Errata for Sechs Choralpartiten
NOTE: this book has been replaced by a revised second edition in which cautionary accidentals have been added, all known errors have been corrected, awkward page turns have been eliminated, and other improvements have been made to the score.
The following is a list of all known errors in Sechs Choralpartiten (first edition). If you have found an error not listed here, please report it.
The edition published on IMSLP (landscape orientation) does not contain cautionary accidentals and those omissions are not listed here (too numerous to list). Real errors occur in the form of missing accidentals, missing ties, wrongly-spelled notes, and wrong notes (wrongly positioned). Errors of these types are listed below, so far as they are known. Please note that the page numbers below correspond to the printed book (A4 portrait), not the landscape score on IMSLP.
Alle Menschen müssen sterben, i. Präludium — p.14, m.72 quarter note B-flat in the alto.
Alle Menschen müssen sterben, iv. Choral im Alt — p.19, m.19 sixteenth rest in the soprano.
Alle Menschen müssen sterben, vi. Choral Umkehrung mit Kanon — p.22, m.38 E-flat should be tied over the bar.
Alle Menschen müssen sterben, ix. Fughetta mit Choral im Bass — p.29, m.64 Eighth notes A F in the tenor.
Von Gott will ich nicht lassen, i. Präludium — [1] p.33, m.12-13 three ties are missing in the lower voices.
[2] p.34, m.21 16th note C is missing in the tenor.
Von Gott will ich nicht lassen, iv. Choral im Alt — p.38, m.1 the first note in the soprano should be D, not Eb.
Straf mich nicht in deinem Zorn, i. Präludium — p.53, m.19 missing sharp on soprano A-sharp.
Straf mich nicht in deinem Zorn, ix. Manualiter — p.68, m.4 missing natural sign on alto A.
Das alte Jahr vergangen ist, i. Choral Fughetta — p.84, m.15 A in the tenor.
Das alte Jahr vergangen ist, iv, v. Choral — p.88, m.20 Natural missing on B in the soprano.
Das alte Jahr vergangen ist, viii. Choral Fantasia — p.93, m.58 Natural missing on first B in the soprano.
O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß, i. Präludium — [1] p.102, m.31 natural missing in the alto.
[2] p.104, m.45 natural missing in the tenor.
[3] p.105, m.54 flat missing in the second alto.
O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß, ii. Choral — p.107, m.16 natural and flat missing in the alto.
O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß, iii. Duet — p.108, m.8 the descending arpeggio should be transposed down a third.
O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß, iv. Choral — p.110, m.3 flat missing in the bass. (Measures are also numbered incorrectly in this movement.)
O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß, viii. xi. Spiegelchoral und Spiegelkanon — [1] p.117, m.23 naturals missing in the alto and tenor.
[2] p.120, m.50 natural missing in the soprano.
O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß, xiii. Choral im Tenor — [1] p.132, m.23 G-flat in the alto should be an F-sharp.
[2] p.132, m.27 the short trill belongs on the alto voice, not the soprano.
O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß, xvi. Spiegelchoral — p.140, m.16 missing natural in the alto.
O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß, xviii. Manualiter — [1] p.145, m.21 F-sharp should be spelled as a G-flat.
[2] p.145, m.24 D-flat should be spelled as a C-sharp.
[3] p.145, m.29 missing natural in the upper voice.
O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß, xxii. xxiii. Choral mit Krebschoral — [1] p.162, m.9 missing ties in the soprano and tenor.
[2] p.164, m.21 missing flats in the bass and soprano.
[3] p.165, m.24 missing accidentals in all voices.
