Talk:Christus, der ist mein Leben, BWV 95

Horn
I'm a bit puzzled by the claim that in the first chorus "every line is preceded by an entry of the horn". You don't hear this, and what the score shows is that the horn, in its own octave, doubles the soprano line at each entry. Translation error?Delahays (talk) 19:18, 29 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Will check, commented out for now. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:35, 29 November 2015 (UTC)

My error - I rewrote the comment, but you were too fast for me. The issue is the use of the word "enforce" in a sense which is really that of "reinforce". The entry in the second chorale is in fact in three parts - horn and two oboes. It so happens that the version in which I am used to listening to it ( from Bremen) in which George Jelden sings very well, has the horn part played on a trumpet - to a very Stravinskyan effect. But i do not see how the pizzicati in his aria can possibly suggest funeral bells - even clocks don't tick as fast as that, though it might be that Bach had a pocket watch in mind. ApologiesDelahays (talk) 19:46, 29 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Changed back, used "reinforce", and provided a source for the "bells" which Dürr also has (but offline and in German). You probably know that it is not important for Wikipedia if a fact is true, nor what you and I think or "see", but what a reliable source says ;) . Thank you for diligent reading and listening, - go to BWV 61 and BWV 140 if you have more time. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:52, 29 November 2015 (UTC)