The musical substance here is by Bach, but the organ
arrangement almost certainly is not. The surviving
manuscript is not in Bach's hand, and so the piece has
sometimes been omitted from Bach editions. The source
music, however, is certainly by Bach: the tenor aria
"Ich will an den Himmel denken" from the cantata Wo
gehest du hin? (BWV 166). In the original aria, the
tenor is accompanied by oboe and continuo, and the two
principal melodic lines find their way into this organ
transcription with h...(+)
The musical substance here is by Bach, but the organ
arrangement almost certainly is not. The surviving
manuscript is not in Bach's hand, and so the piece has
sometimes been omitted from Bach editions. The source
music, however, is certainly by Bach: the tenor aria
"Ich will an den Himmel denken" from the cantata Wo
gehest du hin? (BWV 166). In the original aria, the
tenor is accompanied by oboe and continuo, and the two
principal melodic lines find their way into this organ
transcription with hardly any change. The arranger has
added a middle voice, which, oddly enough, now shows up
as a spurious violin part in the Alfred Dürr edition
of the cantata's aria. The primary melody, measured but
determined, progresses over Bach's equivalent to a
"walking bass" and becomes increasingly intricately
entwined with the countermelodies, finally reappearing
in almost unadorned form at the end.
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