Composition: Musicalische Vorstellung einiger biblischer Historien (Kuhnau, Johann)
| Title | Muscalische Vorstellung einiger biblischer Historien |
| Alternative title | Biblische Historien / In 6. Sonaten / Auff dem Claviere zu spielen |
| Creators | Johann Kuhnau (composer) |
| Opus | |
| Instrumentation | keyboard harpsichord organ |
| Number of movements | 6 |
| Keys | — |
| Composed | — |
| First published | 1700 |
| Dedication | Lic. Heinrich Christoph Hammermüllern, Bailiff at Altenburg |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | 4260 |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Sonatas |
| Period | Baroque |
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Sections
| Title click for details |
Metronome | Key | Measures |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sonata I: Der Streit zwischen David und Goliath | — | C major | — |
| Sonata II: Der von David vermittelst der Music curirte Saul | — | — | — |
| Sonata III: Jacobs Heyrath | — | G major | — |
| Sonata IV: Der todtkrancke und wieder gesunde Hiskias | — | — | — |
| Sonata V: Der Heyland Israelis, Gideon | — | F major | — |
| Sonata VI: Jacobs Tod und Begräbniß | — | E flat major | — |
Arrangements
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Scores
| Details | Section | Type | Publisher | Date | File |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | — | Manuscript | — | Incomplete Score--Suonata prima: Il Combattimento trà David e Goliath · view Complete Score, Suonata seconda. Saul malinconico e trastullato per mezzo della Musica · view Complete Score, Suonata terza. Il Maritaggio di Giacomo · view Complete Score, Suonata quinta. Gideon Salvadore del Populo d'Israel · view Incomplete Score, Suonata Sexta. La Tomba di Giacob · view |
| view | Complete | — | Leipzig: Immanuel Tietzen | 1710 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | Title | — | Complete Score with title page, dedication, foreword and six sonatas · view |
| view | Complete | — | — | — | Title page, dedication, and foreword by the composer · view Sonata I: Der Streit zwischen David und Goliath · view Sonata II: Der von David vermittelst der Music curirte Saul · view Sonata III: Jacobs Heyrath · view Sonata IV: Der todtkrancke und wieder gesunde Hiskias · view Sonata V: Der Heyland Israelis, Gideon · view Sonata VI: Jacobs Tod und Begräbniß · view |
| view | Complete | — | — | — | Sonata II (Part 1) · view |
Recordings/Performances
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