Six English Suites
Six English Suites

Author: Johann Sebastian Bach

Publisher: Alfred Music

Published:

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9781457470356

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Bach's Six English Suites have been newly engraved from the acclaimed Hans Bischoff edition. These fresh, easily read pages will make lessons and work towards performance more simple and exciting. Included is a lengthy preface by Bischoff, discussing materials used to develop this edition, along with various footnotes throughout the text to clarify performance. Titles: * No. 1 in A Major * No. 2 in A Minor * No. 3 in G Minor * No. 4 in F Major * No. 5 in E Minor * No. 6 in D Minor

French Suites, Bwv 812-817
French Suites, Bwv 812-817

Author:

Publisher: Music Sales

Published: 1992-03

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9788759853573

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(Music Sales America). The French Suites were written in 1722. But it was not until Bach biographer Johann Forkel prepared an edition in the early nineteenth century that the pieces became known by the collective title French . It is true that Bach gave each of the dance movements a French title, but it was Forkel who declared that they were 'written in the French taste, with an emphasis on tunefulness and consonant harmony rather than German structure and counterpoint'.

Six English Suites, BWV 806--811
Six English Suites, BWV 806--811

Author: Johann Sebastian Bach

Publisher: Alfred Music

Published: 2014-12-11

Total Pages: 135

ISBN-13: 1470628716

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Hans Bischoff (1852--1889) was a German concert pianist and well-regarded music editor, who continues to be respected for his thorough research, attention to detail, and careful consideration of source materials. This newly engraved edition of the Six English Suites, BWV 806--811 is based on Bischoff's analysis of the autograph, along with several manuscripts, copies, and fragments. Bischoff's footnotes and prefatory commentary have been preserved, as well as his interpretive suggestions for performance. Also included are explanations of the ornaments used throughout the work and helpful fingering. Measure numbers and BWV numbers have been included for easy reference.

Bach's the Art of Fugue & a Companion to the Art of Fugue
Bach's the Art of Fugue & a Companion to the Art of Fugue

Author: Donald Francis Tovey

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2013-01-01

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 048649764X

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Complete score of The Art of Fugue plus extensive commentary features all 14 fugues plus the four canons. The commentary outlines the fugues' contrapuntal devices and offers keen observations on the composer's craftsmanship.

Three-Part Inventions
Three-Part Inventions

Author: Johann Sebastian Bach

Publisher: Alfred Music

Published: 1996-02-01

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9781457488252

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The edition of Johan Sebastian Bach's fifteen 3-Part Inventions, edited by Carl Czerny, contains editorial additions, including dynamics, fingering and tempo indications.

The NPR Listener's Encyclopedia of Classical Music
The NPR Listener's Encyclopedia of Classical Music

Author: Theodore Libbey

Publisher: Workman Publishing

Published: 2006-01-01

Total Pages: 996

ISBN-13: 9780761120728

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A resource on classical music provides coverage of composers, works, musical terminology, and performers, along with recommended recordings and access to an interactive Web site that allows readers to listen to sample works, techniques, and performers discussed in the reference.

The Faber Pocket Guide to Bach
The Faber Pocket Guide to Bach

Author: Sir Nicholas Kenyon

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Published: 2011-03-17

Total Pages: 508

ISBN-13: 0571272002

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The music of J.S.Bach has a unique power and attraction some 300 years after it was written. From annual performances of the great Passions and BBC Radio 3's hugely successful Bach Christmas, to its use in adverts, films and popular arrangements, the imaginative strength of Bach's music continues to draw listeners to explore its mysteries. This new Pocket Guide looks at all Bach's music, sacred and secular, and explores why he speaks so profoundly to our age about both the spiritual and the sensual in life. Among the features of this easy-to-use book: The Bach Top Ten Bach: The music work by work Performing Bach today Bach: The life year by year What people said about Bach Accessible and easy to use, Nicholas Kenyon provides for the first time an up-to-date survey of all Bach's major works in the light of the latest research, from Masses to Cantatas, Concertos to Suites, and recommends the best CDs and further reading.