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{{Infobox Bach composition
| name                 = {{lang|de|Die Freude reget sich}}
| bwv                   = {{hlist | 36.3 | 36b}}
| type                  = Secular cantata
| image                 = 
| image_upright         = 
| caption               = 
| related               = [[Schwingt freudig euch empor, BWV 36c|''Schwingt freudig euch empor'', BWV 36.1]]
| composed              = {{start date|1739}}?
| performed             = 
| movements             = 
| vocal                 = [[SATB|{{abbr|SATB|soprano, alto, tenor and bass}}]] choir and solo
| instrumental          = {{hlist | 2 oboes d'amore | 2 violins | viola | continuo }}
}}
'''''Die Freude reget sich''''' (Joy awakens), [[BWV]]&nbsp;36.3, '''BWV{{nbsp}}36b'''), is a secular [[Bach cantata|cantata]] composed by [[Johann Sebastian Bach]].<ref name="BDW50">Work {{BDW|0050}} at [[Bach Digital]] website</ref> The work appears to date from 1738–1740, when Bach was living in [[Leipzig]].<ref name="BDW50" /> Bach drew on material he had composed more than a decade earlier for the cantata [[Schwingt freudig euch empor, BWV 36c|''Schwingt freudig euch empor'', BWV 36.1]].<ref name="BDW51">Work {{BDW|0051}} at [[Bach Digital]] website</ref>

== History and text ==
Bach wrote several works for celebrations of the [[Leipzig University]], ''Festmusiken zu Leipziger Universitätsfeiern''.<ref name="timm">{{cite book | last = Timm | first = David | author-link = David Timm | url = http://www.uni-leipzig.de/unichor/index.php?page=festmusiken | title = Festmusiken zu Leipziger Universitätsfeiern | publisher = [[Leipziger Universitätschor]] | year = 2009 | pages = 8f | language = de | access-date = 2 December 2012}}</ref> The text pays homage to {{ill|Johann Florenz Rivinius|de}}, who was appointed [[Rector (academia)|Rector]] of [[Leipzig University]] in October 1735,{{citation needed|date=July 2018}} and the cantata was likely written for his ceremonial appointment as the highest-ranking professor of the Faculty of Law at the University of Leipzig in May 1739.<ref name="BDW50" />

In 1727 [[Christian Friedrich Henrici]] (Picander) had published an earlier version of the text, the birthday cantata [[Steigt freudig in die Luft, BWV 36a|''Steigt freudig in die Luft'', BWW 36a]], which was also set by Bach.<ref>Work {{BDW|0049}} at [[Bach Digital]] website</ref> Picander was probably the author of the adaptation for the university celebration.<ref name="finlay" /><ref name="wolff" /><ref name="terry" />

== Scoring and structure ==

The cantata is scored for four soloists, [[soprano]], [[alto]], [[tenor]] and [[Bass (voice type)|bass]], a four-part [[choir]], [[flauto traverso]], two [[oboe d'amore|oboes d'amore]], two [[violin]]s, [[viola]] and [[Figured bass#Basso continuo|basso continuo]].<ref name="dürr" />

# Chorus: {{lang|de|Die Freude reget sich|italic=no}}
# [[Recitative]] (tenor): {{lang|de|Ihr seht, wie sich das Glücke|italic=no}}
# [[Aria]] (tenor): {{lang|de|Aus Gottes milden Vaterhänden|italic=no}}
# Recitative (alto): {{lang|de|Die Freunde sind vergnügt|italic=no}}
# Aria (alto): {{lang|de|Das Gute, das dein Gott beschert|italic=no}}
# Recitative (soprano): {{lang|de|Wenn sich die Welt mit deinem Ruhme trägt|italic=no}}
# Aria (soprano): {{lang|de|Auch mit gedämpften, schwachen Stimmen|italic=no}}
# Chorus and recitative (tenor, alto, soprano): {{lang|de|Was wir dir vor Glücke gönnen|italic=no}}

== Music ==
As in BWV 36.1, the first movement is cheerful in nature, and the tenor aria includes a significant oboe d'amore line. The final movement is a "jolly chorus with interpolated recitative".<ref name="cn" />

There are also related sacred cantatas, two versions of the church cantata for the First Sunday in Advent, [[Schwingt freudig euch empor, BWV 36|''Schwingt freudig euch empor'', BWV&nbsp;36]].<ref>Work {{BDW|0048}} and {{BDW|0047}} at [[Bach Digital]] website</ref>

The cantata is unusual in being a secular work which was parodied as a sacred work and then, some five years later again as a secular work. Bach's parodies are usually secular to sacred rather than sacred to secular. The explanation given for the prevalence of secular to sacred parodies is that occasional secular works such as birthday cantatas had a single use and then Bach was able to reuse them as sacred works.

== Recordings ==

* ''Bach Kantaten'', [[Wolfgang Unger]], [[Leipziger Universitätschor]], Pauliner Barockensemble, [[Linda Perillo]], [[Matthias Koch (countertenor)|Matthias Koch]], [[Nils Giesecke]], Thorofon
* ''Edition Bachakademie Vol. 139 – Congratulatory and Hommage Cantatas'', [[Helmuth Rilling]], [[Gächinger Kantorei]], [[Bach-Collegium Stuttgart]], [[Christiane Oelze]], [[Ingeborg Danz]], [[Marcus Ullmann]], [[Hänssler Classic|Hänssler]]

== References ==
{{reflist
| colwidth = 30em
| refs =

<ref name="dürr">{{cite book
| last = Dürr
| first = Alfred
| author-link = Alfred Dürr
| title = Die Kantaten von Johann Sebastian Bach
| year = 1971
| publisher = Bärenreiter-Verlag
| oclc = 523584
| volume = 1
| language = de
}}</ref>

<ref name="cn">{{cite web
|url=http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/works/bachjs/cantatas/036b.php
|access-date=29 May 2013
|title=BWV 36b
|publisher=Classical Net
|author=Crouch, Simon
|year=1999
}}</ref>

<ref name="finlay">{{cite book
| last = Finlay
| first = I.
| title = Bach's Secular Cantata Texts. Music and Letters.
| year = 1950
| pages = 189–195
}}</ref>

<ref name="terry">{{cite book
| last1 = Terry
| first1 = C. S.
| last2 = Litti
| first2 = D.
| title = Bach's Cantata Libretti
| publisher = [[Journal of the Royal Musical Association]]
| year = 1917
| pages = 71–125
| isbn = 3-476-02127-0
 |DOI=10.1093/jrma/44.1.71}}</ref>

<ref name="wolff">{{cite book
| last = Wolff
| first = Christoph
| author-link = Christoph Wolff
| title = Die Welt der Bach-Kantaten
| publisher = Metzler/Bärenreiter, Stuttgart and Kassel
| year = 2006
| isbn = 3-476-02127-0
}}<!--| access-date = 29 November 2012--></ref>

}}

== Sources ==

''Scores''
* {{IMSLP|work=Die Freude reget sich, BWV 36b (Bach, Johann Sebastian)}}

''General''
* [http://www.bach-cantatas.com/BWV36b.htm Cantata BWV 36b Die Freude reget sich] history, scoring, sources for text and music, translations to various languages, discography, discussion, Bach Cantatas Website
* [http://www.uvm.edu/~classics/faculty/bach/BWV36b.html BWV 36b Die Freude reget sich] English translation, [[University of Vermont]]
* [http://webdocs.cs.ualberta.ca/~wfb/cantatas/36b.html BWV 36b Die Freude reget sich] text, scoring, [[University of Alberta]]

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