The Four-Part Chorales of J. S. Bach

Abstract

Except for a short Foreword by the English musicologist, Walter Emery, this notable collection of Bach's chorales is an exact reprint of the 1929 edition. It contains over four hundred chorales with German and English texts, together with details regarding sources, dates, and authorship. There are eight appendices covering such matters as critical notes on the texts, metrical indexing of the tunes, a chronological table of the melodies, a classification of the hymns according to their seasonal use, and indices of composers, authors, and hymns. This collection is still the most complete available and although it was prepared with utmost care by one of the great Bach scholars of his day, the reprint does contain some errors because of historical information that has been added during the past thirty years. In his Foreword, Emery places this matter in its proper perspective:

Phagocytic and Opsonic Activities of Germfree Rats.

“…In addition, components exist in the plasma or serum which can markedly enhance the cellular uptake of particulate material (5)(6)(7)(8)(9). These plasma componen ts originally called "opsonins" by Wright and Douglas ( 10) have been extensively shown to play a determinant role in phagocytosis Although the importance of opsonins in phagocytic activity has been amply demonstrated, little is known about the exact nature of the opsonic system.…”

“…Phagocytic activity was comparable in germfree and "c~nventional~~ control rats as evaluated by the intravascular clearance of a gelatinized radioiodinated "RE test lipid emulsion." Both germfree and conventional plasma manifested similar opsonic activity as evaluated by their ability to enhance Kupff er cell phagocytosis of colloidal (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8). Such virus host cell systems have been tested in many laboratories engaged in the study of rubella virus.…”