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Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh' darein / Bach ; McDonald.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 60
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- Format:
- Musical score
- Author/Creator:
- Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750.
- Standardized Title:
- Schau, lieber Gott, wie meine Feind. Schau, lieber Gott, wie meine Feind; arranged
- Subjects (All):
- McDonald, Harl, 1899-1955.
- Chorales--Instrumental settings.
- Chorales.
- String orchestra music, Arranged--Scores and parts.
- String orchestra music, Arranged.
- Music--Manuscripts.
- Music.
- McDonald, Harl, 1899-1955--Manuscripts.
- McDonald, Harl.
- Manuscripts.
- Genre:
- Chorales.
- Scores.
- Physical Description:
- 2 manuscript scores (4 unnumbered pages, 3 unnumbered pages) ; 35-37 cm. + 40 parts ; 31-33 cm
- Contained In:
- Eugene Ormandy Collection of Scores. Box 2.
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [between 1940 and 1949]
- Notes:
- 1 Ozalid copy of manuscript, and 1 pencil holograph.
- Caption title.
- Based on: Schau, lieber Gott, wie meine Feind (BWV 153). 1st chorale / J. S. Bach; arranged for string orchestra by Harl McDonald.
- This set of scores and parts was created by the library of the Philadelphia Orchestra during the tenure of conductor Eugene Ormandy.
- Ozalid copy of score marked by Eugene Ormandy for performance with the Philadelphia Orchestra; pencil manuscript marked with duration.
- Parts marked for performance by members of the Philadelphia Orchestra; markings include bowings, and some parts contain manuscript inserts.
- Includes original folder; a note attached to the inside of the folder reads: "10/86 From Peter Conover. According to William Smith, McDonald did not actually use a Bach work to base this arrangement on. He composed it himself in the style of a Bach chorale".
- Forms part of: Eugene Ormandy Archive, Special Collections, Van Pelt Library, University of Pennsylvania.
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