Noter

Original

Bach's Christmas Carol. Johann Sebastian Bach arr. Nigel Poole. Piano. Sacred , Carol. Language. English. SATB.

Oversettelse

Bach's Christmas Carol. Johann Sebastian Bach arr. Nigel Poole. Plan. Hellig, Carol. Språk. Norsk. SATB.

Original

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.

Oversettelse

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.