Cantata no. 173a: Durchlauchtster Leopold, BWV.173a
Durchlauchtster Leopold (Most illustrious Leopold), BWV 173.1 (formerly BWV 173a), is a secular cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. Bach composed the cantata for performance in Köthen to celebrate the birthday of Leopold von Anhalt-Köthen. The cantata is one of a series of congratulatory works which Bach wrote for this employer. Some of them are lost, while others such as Der Himmel dacht auf Anhalts Ruhm und Glück, BWV 66.1 can be reconstructed because Bach reused the music later. Durchlauchtster Leopold is unusual in surviving in a complete state.
Movements
- Recitativo (Sopran) "Durchlauchtster Leopold"
- Aria (Sopran) "Güldner Sonnen frohe Stunden"
- Basso solo "Leopolds Vortrefflichkeiten"
- Aria (Sopran, Bass) "Unter seinem Purpursaum"
- Recitativo (Sopran, Bass) "Durchlauchtigster, den Anhalt Vater nennt"
- Aria (Sopran) "So schau dies holden Tages Licht"
- Aria (Bass) "Dein Name gleich der Sonnen geh"
- Coro (Sopran, Bass) "Nimm auch, großer Fürst, uns auf"