The recently published scholarly-critical edition presents two different versions of the work in two separate volumes: the "September 1927" version\which the composer completed before the first rehearsals and subsequent premiere in Brno and the version he partly reworked for the first Prague performance in April 1928
Two of the texts were written by Daniel Schiebeler and two by Johann Joachim Eschenburg
the Christmas Oratorio is narrated by an Evangelist and includes devices from Italian opera such as the recitative and aria
ihr Christen allzugleich BWV 732a
An die Ensamkeit ("Sei du mein Trost")
Cofalik: At the Circus Format:Printed Edition The recently published scholarly-critical editionInstrumentation: Piano, Violin Binding: Saddle Stitch ISMN: 9790006531653 Size: 8. 3 x 11. 7 inches Pages: 55 Description "At the Zoo" (BA 8139) quickly became a best selling edition. Now young violinists and pianists can take a new excursion, this time to the circus, with tightrope walkers, clowns, and snake charmers. All of them have something to teach with lots of fun and no dreary explanations. As if by magic, young violinists quickly grasp the