Barber - Mutations from Bach for 8-part Trombone Ensemble and opt. Timpani Delivery:Mailed The work of about 6

The work of about 6 minutes in length is for virtuoso performers

This work is under two minutes

Bach's "Little" Fugue in G minor BWV 578 for organ was written in the first decade of the 18th century while he was working at Arnstadt

The setting of the simple hymn is chorale-like

Barber - Mutations from Bach for 8-part Trombone Ensemble and opt. Timpani Delivery:Mailed The work of about 6Samuel Barber's Mutations from Bach was first published in 1968 for brass ensemble and timpani. It is based on "Christe, du Lamm Gottes" (Christ, you Lamb of God), a Lutheran hymn often referred to as the "German Agnus Dei". Martin Luther took the Latin words from the Roman mass and the melody from a 1525 Wittenberg publication. The hymn is contained in the Protestant Hymnal known as 190: 2. (Wikipedia). Barber states the hymn melody at the outset and