Dover Vocal Scores: Magnificat in D and the Six Motets in Full Score (Paperback)

One of the most performed masterworks of devotional music, with all the Bach motets, reprinted from authoritative Bach-Gesellschaft Edition published by Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig.

Among the many great works created for the church liturgy by Johann Sebastian Bach, the Magnificat in D is one of the most universally loved and studied.

It is thought that Bach originally composed it for Christmas 1723, soon after arriving in Leipzig to take up his musical duties at the Thomasschule, then later revised it.

Bach scored the Latin text of the Magnificat for the soloists, five-part chorus, and an orchestra of two flutes, two oboes, three trumpets, timpani, strings, and basso continuo.

Powerful, compact, and deeply moving, this ardent hymn of praise is today one of the most frequently performed of all masterworks of devotional music.