 Christmas Oratorio [Weihnachtsoratorium] (BWV 248), 1734 |
| File: | bwv248.zip (August 2006) 195 kB |
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| Full name of work: | Christmas Oratorio [Weihnachtsoratorium] (BWV 248), 1734 |
| Composer: | Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750), German |
| Arranger: | N/A |
| About: | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bach |
| Lyricist: | N/A |
| First line: | N/A |
| Music category: | Classical Oratorio |
| Instruments: | arranged for SATB (piccolo, clarinet, French horn, bassoon) and piano (converted to strings etc) |
| Name of file creator: | John Hooper |
| e-mail address: | NWC "at" thehoopers "dot" demon "dot" co "dot" uk |
| Website: | http://www.thehoopers.demon.co.uk |
| Running time: | about 2hrs 30 min |
| Comments: | This ZIP File contains the following NAMED sections:- |
| Part I: | 01-JOYFL.NWC Christians, be joyful 02-3-now.nwc Now it came to pass 04-prepr.nwc See now the bridegroom 05-fitly.nwc Prepare thyself, Zion ............ How shall I fitly meet Thee 06-andsh.nwc And she brought forth her first-born Son 07-poor.nwc For us to earth He cometh poor 08-might.nwc Mighty Lord and King all glorious 09-jesus.nwc Ah! dearest Jesus |
| Part II: | 10-symph.nwc Symphony 11-sheps.nwc And there were shepherds 12-break.nwc Break forth, O beauteous, heavenly light 13-angel.nwc And the Angel said 14-what.nwc What God to Abraham revealed 15-haste.nwc Haste, ye shepherds 16-sign.nwc And this is the sign to you 17-gloom.nwc Within yon gloomy manger 18-haste.nwc O haste ye then 19-slumb.nwc Slumber, beloved 20-angel.nwc And suddenly 21-glory.nwc Glory to God in the highest 22-right.nwc 'Tis right that Angels thus should sing 23-hosts.nwc With all Thy hosts |
| Part III: | 24-hear.nwc Hear, King of Angels 25-angel.nwc And when the Angels 26-BETH.NWC Let us even now go to Bethlehem 27-hebid.nwc He bids us comfort take 28-lord.nwc The Lord hath all these wonders wrought 29-lord.nwc Lord, Thy mercy 30-haste.nwc And they came with haste 31-keep.nwc Keep, O my spirit 32-heart.nwc Yes, yes, my heart 33-thee.nwc Thee with tender care 34-retrn.nwc And the shepherds returned 35-rejoi.nwc Rejoice, and sing |
| Part IV: | 36-come.nwc Come and thank Him 37-eight.nwc And when eight days were fulfilled 38-imman.nwc Immanuel, beloved name 39-savir.nwc Ah! my Saviour 40-well.nwc 'Tis well, Thy name, O Lord 41-prais.nwc 'Tis Thee I would be praising 42-jesus.nwc Jesus, who didst ever guide me |
| Part V: | 43-GLORY.NWC Glory be to God 44-5king.nwc Now when Jesus was born ............ Where is the new-born King? 46-alldk.nwc All darkness flies 47-heart.nwc O Lord, my darken'd heart enlighten 48-50herod.nwc And when Herod the King .............. With fear why are you taken .............. And gathering together 51-salva.nwc Ah! when shall we see salvation 52-king.nwc My Lord is King alone 53-heart.nwc This proud heart |
| Part VI: | 54-FOES.NWC Lord, when our haughty foes 55-herod.nwc Then Herod called the wise men 56-trait.nwc Thou traitor 57-nought.nwc Nought against the power 58-heard.nwc And they, when they had heard 59-besid.nwc Beside Thy cradle 60-1warn.nwc And being warned of God ............ Depart! enough 62-foes.nwc Ye foes of man 63-fears.nwc O'er us no more shall fears of hell 64-venge.nwc Now vengeance has been taken There are no text/lyrics; these Files were generated purely for Choral Rehearsing purposes (using a published piano-reduction Score), and so don't look pretty even though they should sound reasonable (though that depends very much on your hardware/software; mine is a Soundblaster AWE64 Gold). Voice-emphasised Midi Files of the whole work can be downloaded for free from my Website (above). The Site also contains Midi Files for several rather more modern Composers, for which NWC versions may be available. |