I have lost some friends by death... others through the sheer inability to cross the street. - Virginia Woolf, The Waves (1931)
2008, October 17
JSB Chorales
What is on JSBChorales?
The core of JSBChorales is the set of four-part harmonized chorales.
I have added a few other chorale-based pieces, but they are extra bonuses.
The two lists that contain everything on the site are:
the four part chorales
some (as in a few) organ chorales, chorale fantasias, embellished chorales.
If the piece is not on these two lists, it is not on the site. Unless I live to be 150 years old and have very little else to do, I doubt that most of the organ chorales will make it to the site.
Sets of the files are available in zipped format.
2008, September 30
Wedding Chorales
Three chorales with horns
At last, another group of four part chorales is uploaded. The three Wedding chorales, BWV 250, 251 and 252 all have two trumpets added to the four voices. The first horn doubles the soprano, and the second horn has a more difficult time adding counterpoint with lots of eighth notes, and even two 32nd notes at one point. Good luck to the second trumpet.
This page has links to download the midi files.
This page, down toward the bottom, has links to download the mp3 files.
Enjoy!
2008, August 31
Recuperation and Revision
Posted today: chorales from the motets. Completes chorales from known cantatas and motets.
Slowly the routine is returning to normal. My back injury is healing; the revision is slowly resuming. Today I uploaded the final set of chorales from known cantatas and motets. Also included in the upload is BWV 1.6 for the Annunciation, which I accidently left out of the chronology.
An mp3 file was also uploaded for BWV 157.5, somehow it got missed in the chorales for the Purification of Mary.
The second part of the revision is the set of four part chorales from BWV 250 to 438. So 217 down and 188 to go.
2008, August 02
Family Cats
Family cats from Los Osos to San Pablo..
Lulu at rest, don't bother her.
Two cats in this picture, Itsy Bitsy and Baby Jane.
Monkey in filtered sunlight.
Lulu and Monkey were captured asleep on my visit to my daughter and granddaughter in July. Baby Jane (Lady Jane Grey) was captured looking up at the late Itsy Bitsy's photo.
2008, July 31
Two Computers
Two computers replace one
GarageBand did not work for me—no experience with sequencers and all the tutorials start at a level over my head. I'm sure a youngster could come in here and show me how to do what I need done very quickly, but I am not able to figure it out for myself.
So I got an original iBook to run Panther and QuickTime 6.5 with Jeux, the organ SoundFont so I can make my conversions of a midi file to a QuickTime file with the capablilty to assign instruments to the channels. With an eight month old intel MacBook to run the big programs on Tiger, I will be in business again sooner rather than later.
So the computer problem is solved; now to tackle the rehab for the back injury.
2008, July 26
Back Problems
Added to the aforementioned computer problems there is now a back injury. So the delay in getting back to the revision will be longer than I had hoped.
2008, July 04
Death of a Mac
Logic board failure.
Suddenly, with no warning, the G5 has died. I really loved that Mac and now it is just parts, waiting to be disposed of. It will be replaced by a used MacBook from eBay. Not the same, but a very usable tool.
I got a MacBook for my daughter last year and am very impressed by it, so I don't think the transition will be too painful. She is graciously letting me use it for essentials, but it isn't reasonable to load on all my music software.
Of course, it means that there will be a suspension of the revision for a few weeks. It also means a change in the work habits and flow. I don't think QuickTime Pro 6.5 will work on the Intel system, so I may have to switch to GarageBand to make instrument choices for my files. This will entail a learning curve. I hope to have everything back up and running by the end of July.
2008, June 26
California Wildfires and a Red Sun
1000 wildfires are burning around us.
White sky, red sun at sunset. A very smokey day in the San Francisco Bay area, causing burning and itching eyes, dry cough, a headache, aching muscles. The smell of smoke is so strong that it smells like the fire is right next door.
