If Thou Be Near (arr Reed)

Johann Sebastian Bach (arr Alfred Reed)

General Info

Year: arr. 1984
Duration: c. 3:20
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C L Barnhouse Company - Official Website
Cost: Score & Parts - $50.00   |   Score Only - $5.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute I-II-III (III doubles Piccolo)
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Eb Soprano Clarinet
Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
Eb Alto Clarinet
Bb Bass Clarinet
Bb Contrabass Clarinet
Bassoon I-II
Alto Saxophone I-II
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
Bass Saxophone (Opt.)
Trumpet (in Bb) I-II-III
Cornet (in Bb) I-II
French Horn I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani

Errata

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Program Notes

If Thou Be Near (Bist Du Bei Mir) is a beautiful and sensitive adaptation of a song that Bach supposedly wrote for his second wife, consoling himself with the fact that he could even face death if his beloved was with him.

Program Note from Publisher Web-site

Commercial Discography

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Additional Works for Winds by this Composer

• Air for Woodwind Choir (arr Joel Blahnik)
• Arioso (arr Alfred Reed)
• Come, Sweet Death (arr Alfred Reed)
• Deck Thyself, My Soul, With Gladness (arr Alfred Reed)
• Forget Me Not, O Lord (arr Alfred Reed)
• God Still Lives (arr Alfred Reed)
• If Thou Be Near (arr Alfred Reed)
• Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring (arr Alfred Reed)
• Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (arr. Sapieyevski)
• My Heart Is Filled With Longing (arr Alfred Reed)
• My Jesus, Oh What Anguish (arr Alfred Reed)
• Our Father Who Art In Heaven (arr Alfred Reed)
• Passacaglia (tr. Hunsberger)
• Sheep May Safely Graze (arr Alfred Reed)
• Sleepers, Awake! (arr Alfred Reed)
• Thus Do You Fare, My Jesus (arr Alfred Reed)
• Toccata and Fugue in D minor (tr. Hindsley)

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