| Title: | Christmas Oratorio BWV 248 |
| Cantata no.: | 1 |
| Date: | 1734 |
The transcription and its source movement:
| Movement: | No. 4: The aria Bereite dich, Zion |
| Tune: | - | Text of the aria: | "Bereite dich, Zion, mit zärtlichen Trieben, / den Schönsten, den Liebsten bald bei dir zu sehn! / Deine Wangen / müssen heut viel schöner prangen, / eile, den Bräutigam sehnlichst zu lieben!" |
| Originally scored for: | A, Oboe d'amore I, violino I, fagotto, organ & cont. |
| Transcribed as: | A trio movement for organ |
| Key in the cantata: | A minor |
| Key in the transcription: | A minor |
| Comments: | The most important changes have been made in the second part of the aria. Here the bass voice has in some bars been simplified, and the upper voice has in these bars been constructed freely, inspired by the flow of the original bass voice. |
Peter Bękgaard
