Complete Book of Bach Chorales
Complete Book of Bach Chorales

Author: Jerry Silverman

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2011-03-04

Total Pages: 433

ISBN-13: 1610650662

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This book presents 375 of J.S. Bach's surviving chorale harmonizations with singable English translations of the original German text by choral conductor Henry S. Drinker. Printed in an easy-to-read format, this edition was designed to facilitate both analysis of Bach's musical genius in voice leading and renewed performance of these works by congregations. It is hoped that this user-friendly edition will inspire students and congregations alike to take a fresh look at this priceless musical treasure. Today they remain some of the finest examples of voice leading and harmonic movement, making them appropriate study material for any student of music theory and harmony. Chorales are also the root of traditional hymnody, especially from the Lutheran tradition. the chorales were originally text and melody sung a cappella, and were for congregational singing. Chorales were set in four parts for choir use, and are still appropriate for performance in worship services today. Many of the melodies will be familiar to those who sing traditional hymns. Choirs will love singing these beautifully written settings.

Bach's Chorals, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)
Bach's Chorals, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)

Author: Charles Sanford Terry

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-11-19

Total Pages: 634

ISBN-13: 9780331491760

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Excerpt from Bach's Chorals, Vol. 2 During his first eighteen months at Leipzig Bach wrote more than twenty Sunday Cantatas, besides two sacred Cantatas for special occasions. See Albert Schweitzer, S. Bach (translated by Ernest Newman, 2 vols., London, 11. 164. Bach wrote about seventy Cantatas after 1734 (see list infra, p. Very nearly half of which are assigned to the years 17 35 - 36 (schweitzer, 11. In 1735 alone no less than twenty Cantatas were composed by him (spitta, 111. With the exception, perhaps, of a single Sunday, he wrote a new Cantata for every Sunday and Festival between Easter and Whitsuntide in that year (ibid. 111. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Texts of the Choral Works of Johann Sebastian Bach in English Translation, Vol. 2
Texts of the Choral Works of Johann Sebastian Bach in English Translation, Vol. 2

Author: Henry S. Drinker

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-09-10

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 9781396096136

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Excerpt from Texts of the Choral Works of Johann Sebastian Bach in English Translation, Vol. 2: Cantatas 101 to 199 Chorale Ash, fiott Gott, durch die Treu e dein Ah, God, our 'uas ter good and true. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Bach's Chorals
Bach's Chorals

Author: Charles Sanford 1864-1936 Terry

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2021-09-09

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 9781013916816

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The Organ Music of J. S. Bach: Volume 2
The Organ Music of J. S. Bach: Volume 2

Author: Peter Williams

Publisher: CUP Archive

Published: 1980

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9780521317009

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Bach's organ works--the best-known of all music ever written for the instrument--have been the subject of a great variety of interpretations, all too often based on subjective opinion and conjecture. What the author does in this piece-by-piece commentary is to combine a performer's insight and experience with the fruits of scholarly research. He is concerned throughout to reconstruct for the modern performer and listener the original context of the work: its sources and history; its place in the composer's development; the implications of contemporary instruments and performing practice, and of the musical and aesthetic theories of the time; and the background which shaped Bach's view of the original chorale melodies. Each of the collections of organ chorales is examined as an entity in a preliminary essay. Then for each piece the author discusses the important sources and their relationship; quotes the underlying chorale melody and one or more verses of the text (with a literal translation) and describes its importance in the life of Bach's church; and analyses the form and style of the organ setting, with many musical examples and frequent allusions to the views of other commentators.