Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1

Summary

Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1 is a musical work/composition^[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (128 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition^[3].
• Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1's composer is recorded as Johann Sebastian Bach^[4].
• Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1's librettist is recorded as Philipp Nicolai^[5].
• Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1 is associated with the Baroque music movement^[6].
• Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1's based on is recorded as Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern^[7].
• Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1's Commons category is recorded as BWV 1^[8].
• Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1's language of work or name is recorded as German^[9].
• Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1's catalog code is recorded as 1^[10].
• Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1's lyricist is recorded as Philipp Nicolai^[11].
• Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1's tonality is recorded as F major^[12].
• Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1's date of first performance is recorded as March 25, 1725^[13].
• Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1's title is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern'}^[14].
• Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1's has characteristic is recorded as Bach cantata^[15].
• Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q929848', 'amount': '+6'}^[16].
• Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1's form of creative work is recorded as church cantata^[17].
• Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1's form of creative work is recorded as chorale cantata^[18].

Product Details

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• Release type: Cantata^[19]

• Genre(s): cantata, classical^[20]

• Community tags: baroque era, cantata, choral, church cantata, classical, classical music^[21]

• MusicBrainz ID: 13bb5d97-00db-4fd8-920c-14da7c11bdd4^[22]

Body

Publication

Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1's language of work or name is recorded as German^[9].

Subject and Themes

Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1 is associated with the Baroque music movement^[6].

Why It Matters

Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1 ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (128 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[23] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[24]