Talk:Darzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes, BWV 40

Dürr 1971 or 1981?
The article cites Dürr 1971 while the Biography gives a date of 1981. Which is correct? Aa77zz (talk) 21:11, 3 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Fixed. (A page was requested, I have it only for the 1981 paperback edition.) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:26, 3 October 2013 (UTC)

Title
Title Should be "Dazu...." Researching Bach Cantatas for my job, I find that only wikipedia has this spelling. "Darzu" is meaningless, at least in Modern High German. While it's conceivable that it's a spelling that's changed over time, I can find no other source with this spelling. Most use "Dazu". Jrgsf 19:49, 25 September 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jrgsf (talk • contribs)


 * I reverted, because this is the spelling of the NBA, which is Bach's spelling. Several spellings in titles and texts are kept from Bach's time, some also from the time of print, - before the latest Germany orthography reform. Please look at the sources, - the better ones all have this spelling, - not Bach Cantatas, but that tells you a bit about the site, - it's great, and I am happy it's there, but is not reliable. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:08, 25 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Moved from the wrong page, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:12, 25 September 2014 (UTC)

Scoring and Structure
This article states that Bach scored it for a "two horns (corno da caccia)." Bach could not have possibly scored it for corno da caccia since valved horns did not exist at the time. Perhaps a statement like "(corno da caccia in modern performances)" would be appropriate. I'm not sure about England, but in the US corno da caccia is normally called the French Horn and that name would be better than corno da caccia. Mike32065 (talk) 14:25, 3 November 2022 (UTC)
 * certainly not a French horn, - I wonder why in the US those two would be equivalent. Corno da caccia translates to hunting horn, and they were simple and valveless. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:26, 3 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Prior to my post, I was not familiar with corno da caccia so I googled it. I found I could buy one for about $6,000 (US), which is very expensive. What is being offered is a French horn. Having said that, I will now take your word that a corno da caccia is a hunting horn and the French horn I found for sale was given a fancy (meaning a foreign) name to increase its price. The majority of French horns I found for sale are under $1,000. Mike32065 (talk) 20:45, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
 * I added a wrong pic in 2012, mislead by its caption, which I now removed, - sorry --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:01, 3 November 2022 (UTC)