Template:Version comparison of Bach's Magnificat

Magnificat by Johann Sebastian Bach			BWV 243.1 (243a) Christmas 1723 version			BWV 243.2 (243) Visitation 1733 version
No. and title	Time	Voices	Instruments	Key	Autogr. p.^[1]	Instruments	Key	Autogr. p.^[1]
1. Magnificat	³ ₄	SSATB	tutti	E♭	1–9	tutti	D	1–15
2. Et exultavit	³ ₈	sII	2Vl Va Bc	E♭	3–7	2Vl Va Bc	D	16–18
A. Vom Himmel hoch		SATB		E♭	23, 25–27
3. Quia respexit		sI	Ob Bc	c	8–9	OaI Bc	b	18–19
4. Omnes generationes		SSATB	2Ob 2Vl Va Bc	g	10–12	2Fl 2Oa 2Vl Va Bc	f♯	20–25
5. Quia fecit		b	Bc	B♭	12–13	Bc	A	20–23
B. Freut euch und jubiliert		SSAT	Bc	B♭	28–30
6. Et misericordia	¹² ₈	a t	2Vl Va Bc	f	13–15	2Fl 2Vl Va Bc	e	24–28
7. Fecit potentiam		SSATB	tutti	E♭	15–19	tutti	D	28–34
C. Gloria in excelsis		SSATB	Vl Bc	E♭	30–31
8. Deposuit potentes	³ ₄	t	2Vl Va Bc	g	17–20	2Vl Bc	f♯	34–36
9. Esurientes		a	2Fl Bc	F	20–21	2Fl Bc	E	36–38
D. Virga Jesse floruit	¹² ₈	sI b	Bc	F	32
10. Suscepit Israel		sI sII a	TrI Ba	c	22	Ob Bc	b	38–40
11. Sicut locutus est		SSATB	Bc	E♭	23–24	Bc	D	40–42
12. Gloria Patri Sicut erat in principio	³ ₄	SSATB	tutti	E♭	24–27 27–29	tutti	D	42–45 45–48