Bach - Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243 - Vocal Score baroque Nico Muhly

Nico Muhly

Gayle Kowalchyk

An effort has been made to keep the two parts equal in melodic and rhythmic interest

but universal in its experience

then create their own lines with the guitar

Bach - Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243 - Vocal Score baroque Nico MuhlyJohann Sebastian Bachs Magnificat BWV 243 was composed in its first form in E flat, right at the beginning of Bachs period in Leipzig, possibly for the Visitation of Mary on July 2, 1723. Its performance on Christmas Day 1723 is well documented. Following a Leipzig tradition, Bach wrote four extra Christmas movements for this occasion. Only in the 1730s did Bach arrange the Magnificat into the well known version in D; the orchestration was slightly