Talk:Weihnachtsoratorium (Christmas Oratorio), BWV 248 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Error list
Some of these are variations between different editions. I have consulted Bärenreiter [BÄR], Carus 31.246/53 [CAR], Peters 38 [PET], Breitkopf & Härtel [B&H].
#1. Coro „Jauchzet, frohlocket, auf, preiset die Tage”
All voices, starting with tenor, bar 50: the third beat (the 3/32 note B) has a trill (tr). This holds for all occurrences of this motif.
#9. Choral „Ach mein herzliebes Jesulein!”
The penultimate word is ver-ges-se, not ver-ges-sen.
#17. Choral „Schaut hin! dort liegt im finstern Stall”
Bar 4, tenor. Last note is Bb, not A# (typographical error).
#23. Choral „Wir singen dir in deinem Heer”
Typographical issue in Bars 6-7 (and less importantly in bar 13): the 9/8 rest is difficult to parse. It would be better to group it as 3/8+6/8 and 6/8+3/8.
#36. Coro „Fallt mit Danken, fallt mit Loben”
Bar 50, bass. The first two 1/8 notes (F - Eb) should be replaced by a 1/4 note Eb. (The tr is correct; it remains on the first note.)
Bar 190, bass. Similarly, the first two 1/8 notes (F - E) should be replaced by a 1/4 note E. (The tr is correct; it remains on the first note.) All editions I have consulted [BÄR],[CAR],[PET],[B&H] agree on this.
Bar 145, bass. The 5th 1/16 note should be G# not G. (Remove the natural sign)
#42. Choral „Jesus richte mein Beginnen”
Bar 17 (the last bar before the repetition sign) is only played the first time, and not repeated.
#43. Coro „Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen”
Bar 24, all voices: first note (Gott) is 1/8, not 1/4. (All editions I have consulted [BÄR],[CAR],[PET],[B&H] agree on this.)
Bar 98-99. The separation between the bars should be shifted 1/4 to the left. (and the apostrophe in bereit' is missing in the tenor voice.)
#45. Coro „Wo ist der neugeborne König der Jüden"
Variations of text. Juden is the modern form, Jüden is obsolete (and probably the original version). [PET] and [B&H] have Juden; [BÄR] and [CAR] have Jüden.
Bar 3, alto. Gb should be G.
Bar 9, alto. Gb should be G.
#54. Chorus „Herr, wenn die stolzen Feinde schnauben”
Bar 223-224, bass. The last three notes of bar 223 and the first note of bar 224 are D-C#-B-A. This agrees with [B&H] and [PET]. [CAR] and [BÄR] have a variation in which this passage is a third lower: B-A-G-F#.
Bar 145, tenor. 2nd not should be C#, not C. (Remove the natural sign.)
Variations of text. Hilfe is the modern form of the noun help, Hülfe is an obsolete form. (... nach deiner Macht und Hilfe/Hülfe sehn.) [B&H] has Hilfe; [PET], [BÄR] and [CAR] have Hülfe.
#64. Choral „Nun seid ihr wohl gerochen”
The first bar is not repeated; the repetition starts with bar 2. (And there is 1/8 upbeat before bar 1.)
--Rote 01:12, 4 January 2009 (UTC)