About this work
Wer sich selbst erhöhet concentrates much of its weight in the opening chorus. An orchestral ritornello prepares the entries, then the fugal subject passes from one voice to another across a very long trajectory. Oboes and strings maintain momentum while allowing vocal polyphony to occupy the centre.
The soprano aria reduces the forces and sets the voice against a highly mobile obbligato violin. After the recitative, the bass receives an aria whose firmer rhythmic foundation answers the previous flexibility. The final chorale closes the cantata without reproducing the opening movement’s scale.
Learn the choral subject in every section before assembling entries. Long spans must remain directed towards their cadences. Soprano and violin should agree breathing and ornaments; the bass should work on stresses without hammering. The final chorale benefits from clear diction and an active pulse.
What the document containsDocument: The document contains 28 pages in PDF format. No MIDI file is currently attached to this historical record. The twenty-eight pages give all five movements, including the long fugal chorus, both arias, recitative and chorale.The historical record marks the work and file as public domain but does not document the editor or exact provenance of this copy. The file preserved by LesPartitions.info can be compared with the reference catalogue. Following that check, LesPartitions.info separates established facts from information that remains incomplete.