The original cantata is unusual in being a secular work which was parodied as a sacred work and then, some five years later as a secular work. Bach's parodies are usually secular to sacred rather than sacred to secular. The explanation given for the prevalence of secular to sacred parodies is that occasional secular works such as birthday cantatas had a single use and then Bach was able to reuse them as sacred works.
Original Name | Die Freude reget sich |
Date of composition | 1735 (incomplete) |
Premiered | 1735 in Leipzig, Germany |
First published | 1887 (BGA) |
Type | Secular Cantata |
Tonality | D Major |
Catalogue | BWV 36b |
Spoken language | Greek |
Instruments |
3x
Voice
Chorus/Choir Orchestra |
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Autotranslations beta |
Jean-Sébastien Bach: Joy awakens en ré majeur, BWV 36b Johann Sebastian Bach: Joy awakens in re maggiore, BWV 36b Johann Sebastian Bach: Joy awakens D-dur, BWV 36b |