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When danger and distress ere near.<ref>''Johann Sebastian Bach: Orgelbuchlein.'' Ed. Robert Clark and John David Peterson. (St. Louis, MO: Concordia, 1984), ____.</ref><BR> | When danger and distress ere near.<ref>''Johann Sebastian Bach: Orgelbuchlein.'' Ed. Robert Clark and John David Peterson. (St. Louis, MO: Concordia, 1984), ____.</ref><BR> | ||
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==Registration and Organs== | ==Registration and Organs== | ||
Revision as of 17:29, 25 February 2015
from Das Orgelbüchlein by Johann Sebastian Bach
Background
In Das alte Jahr vergangen ist the music sounds melancholy and the text is associated with the close of the calendar year.[1] The English translation of the text is as follows:
The old year now hath passed away;
We thank Thee, O our God to-day,
That Thou hast kept us through the year,
When danger and distress ere near.[2]
Registration and Organs
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See the footnote in the "Notes" section at the bottom of the page [3]
Fingering and Pedaling
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Articulation and Phrasing
According to Peter Williams, the chromatic lines is best played with a legato articulation characteristic of chromatic motifs. Note in BWV 614 how the perfect cadences, which are in fact strikingly regular and uncomplicated despite the overall mood, could then help by being detached..[4]
Ornamentation
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Tempo and Meter
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Scores and Editions
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Recordings
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Free Online
James Kibbie, 1717 Trost organ, St. Walpurgis, Großengottern, Germany, using _____.
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Other Resources
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Notes
- ↑ Peter Williams, "Suggestions for Playing the Works of Bach: Motifs in the Orgelbuchlein," The American Organist 18, (September 1984), 45.
- ↑ Johann Sebastian Bach: Orgelbuchlein. Ed. Robert Clark and John David Peterson. (St. Louis, MO: Concordia, 1984), ____.
- ↑ This footnote was entered in the "Registration and Organs" article.
- ↑ Peter Williams, "Suggestions for Playing the Works of Bach: Motifs in the Orgelbuchlein," The American Organist 18, (September 1984), 45.
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