Trio in G Major (Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe)


The source cantata:
 
Title: Unser Mund sei voll Lachens
No.: 110
Date: 1725
Occasion: Christmas Day

 
The transcription and its source movement:
 
Movement: No. 5: The aria (duetto) Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe
Tune:  - - 
Text: "Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe und Friede auf Erden und den Menschen ein Wohlgefallen!"
Originally scored for: S., T. & cont.
Transcribed as: A trio movement for organ.
Key in the cantata: A Major
Key in the transcription: G Major
Comments: In the bass (continuo) voice some bars have been omitted. In some passages the tenor voice has been notated an octave higher, and the bass voice has been simplified. Few other changes have been made.


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