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===Vocal Arrangements based on Bach's works===
===Vocal Arrangements based on Bach's works===


*{{NoComp|Aria de la Suite No. 3}}
*{{NoComp|Aria de la Suite No. 3}} aka "Air on G String"
*{{NoComp|Bach's Christmas Carol}}
*{{NoComp|Bach's Christmas Carol}} ''Hark the Herald'' adapted to Gavotte from 4th Orchestral Suite
*{{NoCo|Come, let us all this day, BWV 479}}
*{{NoCo|Come, let us all this day, BWV 479}}
*{{NoComp|Dona nobis pacem}} (Arrangement from the Prelude in C)
*{{NoComp|Dona nobis pacem}} (arrangement of keyboard Prelude in C# minor, BWV 849)
*{{NoComp|Haec Tibi dona pura|Johann Sebastian Bach (mel.)}}
*{{NoComp|Haec Tibi dona pura|Johann Sebastian Bach (mel.)}} anon. harmonization of Passion Chorale
*{{NoCo|Gottes Sohn ist kommen}}
*{{NoCo|Gottes Sohn ist kommen}}, BWV 600 (''Orgelbüchlein''), arr. soprano, fl, vln, bc
*{{NoCo|Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier|Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier, BWV 469}}
*from ''Schemellis Gesangbuch''
*{{NoCo|Jesu deine Liebeswunden|Jesu deine Liebeswunden, BWV 471}}
**{{NoCo|Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier|Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier, BWV 469}}
*{{NoCo|Kommt, Seelen, dieser Tag, BWV 479}}
**{{NoCo|Jesu deine Liebeswunden|Jesu deine Liebeswunden, BWV 471}}
*{{NoComp|Ode to the Seasons (and to Change)}}
**{{NoCo|Kommt, Seelen, dieser Tag, BWV 479}}
*{{NoCo|O sacred head}}  (from St. Mattäus-Passion, nrs. 15/17 and nr. 54)
*{{NoComp|Ode to the Seasons (and to Change)}} contrafactum of ''Jesu bleibet maine Freude'', [[Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
|Cantata 147]]
*{{NoCo|O sacred head}}  (from St. Matthew's-Passion, nrs. 15/17 and nr. 54)
*{{NoCo|Spiritus Domini}} (Arrangement of fugue nr.9 from WTC II BWV 878)
*{{NoCo|Spiritus Domini}} (Arrangement of fugue nr.9 from WTC II BWV 878)
*{{NoCo|Wachet auf!}}  
*{{NoCo|Wachet auf!}} multiple harmizations
*{{NoCo|Veni Sancte Spiritus}}
*{{NoCo|Veni Sancte Spiritus}} ''Die Kunst der Fuge'' BWV 1080


===Misattributed works===
===Misattributed works===

Revision as of 02:53, 16 December 2016

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J.S. Bach as painted by Gottlieb Haussmann (circa 1747).

Life

Born: 21 March 1685

Died: 28 July 1750

Biography

Johann Sebastian Bach was a prolific German composer and organist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity. Although he introduced no new forms, he enriched the prevailing German style with a robust contrapuntal technique, a control of harmonic and motivic organization from the smallest to the largest scales, and the adaptation of rhythms and textures from abroad, particularly Italy and France.

While Bach's fame as an organist was great during his lifetime, he was not particularly well-known as a composer. His adherence to Baroque forms and contrapuntal style was considered "old-fashioned" by his contemporaries, especially late in his career when the musical fashion tended towards Rococo and later Classical styles. A revival of interest and performances of his music began early in the 19th century, and he is now widely considered to be one of the greatest composers in the Western tradition.

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List of choral works

Cantatas (BWV1-BWV 224 and BWV 249)

Chorale Harmonizations (BWV 250-BWV 438)

Comparative Editions (Chorales with different harmonizations)

Other works

Editions with texts translated to other languages

Vocal Arrangements based on Bach's works

|Cantata 147]]

Misattributed works


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Recordings of interest

Bach: Cantatas for alto

  • Performer: Andreas Scholl, Marcel Ponseele, Markus Markl
  • Orchestra: Collegium Vocale Orchestra
  • Audio CD (October 12, 1999);1 Disc
  • Label: Harmonia Mundi Fr.

External links

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