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From heav'n above / J. S. Bach ; arranged by Eugene Ormandy.
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- Format:
- Musical score
- Author/Creator:
- Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750.
- Standardized Title:
- Weihnachts-Oratorium. Wir singen dir in deinem Heer; arranged
- Subjects (All):
- Ormandy, Eugene, 1899-1985.
- Oratorios--Excerpts, Arranged--Scores and parts.
- Oratorios.
- Oratorios--Excerpts, Arranged.
- Manuscripts.
- Orchestral music, Arranged--Scores and parts.
- Orchestral music, Arranged.
- Music--Manuscripts.
- Music.
- Ormandy, Eugene, 1899-1985--Manuscripts.
- Ormandy, Eugene.
- Genre:
- Scores and parts.
- Scores.
- Physical Description:
- 2 manuscript scores (11 pages) ; 34 cm + 55 parts ; 35 cm + 1 score (8 pages) + 24 parts ; 32 cm
- Contained In:
- Eugene Ormandy Collection of Scores. Box 16.
- Other Title:
- Vom Himmel hoch da komm' ich her.
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1942]
- Notes:
- One pencil manuscript and one ink manuscript.
- Originally for chorus and orchestra; arranged for full orchestra.
- Cover title.
- Forms part of: Eugene Ormandy Archive, Special Collections, Van Pelt Library, University of Pennsylvania.
- Local Notes:
- Presumably titled "From heav'n above" due to the use of the chorale tune "Vom Himmel hoch da komm' ich her".
- This set of scores and parts was created by the library of the Philadelphia Orchestra during the tenure of conductor Eugene Ormandy. It consists of: 1 pencil manuscript score (10 p.); 1 ink manuscript score (11 p.); 1 Boosey & Hawkes full score (plate no.: Dom. Ed. No. 53); 55 ozalid copies of manuscript parts; 24 Boosey & Hawkes parts.
- Also includes: 1 typewritten letter (1 sheet) to Eugene Ormandy from H. W. Heinsheimer of Boosey & Hawkes concerning publication of this arrangement, and 1 handwritten note from Heinsheimer concerning the plate number to be used on the published score and parts.
- Includes original folder.
- "Sept. 19, 1942" -- p. 10 of pencil manuscript.
- Publisher Number:
- Dom.Ed.No. 53 Boosey & Hawkes
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