Talk:Tönet, ihr Pauken! Erschallet, Trompeten! BWV 214

Pauken are no drums.
What can we do? The instruments for which Bach scored are Pauken (timpani), not Trommeln (drums). At least explain in a footnote? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:04, 16 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Not sure that is needed - timpani are a type of drum, and drum is more often used in translations of the title AFAICT. Sample sources: . I'm not seeing any source for this translation? Nikkimaria (talk) 18:22, 16 November 2017 (UTC)


 * I see the translations, but I also listen to the music: not the right sound. I may have a language problem: in German - as you can see in the linked articles - Pauken are no types of Trommeln. The distinction is made explicitly in the Trommel article: Pauken have a pitch, while Trommeln make just a percussive sound. Very colloquially (says the next para), all percussion instruments are called drums, but can we get a bit more specific? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:40, 16 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Interesting - in English it's quite accurate to say that timpani are a type of drum. We should accurately describe the instrumentation in the article body, but of course we should also follow the sources with regards to translation. Nikkimaria (talk) 18:43, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Relation to Christmas Oratorio
The relation to the movements in the Christmas Oratorio were in sound files of that work. I doubt that's too useful. In the process to nominate this article for GA, I replaced the list of movements by a table, and commented out the former, to work on it with more detail. Patience please. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:36, 16 November 2018 (UTC)