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Realizations of Bach’s Works using Various Tuning Systems - Main Page |
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With regard to Bach’s church music, the organ provided an immutable pitch
reference for both orchestra and singers. Accordingly, organ tuning is of
interest, if we wish to explore the spiritual sound world of Bach’s day. The tuning of most surviving historical organs was altered during the 19th century. As physical evidence of their original intonation is scarce, we typically rely on documents to reconstruct a possible past state; writings often of theoreticians rather than the secretive organ builders who originally tuned the instruments. While it is impractical to physically retune a rare historic instrument from its modern state as an experiment, it is possible to record the sound of each pipe and play it back at a slightly changed pitch. If the alteration is small, moreover, e.g., less than one semitone, then no change in timbre is perceived. This is a practical possibility today, as there are several niche “sample set” providers. An organ of interest is captured, stop by stop, recording each note in turn with high quality microphones. Various rare historic organs, including several that Bach may have played, have been captured in this manner and retuned for the videos below. Charles Francis (January 2013) |
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Cantata BWV 1 |
Mvt. 6: Chorale |
BWV 1 - Realizations (NT) |
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Cantata BWV 10 |
Mvt. 7: Chorale |
BWV 10 - Realizations (WTT) |
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Cantata BWV 26 |
Mvt. 6: Chorale |
BWV 26 - Realizations (WTT, WTTV) |
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Cantata BWV 52 |
Mvt. 6: Chorale |
BWV 52 - Realizations (WTT, MTTPA) |
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Cantata BWV 55 |
Mvt. 5: Chorale |
BWV 55 - Realizations (WTT) |
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Cantata BWV 60 |
Mvt. 5: Chorale |
BWV 60 - Realizations (MTTPA) |
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Cantata BWV 67 |
Mvt. 7: Chorale |
BWV 67 - Realizations (WTTV) |
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Cantata BWV 70 |
Mvt. 7: Chorale |
BWV 70 - Realizations (WTT) |
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Cantata BWV 83 |
Mvt. 5: Chorale |
BWV 83 - Realizations (WTT) |
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Cantata BWV 89 |
Mvt. 2: Alto Recitative |
BWV 89 - Realizations (WTT, WTTV) |
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Cantata BWV 90 |
Mvt. 5: Chorale |
BWV 90 - Realizations (MTTPA) |
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Cantata BWV 98 |
Mvt. 1: Chorus (Chorale) |
BWV 98 - Realizations (WTTV) |
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Cantata BWV 106 |
Mvt. 3b: Chorale |
BWV 106 - Realizations (WTT) |
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Cantata BWV 115 |
Mvt. 6: Chorale |
BWV 115 - Realizations (WTT) |
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Cantata BWV 116 |
Mvt. 6: Chorale |
BWV 116 - Realizations (WTTV) |
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Cantata BWV 118 |
Complete |
BWV 118 - Realizations (WTTV) |
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Cantata BWV 125 |
Mvt. 6: Chorale |
BWV 125 - Realizations (WTT, MTTFS) |
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Cantata BWV 139 |
Mvt. 6: Chorale |
BWV 139 - Realizations (WTT, MTTPA) |
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Cantata BWV 140 |
Mvt. 4: Chorale |
BWV 140 - Realizations (WTT, MTTPA) |
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Cantata BWV 147 |
Mvt. 6: Chorale |
BWV 147 - Realizations (WTT, MTTFZ, NT) |
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Cantata BWV 157 |
Mvt. 5: Chorale |
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Cantata BWV 163 |
Mvt. 6: Chorale |
BWV 163 - Realizations (WTT, MTTPA) |
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Cantata BWV 167 |
Mvt. 5: Chorale |
BWV 167 - Realizations (WTT, WTTV) |
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Cantata BWV 188 |
Mvt. 6: Chorale |
BWV 188 - Realizations (MTTPA) |
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Cantata BWV 199 |
Mvt. 6: Chorale |
BWV 199 - Realizations (WTT) |
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Motet BWV 229 |
Aria |
BWV 229 - Realizations (WTTV) |
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Motet BWV 231 |
Complete |
BWV 231 - Realizations (MTTFZ) |
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Matthäus-Passion BWV 244 |
Mvt. 3: Chorale, Mvt. 38: Chorale, Mvts. 15-17-62: Chorale |
BWV 244 - Realizations (WTT) |
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Johannes-Passion BWV 245 |
Mvt. 22: Chorale |
BWV 245 - Realizations (WTT) |
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Chorale BWV 377 |
Complete |
BWV 377 - Realizations (WTT) |
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Chorale BWV 382 |
Complete |
BWV 382 - Realizations (MTTPA) |
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Chorale Prelude BWV 616 |
Complete |
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Chorale Prelude BWV 622 |
Complete |
BWV 622 - Realizations (WTT, MTTPA, ETT) |
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Chorale Prelude BWV 644 |
Complete |
BWV 644 - Realizations (WTTV) |
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Chorale Prelude BWV 646 |
Complete |
BWV 646 - Realizations (MTTPA) |
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Chorale Prelude BWV 651 |
Complete |
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Chorale Prelude BWV 652 |
Complete |
BWV 652 - Realizations (MTTFS) |
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Chorale Prelude BWV 686 |
Complete |
BWV 686 - Realizations (WTTV) |
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Chorale Prelude BWV 721 |
Complete |
BWV 721 - Realizations (WTT) |
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Motet BWV Anh 159 |
Complete |
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Abbreviatons of Tuning Systems |
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ETT = Equal-Tempered Tuning |
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Source: Charles Francis (January 2013) Contributor: Charles Francis (January 2013) |
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