Magnificat in E-flat major, BWV 243a
Movements
Bach structured the text in eleven movements for the canticle (Luke 1:46–55), concluded by a twelfth doxology movement. Each verse of the canticle is assigned to one movement, except verse 48, beginning with a soprano solo in the role of Mary (third movement), then switching to the fourth movement sung by the chorus when "all generations" are mentioned.

Magnificat in E-flat major, BWV 243a

Section Title: Movements
Table Section Text: Bach structured the text in eleven movements for the canticle (Luke 1:46–55), concluded by a twelfth doxology movement. Each verse of the canticle is assigned to one movement, except verse 48, beginning with a soprano solo in the role of Mary (third movement), then switching to the fourth movement sung by the chorus when "all generations" are mentioned.

No.	Title	Voices	Winds	Strings	Key	Time	Text source	Dig

1	Magnificat anima mea	SSATB	3Tr Ti 2Ob	2Vl Va	E-flat major	3/4	Luke 1:46	[1]

2	Et exultavit spiritus meus	SII	2Vl Va	E-flat major	3/8	Luke 1:47	[2]

A	Vom Himmel hoch	SATB	E-flat major	cut time	Hymn by Martin Luther	[3]

3	Quia respexit humiltatem	SI	Ob	C minor	common time	Luke 1:48 beginning	[4]

4	Omnes generationes	SSATB	2Ob	2Vl Va	G minor	common time	Luke 1:48 end	[5]

5	Quia fecit mihi magna	B	B-flat major	common time	Luke 1:49	[6]

B	Freut euch und jubilieret	SSAT	B-flat major	common time	Verse by Sethus Calvisius	[7]

6	Et misericordia	A T	2Vl Va	F minor	12/8	Luke 1:50	[8]

7	Fecit potentiam	SSATB	3Tr Ti 2Ob	2Vl Va	E-flat major	common time	Luke 1:51	[9]

C	Gloria in excelsis Deo	SSATB	Vl	E-flat major	common time	Luke 2:14	[10]

8	Deposuit potentes	T	2Vl Va	G minor	3/4	Luke 1:52	[11]

9	Esurientes	A	2Fl	F major	common time	Luke 1:53	[12]

D	Virga Jesse floruit	S B	F major	12/8	fragment of a longer Christmas hymn	[13]

10	Suscepit Israel	SSA	Tr	2Vl Va	C minor	common time	Luke 1:54	[14]

11	Sicut locutus est	SSATB	E-flat major	common time	Luke 1:55	[15]

12	Gloria Patri Sicut erat in principio	SSATB	3Tr Ti 2Ob	2Vl Va	E-flat major	common time 3/4	Doxology	[16]

Sentence(s)

Freut euch und jubilieret is set for SSAT in B-flat major and common time.

final_sentence: Freut euch und jubilieret is set for SSAT in B-flat major and common time.