Christmas cantata
Cantatas
The table uses abbreviations: S = soprano, MS = mezzo-soprano, A = alto, T = tenor, Bar = baritone, B = bass, childr = children's choir, Str = strings, Instr = instruments, Tr = tromba (trumpet), Co = horn, Cn = cornett, Tb = trombone, Ti = timpani, Fl = recorder, Ft = flauto traverso, Ob = oboe, Oa = Oboe d'amore, Oc = Oboe da caccia, Vn = violin, Va = viola, Vc = cello, Fg = bassoon, Org = organ, Bc = basso continuo

Christmas cantata

Section Title: Cantatas
Table Section Text: The table uses abbreviations: S = soprano, MS = mezzo-soprano, A = alto, T = tenor, Bar = baritone, B = bass, childr = children's choir, Str = strings, Instr = instruments, Tr = tromba (trumpet), Co = horn, Cn = cornett, Tb = trombone, Ti = timpani, Fl = recorder, Ft = flauto traverso, Ob = oboe, Oa = Oboe d'amore, Oc = Oboe da caccia, Vn = violin, Va = viola, Vc = cello, Fg = bassoon, Org = organ, Bc = basso continuo

Composer	born	Cantata title	No.	Text	composed	Scoring	Premiere	Notes

Francesco Provenzale	1624	Sui palchi delle stelle	1689	S 2Vl Bc

Cristoforo Caresana	1640?	L'Adoratione de' Maggi	1676	6 voices

(unknown)	Uns ist ein Kind geboren	BWV 142	Erdmann Neumeister	1711–56	A T B SATB 2Fl 2Ob 2Vl Va Bc	first attributed to Bach

Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow	1663	Uns ist ein Kind geboren	S A T B SATB Ob Fg 2Vl 2Va Bc	and others

Arnold Matthias Brunckhorst	1670?	Nun zeiget der Himmel die schönsten Gebärden / In festo nativitate Christi	S A T B SATB 6 Instr Bc

Georg Philipp Telemann	1681	Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe In festo nativitatis	TWV 1:412	S A T B SATB 3Tr Ti Str Bc

Georg Philipp Telemann	1681	Uns ist ein Kind geboren	TWV 1:1451	Erdmann Neumeister	S A T B SATB 3Tr Ti 2Ft 2Ob Str Bc

Johann Sebastian Bach	1685	Christen, ätzet diesen Tag	BWV 63	Johann Michael Heineccius?	1713?	S A T B SATB 4Tr Ti 3Ob Fg 2Vl Va Bc	First Day

Johann Sebastian Bach	1685	Sehet, welch eine Liebe hat uns der Vater erzeiget	BWV 64	1723	S A B SATB Cn 3Tb Oa 2Vl Va Bc	27 Dec 1723 Leipzig	Third Day

Johann Sebastian Bach	1685	Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ	BWV 91	"Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ"	1724	S A T B SATB 2Co Ti 3Ob 2Vl Va Bc	25 Dec 1724 Leipzig	chorale

Johann Sebastian Bach	1685	Christum wir sollen loben schon	BWV 121	"Christum wir sollen loben schon"	1724	S A T B SATB Cn 3Tr Oa 2Vl Va Bc	26 Dec 1724 Leipzig	Second Day, chorale

Johann Sebastian Bach	1685	Ich freue mich in dir	BWV 133	hymn by Caspar Ziegler	1724	S A T B SATB Cn 2Oa 2Vl Va Bc	27 Dec 1724 Leipzig	Third Day, chorale

Johann Sebastian Bach	1685	Unser Mund sei voll Lachens	BWV 110	Georg Christian Lehms	1725	S B SATB 3Tr Ti 2Ft 3Ob Oa Oc Fg 2Vl Va Bc	25 Dec 1725 Leipzig	First Day

Johann Sebastian Bach	1685	Selig ist der Mann	BWV 57	Georg Christian Lehms	1725	S B SATB 2Ob 2Vl Va Bc	26 Dec 1725 Leipzig	Second Day

Johann Sebastian Bach	1685	Gloria in excelsis Deo	BWV 191	1745	S T SSATB 3Tr Ti 2Ft 2Ob 2Vl Va Bc	25 Dec 1745	First Day

Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel	1690	Kündlich groß ist das gottselige Geheimnis	1736	S A SATB Ob 2Vl Va Bc	27 Dec 1736	Third Day

Christian Heinrich Rinck	1777	Weihnachtskantate	op. 73

Felix Mendelssohn	1809	Vom Himmel hoch	MWV A 10	"Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her"	1831	S Bar SSATB orchestra	chorale

Josef Rheinberger	1839	Der Stern von Bethlehem	Franziska von Hoffnaaß	1891	soli choir orchestra

John Henry Maunder	1858	Bethlehem	Catharine Morgan	1939?	in the manner of the medieval miracle play

William Reed	1859	The Message of the Angels	1910

Felix Woyrsch	1860	Die Geburt Jesu	op. 18	Bible	1910	soli choir orchestra

Ralph Vaughan Williams	1872	Hodie	Ursula Vaughan Williams	1953–54	S T Bar choir orchestra

Ottorino Respighi	1879	Lauda per la Natività del Signore	Jacopone da Todi?	1930	S MS T SSAATTBB woodwinds, piano 4 hands

Walter Braunfels	1882	Der gläserne Berg, Weihnachtsmärchen	op. 39	1928

Walter Braunfels	1882	Weihnachtskantate	op. 52	1934–37	S Bar choir orchestra

Rudolf Mauersberger	1889	Weihnachtszyklus der Kruzianer [de]	1944–46	soli choir SATB SATB a cappella (piano)

Rudolf Mauersberger	1889	Eine kleine Weihnachtskantate	1948

Frank Martin	1890	Cantate pour le temps de Noel	1929–30

Gerald Finzi	1893	Dies natalis	Thomas Traherne	1939	S (T) Str

Arthur Honegger	1893	Une cantate de Noël	Ps. 130, Lieder	1952–53	Bar choir childr Org orchestra	18 Dec 1953 Basel

Kurt Hessenberg	1908	Weihnachtskantate	op. 27	Matthias Claudius	1950–51	S A SSATBB orchestra	published by Schott

Benjamin Britten	1913	A Ceremony of Carols	op. 28	1942	boys' choir harp

William Lloyd Webber	1913	Born a King	soli choir Org

Lee Hoiby	1926	A Hymn of the Nativity	Richard Crashaw

Gilbert Bécaud	1927	L'enfant à L'étoile	1960

Ariel Ramírez	1927	Navidad Nuestra [de]	Félix Luna	1963	S T choir South American instr

Malcolm Williamson	1931	Adoremus	1959	A T SATB Org

Nils Lindberg	1933	A Christmas Cantata	2002	S Bar chamber choir big band	St Matthew and carols, recorded

Gerhard Track	1934	Festkantate zur Weihnacht	Herbert Vogg	1995	SATB choir Wind Instr, Org	29 April 1996, Vienna	Adaptation Bruckner's Fest-Kantate

Thomas Oboe Lee	1945	Christmas Cantata	2001	MS SATB 2Tr 2Tb Ti Org

Peter Skellern	1947	The Nativity Cantata	2004	2004

Otomar Kvěch	1950	Vánoční chvalozpěv	1973	soli choir orchestra

Mark Carlson	1952	A Wreath of Anthems	various American poets	1990	SATB orchestra

Toshio Hosokawa	1955	Weihnachtskantate	anon.	2002	S A choir orchestra	20 Dec 2002 München	published by Schott

Maria Newman	1962	A Little Book of Southern Carols	2008	SSA (treble or boy's choir) treble vocal soli piano, handbells (or chimes), percussion, and violin (or flute/recorder), and viola	2008	published by Montgomery Arts House Press

Graham Waterhouse	1962	Der Anfang einer neuen Zeit	Hans Krieger	2011	S Bar choir childr Str (Org)	3/4 Dec 2011 Essen

Frederik Magle	1977	A newborn child, before eternity, God!	1996	soli choir brass band, Org, percussion

Sentence(s)

In 1995, Bruckner's Fest-Kantate has undergone an adaptation as Festkantate zur Weihnacht with Herbert Vogg’s text.

final_sentence: In 1995, Bruckner's Fest-Kantate has undergone an adaptation as Festkantate zur Weihnacht with Herbert Vogg’s text.