File 108 - Fourteen figural chorales : from J. S. Bach's Das Orgelbüchlein : second set : for orchestra

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OTUFM 10-A-108

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Fourteen figural chorales : from J. S. Bach's Das Orgelbüchlein : second set : for orchestra

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  • 1993 (Creation)

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1 ms. score (45 p.) : pencil

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Beckwith, John
(1927-2022)

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University of Toronto Music Library

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John Beckwith (1996)

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File consists of the manuscript score for a second set of chorales from Das Orgelbüchlein by Johann Sebastian Bach, transcribed for orchestra by John Beckwith. This set includes:

  1. Herr Christ, der ein'ge Gottes-Sohn, BWV 601 (dedicated to Christophe Wolff)
  2. Puer natus in Bethlehem, BWV 603 (in memory of Elsie Keith, Lady MacMillan)
  3. Helft mir Gottes Güte preisen, BWV 613 (dedicated to Zelda and Victor Feldbrill)
  4. Das alte Jahr vergangen ist, BWV 614 (dedicated to Lorand Fenyves)
  5. Mit Fried' und Freud' ich fahr' dahin, BWV 615 (dedicated to Otto Joachim)
  6. O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig, BWV 618 (dedicated to Georg Tintner)
  7. Da Jesus an dem Kreuze stund, BWV 621 (dedicated to Mary Ann and Clark Ross)
  8. Wir danken dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 623 (dedicated to Sharyn and Fred Hall)
  9. Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, BWV 626 (dedicated to Pierre Souvairan)
  10. Heut' triumphiret Gottes Sohn, BWV 630 (in memory of Sir Ernest MacMillan)
  11. Komm, Gott, Schöpfer, heiliger Geist, BWV 631 (dedicated to Stephen Chenette)
  12. Wenn wir in höchsten Nöthen sein, BWV 641 (dedicated to Marian Ross and Robert Aitken)
  13. Es ist das Heil uns kommen her, BWV 638 (dedicated to Mary Morrison)
  14. Ach wie nichtig, ach wie flüchtig, BWV 644 (dedicated to Norah and John McMorrow).

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