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'''''[[Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227|Jesu, meine Freude]]''''' (Jesus, my joy |
'''''[[Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227|Jesu, meine Freude]]''''' ('Jesus, my joy'<!-- conform with mos:single for simple glosses -->), {{BWV|227}}, is a [[motet]] by [[Johann Sebastian Bach]]. The longest and most musically complex of [[List of motets by Johann Sebastian Bach|his motets]], it is in eleven [[movement (music)|movement]]s for up to five voices. It is named after the 1653 [[Lutheran hymn]] "{{lang|de|[[Jesu, meine Freude]]|italic=no}}" by [[Johann Franck]]; the hymn's six [[stanza]]s <!-- reworded due to complexity --> form the motet's odd-numbered movements. Bach used the [[hymn tune]] by [[Johann Crüger]] in five different [[chorale]] settings ''(example<!-- reworded as image does not illustrate five different chorale settings --> pictured)''.<!-- split sentence due to length, using wording in diff 1065983810 --> The hymn focuses on an emotional bond to [[Jesus]].<!-- moved to group statements about the hymn together, and to avoid stating "Jesu" immediately after "Jesus" --> The text of the even-numbered movements is from the [[Epistle to the Romans]]. ''Jesu, meine Freude'' is one of the few works by Bach for five vocal parts, in a structure of symmetries on different layers. It is unclear when the motet was written. Bach scholar [[Christoph Wolff]]<!-- added wolff as per diff 1065910430 --> believed that Bach may have compiled it to educate<!-- reworded to conform with character limit --> [[Thomanerchor|his choir]] in both composition techniques and theology; an earlier theory that it was written for a funeral in [[Leipzig]] in 1723 is now discredited. It was the first of his motets to be recorded, in 1927. {{TFAFULL|Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227}} |
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Jesu, meine Freude ('Jesus, my joy'), BWV 227, is a motet by Johann Sebastian Bach. The longest and most musically complex of his motets, it is in eleven movements for up to five voices. It is named after the 1653 Lutheran hymn "Jesu, meine Freude" by Johann Franck; the hymn's six stanzas form the motet's odd-numbered movements. Bach used the hymn tune by Johann Crüger in five different chorale settings (example pictured). The hymn focuses on an emotional bond to Jesus. The text of the even-numbered movements is from the Epistle to the Romans. Jesu, meine Freude is one of the few works by Bach for five vocal parts, in a structure of symmetries on different layers. It is unclear when the motet was written. Bach scholar Christoph Wolff believed that Bach may have compiled it to educate his choir in both composition techniques and theology; an earlier theory that it was written for a funeral in Leipzig in 1723 is now discredited. It was the first of his motets to be recorded, in 1927. (Full article...)