Tönet, ihr Pauken! Erschallet, Trompeten! BWV 214

Tönet, ihr Pauken! Ring out, trumpets! ( BWV 214 BC or G19 ), also known as Queen Cantata, is a secular cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach.

Formation

The work was performed on December 8, 1733 Congratulations Cantata on the occasion of the birthday of Maria Josepha, Electress of Saxony and Queen of Poland, with the subtitle dramma per musica. Sentences 1, 5, 7 and 9 were re-used with other text and only minor musical adjustments in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd part of the Christmas Oratorio after Kontrafakturverfahren and thus have experienced widespread.

Topic

In the neunsätzigen work, its librettist is unknown, praise four goddesses of ancient mythology, the queen.

Occupation

• Bellona, goddess of war (soprano )
• Pallas, goddess of the Muses and Science ( Old )
• Irene, the goddess of peace (Tenor)
• Fama, Goddess of Fame (Bass)
• Orchestra with 3 trumpets, timpani, 2 transverse flutes, 2 oboes, oboe d' amore, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo

A multi- occupied choir is not specifically required by Bach.

Special

It is one of the numerous incurred 1733-1744 congratulatory cantatas, which were determined on the basis of their opportunity character to a once-only performance. Perhaps Bach wanted to preserve the reuse in the Christmas Oratorio, the outstanding and his vital parts of the work. The text " Tönet, ihr Pauken! Ring out, trumpets! " Is anticipated impressively in the opening chorus by the occurrence order of the mentioned instruments. The transfer from the secular origin to a specific time for the Christmas cycle of sacred cantatas was not problematic after the Baroque world view. Thus, timpani and trumpets were both as insignia of worldly kingship as well as for the glory of the "King " Jesus use. The work is marked according to the occasion of joyous festive mood and is one of today 's most popular secular Bach cantatas.