Introduction
- Apart from the concertante and chamber music parts for oboe in certain of the Brandenburg Concerti and Suites for Orchestra, a large proportion of the choral works of Bach contain important solo parts for oboe, oboe d'amore and cor anglais. Some of the Sinfonias to the Cantatas are for solo oboe with orchestral accompaniment, and in most of the arias the obbligato part is as important as the vocal line and the instrumentalist plays the opening statement of the theme, thus setting its tempo and mood. Such works are often physically and musically exacting and the student should study the parts carefully before a performance. These books should be useful for this purpose and the passages given are also valuable material for general practice. In a collection of this size it is impossible to include long excerpts from all the works: as a general rule I have quoted briefly from most of the important solo parts, and more fully from those which seem likely to be most frequently performed or which are particularly exacting for the player.
- In these books the parts for oboe d'amore and cor anglais have been written in the correct keys for these instruments; no transposition is necessary unless the parts are to be played on the oboe.
- The ornaments, phrasing and dynamics quoted are those given in the Bach Gesellschaft Edition.
- The playing of ornaments in Bach is a controversial subject on which experts frequently differ; the suggested interpretation of the ornaments given here are based on some widely accepted conventions, but students are warned that these may not be universally approved.
- Bach wrote very few tempo indications and those given in brackets are my suggestions for facilitating the student's practice.
"Bach (J.S.) - 105 Difficult Passages from the Works of J. S. Bach. For oboe"
Source: Bach (J.S.) - 105 Difficult Passages from the Works of J. S. Bach. For oboe, oboe d'amore and oboe da caccia (cor anglais)
Index
- Cantata No. 1 (Wie schon leuchtet) Oboe da caccia
- Cantata No. 3 (Ach Gott) 2 Oboi d'amore
- Cantata No. 6 (Bleib'bei uns) Oboe da caccia
- Cantata No. 8 (Liebster Gott) Oboe d'amore
- Cantata No. 12 (Weinen, Klagen) Oboe
- Cantata No. 21 (Ich hatte viel Bekummernis) Oboe
- Cantata No. 22 (Jesus nahm zu sich) Oboe
- Cantata No. 23 (Du wahrer Gott) 2 Oboi
- Cantata No. 24 (Bin ungefahrt Gemuthe) 2 Oboi d'amore
- Cantata No. 31 (Der Himmel lacht) Oboe
- Cantata No. 32 (Liebster Jesu) Oboe
- Cantata No. 33 (Allein zu dir) 2 Oboi
- Cantata No. 36 (Schwingt freudig) Oboe d'amore
- Cantata No. 39 (Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot) Oboe
- Cantata No. 43 (Gott fahret auf) 2 Oboi
- Cantata No. 44 (Sie werden Euch in den Bann Tun) Oboe
- Cantata No. 47 (Wer sick selbst erhohet) Oboe
- Cantata No. 48 (Ich elender Mensch) Oboe
- Cantata No. 56 (Ich will den Kreuzstab) Oboe
- Cantata No. 63 (Christen, atzet diesen Tag) Oboe
- Cantata No. 64 (Sehet, welch' eine Liebe) Oboe d'amore
- Cantata No. 68 (Also hat Gott) Oboe
- Cantata No. 73 (Herr, wie du willst) Oboe
- Cantata No. 75 (Die Elenden sollen essen) Oboe d'amore
- Cantata No. 79 (Gott, der Herr, ist Sonn'und Schild) Oboe
- Cantata No. 82 (Ich habe genug) Oboe
- Cantata No. 89 (Was soll ich aus dir machen) Oboe
- Cantata No. 92 (Ich hab' in Gottes Herz) Oboe d'amore
- Cantata No. 93 (Wer nur den lieben Gott lasst walten) Oboe
- Cantata No. 94 (Was frag' ich) Oboe d'amore
- Cantata No. 97 (In allen meinen Thaten) 2 Oboi
- Cantata No. 98 (Was Gott tut) Oboe
- Cantata No. 100 (Was Gott tut) Oboe d'amore
- Cantata No. 102 (Herr, deine Augen) Oboe
- Cantata No. 105 (Herr, gene nicht ins Gericht) Oboe
- Cantata No. 108 (Es ist euch gut) Oboe d'amore
- Cantata No. 110 (Unser Mund sei voll Lachens) Oboe d'amore
- Cantata No. 112 (Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt) Oboe d'amore
- Cantata No. 116 (Du Friedefurst) Oboe d'amore
- Cantata No. 121 (Christum wir sollen loben) Oboe d'amore
- Cantata No. 126 (Erhalt' uns, Herr) 2 Oboi
- Cantata No. 127 (Herr Jesu Christ) Oboe
- Cantata No. 128 (Auf Christi Himmelfahrt) Oboe d'amore
- Cantata No. 129 (Gelobet sei der Herr) Oboe d'amore
- Cantata No. 135 (Ach Herr, mich armen Sunder) 2 Oboi
- Cantata No. 136 (Erforsche mich, Gott) Oboe d'amore
- Cantata No. 140 (Wachet auf) Oboe
- Cantata No. 144 (Nimm, was dein ist) Oboe d'amore
- Cantata No. 147 (Herz and Mund) Oboe d'amore
- Cantata No. 152 (Tritt auf die Glaubensbahn) Oboe
- Cantata No. 156 (Ich steh' mit einem Fuss im Grabe) Oboe
- Cantata No. 157 (Ich lasse dich nicht) Oboe d'amore
- Cantata No. 159 (Sehet, wir geh'n hinauf) Oboe
- Cantata No. 166 (Wo gehest du bin?) Oboe
- Cantata No. 174 (Ich liebe den Hochsten) 2 Oboi
- Cantata No. 177 (Ich ruf' zu dir) Oboe da caccia
- Cantata No. 186 (Arg're dich, o Seele, nicht) Oboe da caccia
- Cantata No. 187 (Es wartet Alles auf dich) Oboe
- Weihnachts-Oratorium
- Oster-Oratorium
- Matthaus-Passion
- Johannes-Passion
- Mass in B minor
- Mass in F major
- Mass in G major
- Magnificat - Oboe d'amore
- Phoebus und Pan - Oboe d'amore
- Cantata "Weichet nur" - Oboe
- Der zufriedengestellte Aeolus - Oboe d'amore
- Schleicht, spielende Wellen - 2 Oboi d'amore
- Hochzeitskantate - Oboe d'amore
- Cantata "Schwingt freudig euch empor" - Oboe d'amore
- Die Wahl des Hercules
- Brandenburgisches Konzert No. 1
- Brandenburgisches Konzert No. 2
- Suite No. 1
- Suite No. 4
Paper Comment
- Time also recorded against "Practice - Oboe - Playing & Practice", which summarises all the time I spend on my oboe.
- For the actual time recorded against this task, click on "Paper Statistics" above.
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