Bach's Christmas Carol (Johann Sebastian Bach)

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Editor: Nigel Poole (added 2006-12-26).   Score information: A4, 6 pages, 768 kbytes   Copyright: Non-commercial

Edition notes: adapted from the Gavotte in Orchestral Suite 4, the key has been lowered from D to G and notes redistributed to suit voices, and an introduction added (borrowed from 8 bars before the end), otherwise Bach's music remains intact.

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Title: Bach's Christmas Carol
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach arr. Nigel Poole

Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Carols
Language: English
Instruments: SATB with keyboard accompaniment
Published: 2006

Description: After noticing melodic and harmonic similarities between the Gavotte from J. S. Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D and Mendelssohn's popular carol, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, I became convinced Mendelssohn must have adapted Bach's music for this carol. I thought it would be an interesting exercise to create an 'original Bach version' of Hark! The Herald by setting the words of the carol to the music of Bach's Gavotte, in an arrangement for choir and keyboard. Bach's Christmas Carol is the result. - Nigel Poole, Canberra, Australia, 2006. External websites: http://websights.org/bachcarol

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