A New Source in the Reception of Die Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Jesu Wq 240 by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

Abstract: This article focuses on the oratorio Die Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Jesu Wq 240 by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. It describes and analyzes a newly discovered early print—the program of a concert performed in honor of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach on 30 January 1789 in Erlangen, Germany. The program includes works by Haydn (Joseph or Michael), Johann Heinrich Rolle, Gaetano Pugnani, and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Particularly important are two fragments from Bach’s oratorio Die Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Jesu , for which new lyrics were written. The newly discovered program gives us the full new lyrics for the first time. This allows for more precise speculation about which numbers from this oratorio were heard at this performance. This source therefore constitutes an interesting and important addition to our knowledge about the reception of this oratorio.