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| File: | bachsteh.nwc (July 2000) 1 kB |
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| Full name of work: | Recit. nr.23 from St. Matteus Passion |
| Composer: | Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750), German |
| First line: | Ich will hier bei dir stehen |
| Music category: | Baroque |
| Name of file creator: | Paul Grecay |
| e-mail address: | Pagrecay "at" aol "dot" com |
| Instruments: | various |
| Running time: | 00:01:11 |
| Comments: | Apologia- I feel a brief explanation of this submission is appropriate. I have little musical training outside of many years of celtic music (highland piping)...despite this I have always been captivated by the music of J.S. Bach and if I had my druthers, I would have gotten training in keyboard work...particularly the three part inventions and organ fugues. My background in piping gives me no experience with musical dynamics, key signatures, notes outside of a 9 note diatonic scale...and the mystery of the bass clef!! This is my attempt to remedy my ignorance with the help of the NWC software. There is an additional wrinkle...when I was a very young boy, I received some musical training on (please don't laugh) the accordion. I quit playing at age 10 and for 40 years never told a soul that I could play one. Well, recently I purchased a used 120 bass accordion. It struck me that music can be coaxed out of many odd instruments and I began to look at this accordion differently. On the right hand we have a piano type keyboard with several stops to change to sound. We have a bellows which can enhance dynamics and volume. On the left hand we have all the notes of the lower register arranged in an oddly logical way as a series of buttons. There are also buttons for major, minor, diminished, and seventh chords. I reasoned that an arrangement of this piece could be made within the constraints of the instrument...and since I will never be able to play an pipe organ this little "reed organ that you wear on your chest" might be able to produce these pieces in my living room. So I arranged the bass staff using the available keys and worked with a score from a church hymnal...it was necessary to eliminate notes in the left (button) hand that were played in the right (keyboard) hand to make it physically possible to play. None of the chord buttons are used (that would be cheating)...when I played it as written, I was so happy to hear this beautiful piece coming out of that funnly little squeeze box. So, dear reader, if you are still reading and have not fallen off your chair with laughter, I would appreciate your opinion of my little arrangement. I really enjoyed working on it...and I am amazed how Bach's work can be expressed in some unlikely forms...certainly a credit to his genius which I sincerely hope I have not insulted with this attempt at arrangement. Please let me know what you think...and be gentle...this is my first time. Yours truly............a musical novice and keyboard wannabee......Paul Grecay |
