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{{Short description|Church cantata by Johann Ludwig Bach II}}
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[[File:Johannludwigbach.jpg|thumb|Johann Ludwig Bach]]
'''''Denn du wirst meine Seele nicht in der Hölle lassen''''' (For you shall not leave my soul in hell), [[Johann-Ludwig-Bach-Verzeichnis|JLB]]&nbsp;21, [[BWV]]&nbsp;15, is a church [[cantata]] spuriously attributed to [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] but most likely composed by [[Johann Ludwig Bach]].<ref>{{citation | last=Owen | first= Angela Maria | year=1960 | title= The authorship of Bach's Cantata No. 15 | journal= Music & Letters | volume=41 | issue=1 | pages=28–32 | jstor= 729685 | doi=10.1093/ml/41.1.28}}.</ref>
== History and text ==
The piece was initially thought to be an early work of [[Johann Sebastian Bach]]. However, Bach scholars reattributed the piece to his cousin, [[Johann Ludwig Bach]]. The piece was likely composed in [[Meiningen]] in 1704 for the first day of Eastertide, known as [[Easter Sunday]]. There is some evidence that it may have been performed again under the aegis of Johann Sebastian Bach on 21 April 1726 in [[Leipzig]]. The prescribed readings for the day are 1 Corinthians 5:6–8 and Mark 16:1–8.<ref name=BDW0017>Bach Digital Work {{BDW|0017}} at {{URL|www.bachdigital.de}}</ref>
===Libretto===
{{See also|Church cantatas of Bach's third to fifth year in Leipzig#Libretto cycle published in Meiningen}}
It has been proposed that the text may have been authored by Christoph Helm (as suggested by W. Blankenburg<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Lib/Helm.htm|access-date=27 May 2013|publisher=bach-cantatas|title=Christoph Helm}}</ref>) or by [[Ernst Ludwig I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen|Herzog Ernst Ludwig von Sachsen-Meinigen]] (as suggested by K. Kuester, a suggestion that gets more traction in recent scholarship).<ref name=BDW0017 />
== Scoring and structure ==
The piece is scored for two [[Natural horn|corni da caccia]], two [[oboe]]s, [[timpani]], one [[oboe]] da caccia, [[violins]], [[viola]]s and [[viola da gamba]], and [[basso continuo]], four vocal soloists ([[soprano]], [[alto|altus]], [[tenor]], and [[Bass (voice type)|bassus]]) and [[SATB|four-part choir]].
It is in two parts, totalling ten movements:
'''Part one'''
#[[Arioso]]: "Denn du wirst meine Seele nicht in der Hölle lassen" for bass.
#[[Recitative]]: "Mein Jesus ware tot" for soprano.
#[[Aria]] ([[Duet]]to): "Weichet, weichet, Furcht und Schrecken" for soprano and alto.
#Aria: "Entsetzet euch nicht" for tenor.
#Aria: "Auf, freue dich, Seele, du bist nun getröst'" for soprano.
'''Part two'''
#<li value="6">[[Terzetto]]: "Wo bleibet dein Rasen du höllischer Hund" for altus, tenor & bass.</li>
#Aria (Duet): "Ihr klaget mit Seufzen, ich jauchze mit Schall" for soprano & alto.
#[[Sonata]] for instrumental ''tutti''.
#Recitative for tenor & bass – [[Quartet]]: "Drum danket dem Höchsten, dem Störer des Krieges".
#Chorale: "Weil du vom Tod erstanden bist" for choral and instrumental ''tutti''.
== Recordings ==
* Alsfelder Vokalensemble and I Febiarmionici. ''The Apocryphal Bach Cantatas II''. Radio Bremen, 2001.
* Children's Choir of the [[Royal Danish Academy of Music]]. ''I'm laughing and shouting for joy from Cantata BWV 15''. Point Records, 1994.
* [[NDR Chor]] and [[NDR Sinfonieorchester]]. ''Cantata BWV 15''. Tonträger, 1956.
== References ==
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== External links ==
*{{IMSLP|work=Denn du wirst meine Seele nicht in der Hölle lassen, JLB 21 (Bach, Johann Ludwig)}}
*{{cite web |title=Cantata BWV 15 - Detalis & Discography: Recordings |url=http://www.bach-cantatas.com/BWV15.htm |website=www.bach-cantatas.com}}
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