Georg Philipp Telemann Musical Church Service 72 Solo Cantatas for Voice, Instrument and Basso continuo

Bärenreiter URTEXT Edited by Gustav Fock and Ute Poetzsch

»Musical Church Service« in practical editions Three volumes for high voice Advent and Christmas Score with parts BA 5891 · EUR 29.95 Lent and Easter Score with parts BA 5892 · EUR 29.95 Cantatas for the Sundays after Trinity Score with parts BA 5893 · EUR 29.95 Three volumes for medium voice Advent and Christmas Score with parts BA 5894 · EUR 29.95 Lent and Easter Score with parts BA 5895 · EUR 29.95 Cantatas for the Sundays after Trinity Score with parts BA 5896 · EUR 29.95 When Telemann issued his first annual cycle of printed cantatas, Der Harmonische Gottesdienst (Hamburg, 1725-6), he was already one of the leading cantata composers of his time. Thanks to their brevity and their simple scoring, the 72 solo cantatas have remained very popular to the present day. Our new editions (BA 5891 through to BA 5896) divide the annual cycle into cantatas for medium voice and cantatas for high voice. Each series spreads the works over three volumes accompanied by separate parts for solo instrument and continuo. The cantatas follow the order of the liturgical year, beginning with the Christmas season and continuing with Easter and Trinity. Being practically minded, Telemann arranged the ambitus of the vocal parts so that the cantatas for medium voice are »also suitable for an ordinary alto or bass«. Similarly, the solo instrument is designed to be playable on a violin, oboe, recorder or flute.