This enchanting melody from the fourth movement of Bach's Cantata No. 140 was composed in 1731, using the parable of the wise and foolish virgins as the text. The work is beautiful in its simplicity - Bach used only three melodic lines to write it - and demonstrates the composer's contrapuntal genius at its best. For greatest effect it is suggested that the trumpets and trombones play behind the band or to the right and left of the stage.
Instrumentation
Instrumentation
Number of Parts
Pages Per Part
FULL SCORE
1
20
FLUTE
5
2
OBOE
2
1
ENGLISH HORN
1
2
EB CLARINET
1
2
BB CLARINET 1
5
2
BB CLARINET 2
5
2
BB CLARINET 3
5
2
EB ALTO CLARINET
1
2
BB BASS CLARINET
1
2
BASSOON
2
2
EB ALTO SAXOPHONE 1
1
2
EB ALTO SAXOPHONE 2
1
2
BB TENOR SAXOPHONE
2
1
EB BARITONE SAXOPHONE
1
2
BB TRUMPET 1
2
1
BB TRUMPET 2
2
1
BB TRUMPET 3
2
1
F HORN 1
2
2
F HORN 2
2
2
EB HORN 1
2
2
EB HORN 2
2
2
TROMBONE 1
2
1
TROMBONE 2
2
1
TROMBONE 3
2
1
EUPHONIUM
2
1
BB EUPHONIUM TC
2
1
TUBA
4
2
DOUBLE BASS
1
2
TIMPANI
1
1
Product Details
#HL 44004462
073999259285
AMP033
9.0"
12.0"
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