Хоралът на Филип Николай „Как хубаво свети Зорницата („Ein geistlich Braut-Lied der gläubigen Seelen/ von Jesu Christo irem himmlischen Bräutigam: Gestellt über 45-sten Psalm des Propheten Davids“)
Phillipp Nicolai’s Chorale “How Brightly Shines the Morning Star” (Ein geistlich Braut-Lied der gläubigen Seelen/ von Jesu Christo irem himmlischen Bräutigam: Gestellt über 45-sten Psalm des Propheten Davids)

Summary/Abstract: The present article, “The Morning Star”, part I of The King and Queen of chorales: “Wie schцn leuchtet der Morgernstern“ (“How Brightly Shines the Morning Star”) and “Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme” (“Awake, the voice is calling us”), aims to present findings about the first of the two famous songs unquestionably attributed to Nicolai. The above subject is in relevance to my Doctorate thesis, whose defense is pending in Fall 2019. We begin with an introductory discussion of the object of this study, followed by a brief biography of the composer. From there on, the work is divided by the following subheadings, which bear relevance to the subject discussed: parody and contrafactum, Nicolai’s authorship – the word that merges into music, the time of creation of the song and biographical musical historiography of the 19th c., the allegory of the central image, the poetry of the mystical love, the originals of the vernacular and the sacred songs, the three texts: the sacred, the secular, and Psalm 45, the debate about the origins of the Morning star, Winterfeldt’s structural analysis, Her Highness’ melody, the Sivler Song of Hans Sachs’, Resonet in Laudibus, “Works Cited” in Bulgarian, English and German languages.

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