Gelobet sei der Herr täglich
Gelobet sei der Herr täglich (Praised be the Lord daily) is a church cantata by Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, for four voices, strings and continuo. The first movement is based on Psalm 68:20. Erlebach structured the composition in six movements, with the last movement repeating the first. The work is extant as a manuscript from around 1710. It has been recorded and performed. HistoryPhilipp Heinrich Erlebach composed Gelobet sei der Herr täglich in Grimma around 1710 as a church cantata for the first Sunday after Trinity.[1] The first movement is based on Psalm 68:20, using Luther's translation of the Bible. Erlebach set the music for four vocal parts, two violins, two violas and continuo. The work is extant as a manuscript from around 1710,[2] which is held in the collection Sammlung Fürsten- und Landesschule Grimma.[1] MusicErlebach structured the composition in six movements. The extended first movement is for four solo voices and all four parts are repeated at the end, after four song-like arias, one for each soloist, from the highest voice to the lowest.[2] The incipits are:[1]
The first movement is marked Sinfonia.[1] Recording and performanceThe cantata was recorded in 1999 in a collection of four church cantatas from the period, combined with two works by Georg Benda and one by Carl Friedrich Gessel. Ludger Rémy conducted the Michaelstein Telemann Chamber Orchestra.[3] The cantata was performed in a cantata service at the Dreikönigskirche, Frankfurt on 18 July 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic. The four soloists including Anne Bierwirth (alto) and Georg Poplutz (tenor) also formed the choir, with the Telemann-Ensemble conducted by Andreas Köhs.[4] References
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