Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750

From the partita no. 2 for solo violin by J.S. Bach.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Bach's chaconne / transcribed for large orchestra by Louis Gesensway. [19--]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 144609295

Arranged 1856. First performance same year at the Philharmonic concerts, Vienna, von H. Esser conductor. Elgar's coda added subsequently.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Toccata : für die Orgel / componiert von J.S. Bach ; für grosses Orchester eingerichtet von H. Esser ; coda by Edward Elgar. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 43248872

Cantata for the feast of Mary's Visitation. Basic melody of the Chorale is by Johann Schop, first published to the text of Werde munter, mein Gemüthe in Johann Rist's Himmlische Lieder, 1642. Text of Bach's Chorale is from Martin Jahn's hymn, Jesu, meiner Seelen Wonne. Cantata composed 1716 and revised by Bach, possibly 1727. First performance of this transcription Boston, 20 June 1941 Boston Pops Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler conductor. For Lucien Cailliet's transcription see callno.: 5990. For W.G. Whittaker's transcription for string orchestra with optional oboes, trumpet and mixed chorus see callno.: 862s.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Jesu joy of man's desiring : Elaborated chorale from Cantata 147, Herz und mund und that und leben / by Johann Sebastian Bach ; transcribed for orchestra by Richard G. Appel. c1941. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 42693925

Cantata for the feast of Mary's Visitation. Basic melody of the Chorale is by Johann Schop, first published to the text of Werde munter, mein Gemüthe in Johann Rist's Himmlische Lieder, 1642. Text of Bach's Chorale is from Martin Jahn's hymn, Jesu, meiner Seelen Wonne. Cantata composed 1716 and revised by Bach, possibly 1727. First performance of this transcription Boston, 20 June 1941 Boston Pops Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler conductor. For W.G. Whittaker's transcription for string orchestra with optional oboes, trumpet and mixed chorus see callno.: 862s. This transcription commissioned by Eugene Ormandy for the Philadelphia Orchestra. Transcribed 1934-36. First performance of transcription Philadelphia, 9 October 1936, Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Jesu joy of man's desiring : Chorale from cantata no. 147 / Johann Sebastian Bach ; orchestrated by Lucien Cailliet. 19--? (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 48367694

First performance Minneapolis, 20 December 1935, the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, conductor. The text of the hymn is a free version by Martin Luther of the Nicene Creed. Origin of the basic musical theme uncertain. Possibly derived from the traditional plan chant melody with German words used by Luther ca. 1524 to replace the Latin Credo in Unum Deum of the Mass. Bach composed several versions of Wir glauben all' an einen Gott.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Credo : Wir glauben all' an einen Gott, Schöpfer = We all believe in one Creator / J.S. Bach ; transcription for grand orchestra by Herman Boessenroth. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 42694191

Text of the chorale by Johann Rist (1641). Melody by Johann Crüger (1648). Bach's setting was for 4 mixed voices. First published posthumously by Fr. William Birnstiel, Berlin, 1765, in the first volume of a collection of the 4-part chorales made by the composer's son, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Gott, der du selber bist das Licht = God, who art thyself the light / J.S. Bach ; arranged for winds and timpani by Harl McDonald. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 42694021

Composed ca. 1720. This transcription ca. 1938. First performance Mitten Hall, Temple University, Philadelphia, July 1938, Philadelphia Civic Symphony Orchestra, J.W.F. Leman conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Fugue in G minor / Johann Sebastian Bach ; transcribed for string orchestra by Bernard Morgan. c1975. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 43248661

First performance Philadelphia, 6 May, 1934, Philadelphia City Symphony Orchestra of the Local Works Division, State Emergency Relief Administration, Thaddeus Rich conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Fuga from sonata no. 5 [sic] for violin alone / J.S. Bach ; arranged for orchestra by Otto Mueller. [1933] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 43249346

Originally composed as one of the chorale preludes in Part III of the Clavierübung, or Exercises for the Clavier, first published 1729. This transcription 1941. First performance Philadelphia, 28 April 1942, Curtis Institute Woodwind Ensemble, Marcel Tabuteau conductor. First public performance, New York, 17 January 1948, New York Philharmonic, Walter Hendl conductor. Dedicated to Marcel Tabuteau and the Curtis Institute Woodwind Ensemble.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Chorale-prelude, organ, Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist : BWV 671 / J.S. Bach ; arranged [by] Hershey Kay. 1941. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 42694079

Composed 1716-17. This transcription commissioned by Eugene Ormandy for the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. First performance of transcription Minneapolis, 12 April 1935, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Passacaglia et thema fugatum / J.S. Bach ; transcribed for orchestra by Herman Boessenroth. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 43248274

Epithet: composer

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000299.0x0000a3

This arrangement completed 1938. The original Bach composition was commissioned by Count Kayserling, the Russian Ambassador to the Court of Saxony, 1741 and published in 1742 under the title "Aria mit Verschiedenen Veränderungen, vors Clavicimbal mit 2 Manualan".--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Orchestersuite aus J.S. Bach's "Aria mit Dreissig Veraenderungen" = Suite for orchestra from J.S. Bach's "Air with 30 variations" / transcribed for orchestra by Nikolai Nabokov. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 42723144

First performance Minneapolis, 12 March 1936, Minneapolis Symphony, Paul Lemay conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Preludio from Sonata No. VI for violin / J.S. Bach ; transcription for grand orchestra by Herman Boessenroth. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 43248059

The original source of the text is unknown. Composed ca. 1736. First published in Georg Christian Schemelli's Musicalisches Gesangbuch, 1736, for which Bach was musical editor and contributor.

From the description of Chorale, Komm, süsser Tod : for cello & piano / J.S. Bach ;[[arr. by] Jenny Cullen, Dick Hoppin [and] K. Bisune (?)]. [19--] (University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 51554982

First performance by the Philharmonic Orchestra of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 4 August 1932, W. Burle Marx, conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Chaconne / J.S. Bach ; orchestral transcription by Burle Marx. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 42723560

First performance, Philadelphia, 2 December, 1936, the Curtis Orchestra, broadcast over CBS, Fritz Reiner conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Toccata and fugue in D minor / Johann Sebastian Bach ; transcribed by Leonid Leonardi. 1935. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 43249378

German composer.

From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Leipzig, 2 November 1748, to his cousin J[ohann] E[lias] Bach in Schweinfurt, 1748 Nov. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270670833

From the description of Autograph documents signed (2) dated : Leipzig, 26 October 1742 and 27 October 1744, 1742 Oct. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270906180

From the description of Fantasia per il Cembalo di G.S. Bach. [between 1726 and 1731] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270561560

From the description of J[esu]. J[uva] Festo Circumcisionis Xsti. Concerto. à 4 Voci, 3 Trombe, Tamburi, 2 Hautb. / 2 Violini, Viola e Contin: di Bach. [1729?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270561565

From the description of J. Der Herr ist mein getreüer Hirt p. à 4 Voci. 2 Corni: 2 Hautb: d'Amour 2 Violini / Viola e Cont. di J S Bach. 1731 04 08. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270561573

From the description of "Travers. / Es ist da[s] Heÿl." : copyist's manuscript, 1732-1735. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270561556

From the description of Es ist das heyl. Violino 2 ; [Bassus]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270561551

From the description of [Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe, BWV 197a]. [1728?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270561546

From the description of [Cantatas. Selections] : copyist's manuscript. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270561539

From the description of Præludium pro Organo / cum pedale obligato / di / Joh: Seb: Bach. [between 1727 and 1731] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270896373

From the description of Dominca 8 post Trinitatis / Wo Gott der Herr [abbreviated] nicht bey uns hält etc. / a / 4 Voci. / 2 Hautbois / 2 Violini / Viola / e / Continuo / di / Joh. Sebast: Bach. 1724 07 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270900440

From the description of "Preludio e Fuga per Organo Pieno a due tastature e pedale di Gio: Seb: Bach." (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270919785

Composed ca. 1720. This transcription 1952. First performance Indianapolis, 25 October 1952, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Fabien Sevitzky conductor. For Johann Joseph Abert's transcription of the Fugue from this work, see callno.: 5473.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Fantasie & fugue / J.S. Bach ; transcribed for orchestra by Fabien Sevitzky. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 43248898

Theme by Giovanni Gastoldi, first published as A Lieta Vita in his Canzonette a 3 Voci (1592-96). This theme was adapted as a hymn tune by Johannes Lindemann in 1597 to the words In dir ist Freude. From the Little Organ Book or Orgelbüchlein composed between 1708-1717, possibly for the young Wilhelm Friedemann Bach's instruction. This transcription 1954. First performance El Paso, Texas, 1959-60 season, El Paso Symphony, Orlando Barera conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of In dir ist Freude = (In thee is gladness), chorale variation on a theme by Giovanni Gastoldi (1591) / J.S. Bach ; transcribed for orchestra by Frederic Balazs. 1954. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 42694064

This transcription, 1976. First performance Wheaton, Illinois, 26 March 1977, DuPage Symphony, Russell Harvey conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Capriccio on the departure / Johann Sebastian Bach ; orchestrated by Russell Harvey. 1976. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 42694017

May be performed without woodwinds or brass. First performance by the Wilmington Music School, Wilmington, Delaware, 27 January 1936, Louis Vyner conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Prelude / Bach ; arranged for orchestra by Louis Vyner. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 43249463

Transcription, 1975, first performed in Philadelphia, 9 March 1975, Orchestra Society of Philadelphia, Sidney Rothstein, conductor. "Dedicated to those who have suffered the loss of a beloved one."--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of In memoriam : after J.S. Bach Sinfonia 9 / transcribed for orchestra by Burle Marx. c1975. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 43248935

Bound with Gluck's Iphigenia overture, Mozart's Canzonetta from Don Giovanni, and Schubert's Marche militaire, op. 51, no. 1.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Two gavottes from the D-major overture / J.S. Bach ; transcribed anonymously for string orchestra. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 42723514

Composed ca. 1736. First published in Georg Christian Schemelli's Musicalisches Gesangbuch, 1736, for which Bach was musical editor and contributor.--Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Komm süsser Tod / Bach ; orch.[estrated] by Charles O'Connell. [19--]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 319168268

Composed 1704 on the occasion of the departure of the composer's brother Johann Jakob Bach who was leaving to enter Swedish military service under Charles XII of Sweden as an oboist.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Capriccio on the departure of a beloved brother / Johann Sebastian Bach ; transcribed for orchestra by Ralph Berkowitz. 19--? (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 42694011

Originally composed ca. 1740 for the 24th Sunday after Trinity. Transcribed 1935. First performance St. Louis, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, 25November 1938, Vladimir Golschmann conductor.

From the description of Cantata no. 26 : ach, wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig, BWV 26. No. 1, Overture / J.S. Bach ; transcribed by Leonid Leonardi. [1---?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 42693879

The melody is the old German hymn tune, to which in 1524, Martin Luther added his paraphrase of Psalm 12 as text. Both melody and text were used by Bach in his setting of the Cantata no. 2, for the Second Sunday after Trinity, composed between 1735 and 1744.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh' darein / Johann Sebastian Bach ; transcribed for string orchestra by Harl McDonald. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 42693860

Orchestrated December 1979 - January 1980. First performance Kamloops, British Columbia, 16 February 1980, Kamloops Symphony Orchestra, Robert Rÿker conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Prelude and fugue in E-flat major, BWV 552 / Johann Sebastian Bach ; orchestrated by Robert Rÿker. [19--?]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 43248812

Text of the original hymn by Erasmus Alber ca. 1556. Composer of the original melody (1568) unknown. These partitas composed ca. 1700. Originally published as Partite Diverse Sopra: Christ, der du bist der helle Tag. Bach also composed a 4-part chorale on this melody (Schmieder BWV no. 273). This transcription 1930, consisting of only 6 of the original 7 partitas, Bach's Partita no. 5 having been left out.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Christ, der du bist der helle Tag / Johann Sebastian Bach ; transcribed for string orchestra by Fabien Sevitzky. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 43248191

Composed possibly 1720. This transcription 1939.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Sarabande & Bourrée from Partita no. 1 in B minor / J.S. Bach ; transcribed for string orchestra by Norman Black. 1939. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 42723528

Transcribed 1937. First performance Chicago, 2 November 1939, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Frederick Stock conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Prelude and fugue, organ, B minor : BWV 544 / J.S. Bach ; transcribed for orchestra by Gardner Read. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 43248536

From Part III of the Clavierübung. This transcription 1929. First performance Brooklyn, 18 February 1929, Brooklyn Orchestral Society, Philip James conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Wir glauben all' an einen Gott : (Giant fugue), BWV 680 / J.S. Bach ; [transcribed for orchestra by] Philip James. 1929. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 42694184

This transcription combines two separate works as listed in the Schmieder Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis. The Pastorale composed between 1703 and 1707. Its authenticity is not absolutely certain. The Prelude and Fugue is no. 4 of Eight Little Preludes and Fugues for the organ composed before 1710. All eight may possibly be by Johann Ludwig Krebs or by his father Johann Tobias Krebs. This transcription 1911. First performance Boston, 25 November 1914, Longy Club, Georges Longy conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Pastoral suite / Johann Sebastian Bach ; transcribed from original for organ by Archer Gibson. 1911. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 43248428

Transcribed 1935. First performance Pasadena, 22 January 1938, Pasadena Civic Orchestra, Richard Lert conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Organ prelude and fugue in E minor : the Cathedral / Johann Sebastian Bach ; transcribed for orchestra by Leonid Leonardi. [1935] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 43248855

The original source of the text is unknown. Composed ca. 1736. First published in Georg Christian Schemelli's Musicalisches Gesangbuch, 1736, for which Bach was musical editor and contributor. First performance Poughkeepsie, New York, 18 May 1939, the Vassar College Orchestra, Homer Pearson, conductor, Hilda Sizer, flautist.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Chorale and variation on the melody Komm süsser Tod / J.S. Bach ; for string orchestra by Clair Leonard. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 42723325