Though sometimes attributed to Bach, BWV 143's origins remain debated among scholars. This version combines Baroque sacred music with modern orchestration and adapted lyrics.
This church cantata composed for New Year's Day features distinctive Baroque counterpoint and chorale integration. The disputed work showcases Bach's early choral style with concise choruses, violin obbligatos accompanying soprano chorales, and thematic treatment of Psalms. Its "unpretentious" nature and manuscript gaps fuel scholarly debates about authenticity.
Attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach, BWV 143 "Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele" is a New Year's Day cantata with disputed authenticity. Its concise opening chorus features imitative fanfares, while later movements incorporate a chorale by Jakob Ebert. Scholarly debate continues due to stylistic inconsistencies and lack of original manuscripts.
Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele, BWV 143, is a church cantata with a disputed provenance. While traditionally attributed to J.S. Bach, some musicologists question its authenticity due to its unpretentious style and lack of an authoritative original manuscript. It may be a transposition of an earlier work by Bach or a piece where only parts were composed by him, with other sections added by different composers. The fourth movement, a dramatic tenor aria "Tausendfaches Unglück, Schrecken," paints a vivid picture of "thousand-fold misfortune, terror" with a convoluted and angular vocal line, reflecting the text's dark themes.
Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele, BWV 143 is a church cantata composed by Johann Sebastian Bach likely between 1708-1714 for New Year's Day, which also celebrates the Circumcision of Christ. The work draws text from Psalm 146 and the hymn "Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ" by Jakob Ebert. Some scholars question Bach's complete authorship due to its unpretentious nature and lack of authoritative original manuscripts, suggesting parts may have been written by other composers or that it might be a transposition of an earlier work.
