JS Bach’s sacred music, Christmas Oratorio – facts, structure, first performance, and brief history.
Johann Sebastian Bach’s Christmas Oratorio (originally in German, Weihnachts-Oratorium) was taken from the Bible, texts according to the Gospels of St. Luke (Chapter 2, Verse 1 and Verses 3-21) and St. Matthew (Chapter 2, Verses 1-12); and in addition, texts from church hymns and madrigalesque works, which possibly were written by Christian Friedrich Henrici (aka Picander).
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