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Works for smaller groups or ensembles

Johann Sebastian Bach: »Schmücke Dich, o liebe Seele« (Choralvorspiel, BWV 654) [choral prelude orchestrated by Arnold Schönberg]

Johann Sebastian Bach: »Schmücke Dich, o liebe Seele« (Choralvorspiel, BWV 654) [choral prelude orchestrated by Arnold Schönberg]
    DATE:
  • Ende April, Mai 1922 - 24. Juni 1922
    FIRST PERFORMANCE:
  • 7. Dezember 1922, New York, Carnegie Hall (New York Philharmonic Orchestra; Dir. Josef Stransky; Leo Schulz, Violoncello)
    APPROXIMATE DURATION:
  • ca. 6 Min.
    SOURCES:
  • a) handschriftliche Notizen auf Blättern eines Abreißkalenders aus 1918 (ASC),
  • b) Eintragungen im Notentext der Vorlage (J. S. Bach: Orgelwerke, C. F. Peters, Leipzig o. J., Band VII, Nr. 49, S. 50-52; ASC); The Library of Congress, Washington D.C., Music Division; ASC, Dauerleihgabe der Universal Edition Wien, UEQ 1611 (Partiturreinschriften)
    FIRST PRINT:
  • Universal Edition, Wien-Leipzig 1925 (UE Nr. 7650 Partitur; 1969, UE Nr. 14936 Studienpartitur)
    COMPLETE EDITION / GESAMTAUSGABE:
  • Arnold Schönberg, Sämtliche Werke, Abteilung VII, Reihe A, Bd. 25, hrsg. v. Tadeusz Okuljar, Mainz-Wien 1986, S. 13-31; Reihe B, Bd. 25/26, hrsg. v. Rudolf Stephan und Tadeusz Okuljar, Mainz-Wien 1988, S. 14-28 (Kritischer Bericht)
    SALES/RENTAL MATERIAL:
  1. Belmont Music Publishers (USA, Canada, Mexico): UE-14936 (score) 
  2. Belmont Music Publishers (USA, Canada, Mexico): (parts)
Additional information from the Arnold Schoenberg Center (Vienna)