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| A | alto |
| a-trb | alto trombone |
| a-vla | alto viola |
| arp | harp |
| B | bass (vocal) |
| b | bass (instrumental) |
| b-trb | bass trombone |
| b.fig | bass, figured |
| Bariton | baritone |
| bass | Thorough-bass |
| bc | thorough-bass (figured) |
| bombarde | bombardon |
| brasses | brasses |
| cb | double-bass |
| cemb | cembalo |
| cemb 4hands | cembalo fourhanded |
| chalumeau | shawm |
| choir book | choir book |
| cl | clarinet |
| clav | clavecin |
| clno | clarino |
| cnto | cornetto |
| Contra-A | contralto |
| contra-fag | double bassoon |
| cor | horn |
| cor di bassetto | basset horn |
| cor inglese | cor anglais |
| Coro | choir |
| Dessus | soprano (vocal) |
| dessus | soprano (instrumental) |
| fag | bassoon |
| fl | flute |
| fl.picc | piccolofuvola |
| guit | guitar |
| hautecontre | alto instrument |
| hpcd | harpsichord |
| i | instrumental part |
| iSol | solo instrument |
| keyb | keyboard instruments |
| Kornetto | cornet |
| lute | lute |
| Mezzo-S | mezzo-soprano |
| ob | oboe |
| ob d'amore* | oboe de amor |
| orch | orchestra |
| org | organ |
| org 4hands | organ (four-handed) |
| pf | pianoforte |
| pf 4hands | pianoforte (four-handed) |
| plck | plucked instrument(s) |
| recorder | block flute |
| S | soprano |
| Sprechstimme | speech voice |
| stck | percussion |
| strings | strings |
| T | tenor |
| t-trb | tenor trombone |
| taille | tenor part |
| theorbe | theorbo |
| timp | timpano(s) |
| tr | trumpet |
| trb | trombone |
| Treble | highest voice within sentence |
| treble | treble-highest instrumental voice |
| V | (vocal) voice |
| V 5 | 5th voice |
| Vag | additional voice |
| violetta | violetta |
| vl | violin |
| vla | viol(a) |
| vla d'amore* | viola d`amore |
| vla da gamba | viola da gamba |
| vlc | violoncello |
| vlne | violone |
| VSol | vocal solo part(s) |
| winds | wind players |
| woodwinds | woodwinds |
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Work information
Scoring Note: V (3), Coro, orch, org
Thematic catalog number:
Fk 80
Language: German
Genre: Cantatas
Liturgical festivity: Pentecostes
Source description
Original title: [title page:] Pfingst=Musik: | Lasset uns ablegen die Werke | 1. Trompete | 2. Trompete | Pauken. | 1. Violin | 2. Violin | Viola | Canto. | Alto. | Tenore | Baßo | Fundamento. | Von | Wilhelm Friedemann Bach.
Material:
- score: 22f.
Manuscript: 1750-1799 (18.2d); 32,5 x 21 cm
Copyist: Michel
Incipits
Lasset uns ablegen die Werke der Finsternis
Schon nahet sich die Zeit
Drum Vater wollest du auf mich den Geist
Further notes
Scoring: S, A, T, B, Coro S, Coro A, Coro T, Coro B, vl 1, vl 2, vla, b, fl, ob, tr (2), timp, org
Other Names: Mandyczewski, Eusebius
Notes: org.fig
Canceled book-stamp of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien on title page
Binding: modern marbled boards
Cover title: "W. F. Bach / Pfingst-Musik / Paritur Cat III 19687"
Title page: "E Mandyczewski / Wien 22.5.1902"
At tail of Recit. Schon nahet sich die Zeit, p.28: "Choral, der 2.te Vers von Schluß Choral. / Auf auf vom Sünden schlaf. / Segue Rec: Canto"
At tail of title page, in George Weston's hand: "The indication Maestoso is derived from the / manuscript in the Berlin library, which is / in a copyist's hand but has corrections in / the handwriting of Friedemann Bach. The / MS. dates 1753. G. B. W. August 4, 1948"
On verso of upper flyleaf: "George B. Weston / Wien, May 22, 1902"
Literature:
Mahrenholz-WolffH 1992
no.42
Provenance
Former Owner: Weston, George Benson
Provenance: Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde Bad Bergzabern, Wien
Olim: III. 19687
Harvard University, Harvard College Library <Cambridge, MA>, Cambridge, MA US-CA
(US-CA/ bMS Mus 107)
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