come forth church composed leipzig performed january bach wrote conclude christmas season leipzig celebrated new compositions new text anonymous author possibly supplied texts christmas combines prescribed readings feast day prophecy book gospel matthew wise men east begins quotation prophecy comments stanza early anonymous christmas carol kind says sequence prophecy fulfilled concluding christian bring heart gift ends stanza hymn und bach scored seven movements vocal tenor bass choir baroque instrumental ensemble horns strings orchestra plays opening chorus aria closing history words bach wrote year director church music leipzig conclude christmas season celebrations days christmas new year day following sunday performed new compositions new major tag major flat major der hat der lied jesus prescribed readings feast day taken book convert gospel matthew wise men east bringing gifts gold newborn jesus matthew unknown poet text second day christmas person competent bach scholar writes begins final verse reading prophecy shall come shall bring gold poet prediction stanza old anonymous christmas carol kind born describes arrival kings related gospel prophecy concludes christian duty bring heart gift jesus idea theme following aria second equals gifts contemporary christian kings faith gold prayer patience aria expresses devoted christian offers heart present ends text extant assumed stanza hymn und bach performed january christmas bach dedicated die topic occasion performed january scoring structure bach structured seven movements opening chorus followed ancient male sing sequence aria work completed closing bach scored vocal tenor bass choir baroque instrumental ensemble horns violins viola bach employed pair horns christmas der later christmas christ later christmas wrote title core viola con means jesus help feast hunting horns violins viola voices following table movements scoring follows bach keys time signatures taken book bach scholar symbol common time playing shown music bach uses scoring especially instrumentation illustrate contrast poverty abundance strings silent aria supported low register orchestra kinds wind instruments strings accompanies usual opening chorus closing penultimate movement tenor aria expressing believer gives heart present notes bach combines high art folk style opening chorus come forth depicts gather horn signals prevail movement canonical imitation developments illustrate growing crowd central section extended choral framed sections voices embedded repeat instrumental introduction remarked connection bach pilgrimage instrumentation resembles near eastern music representing high pitches associated oriental music tenor register evoke like double reed instruments idea rendered stanza archaic christmas carol die kings came telling kings mentioned melody triple time set parts das happened applies situation individual christian offer gift heart explained ending notes unexpected harmonies stable mentioned illustrate birthplace aria gold gold accompanied low register bass voice conveys expressed words instruments repeating motif reminding initial idea gold good tenor light soul heart begins plea expressed downward line ninth ends notion des abundance greatest wealth day heaven abundance dance like aria accompanied wind instruments playing instead conventional aria bach creates bar form repeating text second idea new musical material long measures contains unprecedented variety instrumental writes closing nun fall god fall hands sung melody das bach frequently later base movement matthew passion selected recordings listing taken selection bach website roughly marked large red background performances voice instrumental groups playing period instruments historically informed performances highlighted green
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