Es lebe der König, der Vater im Lande, BWV Anh. 11

Es lebe der König, der Vater im Lande (Long live the King, the father of the country), BWV Anh. 11,^{[lower-alpha 1]} is a secular cantata by J. S. Bach to a text by Picander. The work was composed in Leipzig for the name day of the Elector of Saxony, and first performed on 3 August 1732.^[1] The music is lost.^[1] Picander's text was published in Ernst-Schertzhaffte und Satyrische Gedichte, Teil IV (Leipzig, 1737).^[2]

Es lebe der König, der Vater im Lande
BWV Anh. 11
Secular cantata by J. S. Bach
The Elector Frederick Augustus I (better known as Augustus II the Strong) for whose name day the cantata was written
Composed	1732

The first movement was likely used as a model for the opening chorus of Preise dein Glücke, gesegnetes Sachsen, BWV 215, a work that Bach composed at short notice in 1734.^[3] BWV 215 is scored for double choir and festive orchestra with trumpets and timpani.

The cantata is counted among the works for celebrations of the Leipzig University, Festmusiken zu Leipziger Universitätsfeiern.^[4]

Notes

1. "BWV" is Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis, a thematic catalogue of Bach's works.

References

1. "Cantata BWV Anh 11 Es lebe der König, der Vater im Lande". Bach Cantatas. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
2. Picander (=Christian Friedrich Henrici). Ernst-Schertzhaffte und Satyrische Gedichte, Volume IV. Leipzig: Friedrich Matthias Friesen (1737).
3. Stauffer, George; Butler, Gregory, eds. (2008). About Bach. University of Illinois Press. pp. 57–58. ISBN 978-0-252-09069-1.
4. Timm, David (2009). Festmusiken zu Leipziger Universitätsfeiern (in German). Leipziger Universitätschor. pp. 8f. Retrieved 2 December 2012.

External links

• Es lebe der König, der Vater im Lande: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project (libretto only)