Gloria in excelsis Deo, BWV 191
Composition by Johann Sebastian Bach
Gloria in excelsis Deo, BWV 191, is a church cantata written by the German Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach, and the only one of his church cantatas set to a Latin text. He composed the Christmas cantata in Leipzig probably in 1742, for a... Wikipedia
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Composed: 1742
Instrumental: 3 trumpets; timpani; 2 traversos; 2 oboes; strings; continuo
Movements: 3
Text: Gloria, Doxology
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