 1338 SATB 2 sets of scores (Beck, König), 2 sets of parts (Parts set 1:Beck)(Parts set 2: Seibert, Copyist "60b," König)
Reminiscere TWV 1:843 Ich hatte viel Bekümmernisse in meinem Herzen Frankfurt Ff 1156 SATB 2 sets of scores, 2 sets of parts (Parts set 1: Copyist "64," Seibert,König )(Parts set 2: Beck, Copyist "T26," Copyist "88".)
Oculi TWV 1:586 Gedenket an Jesum, der ein solches Widersprechen Frankfurt Ff 1032 SATB 2 sets of scores (Beck, König), 2 sets of parts (Parts set 1: Becker, Fischer)(Parts set 2: König, Seibert, Copyist "82c,".)
Laetare TWV 1:156 Da Jesus nun merckte, daß kommen würden Frankfurt Ff 810 SATB 2 sets of scores (Beck), 2 sets of parts
Judica
Passion Sunday
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TWV 1:367 Die Wahrheit fallt auf die Gasse Frankfurt Ff 923 SATB 2 sets of scores (Beck), 2 sets of parts
Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday
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TWV 1:800 Christus hat gelitten für uns, und uns. Frankfurt Ff 141 SATB 2 sets of scores (Beck), 2 sets of parts
Feast of the Annunciation TWV 1:1326 Siehe, eine Jungfrau ist schwanger Frankfurt Ff 1326 SATB 2 sets of scores (Beck), 2 sets of parts
Easter
Easter
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TWV 1:816 Ich bin der Erste und der Letzte Frankfurt Ff 1143 SATB 2 sets of scores (Beck), 2 sets of parts

Recording

The cantata for the Second Sunday in Lent from this cycle, Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis TWV 1:843 can be heard on:
  • Telemann: Cantatas - (Veronika Winter, Lena Susanne Norin, Jan Kobow
    Jan Kobow
    Jan Kobow is a German classical tenor in concert, Lied and Baroque opera.-Professional career:Jan Kobow was born and raised in Berlin. He was a singer and soloist of the Staats- und Domchor, Berlin with Christian Grube. He studied the organ at the Schola Cantorum in Paris and graduated in church...

    , Ekkehard Abele
    Ekkehard Abele
    Ekkehard Abele is a German operatic bass-baritone. He first gained recognition when he won the International Bach Competition in Leipzig in 1996. Since then he has recorded a number of works by Bach under such conductors as Tobias Ziemlichklein Hiller, Werner Hümmeke, Ton Koopman, and Hermann Max...

    ; Rheinische Kantorei; Das Kleine Konzert; conductor: Hermann Max). CPO 7771952.


Set to a poem by Erdmann Neumeister, Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis tells a story from the Gospel of St.Mark in which a woman asks Jesus to heal her daughter who is possessed by the devil.

External links

  • Robert Poliquin, Université du Québec
    Université du Québec
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    , Extensive list of Telemann's religious cantatas (in French) including the instruments
    Musical instrument
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    used in the score. They are indexed by both the title and by the Sunday or holy day for which they were written.
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