The vocal sense is the most important factor in the hearing of polyphony. One hears counterpoint far less in terms of its component notes than in terms of the transitions between these notes. - Ralph Kirkpatrick
2006, May 22
Chorales - the English Translations
This is a repost of an earlier entry. I had to delete the original as it was comment spammed. People often ask for English words for the chorales. This book has the largest set of singable translations into English, by C.S. Terry.
Instrum/voices code: va01 vc01 vd01 vf01
Author: Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750.
Title: [Chorales. English & German]
Title: The four-part chorals of J. S. Bach, with the German
text of the hymns and English translations. Edited
with an historical introduction, notes and critical
appendices by Charles Sanford Terry.
Imprint: London, New York, Oxford University Press [1964]
Physical Description: xxv, close score (539 p.) facsims. (incl. music) port. 27 cm.
Note: “First published 1929. Reprinted (with a new foreword) 1964.”
Subject (LC): Chorales.
Subject (Other): SP8 CSUG AMLG
Added author: Terry, Charles Sanford, 1864-1936.
MUSIC CALL NUMBER COPY LOCATION
1)M3.1 .B11 C52T 1964 1 SCORES
