Keyboard Music from the Andreas Bach Book and the Möller Manuscript: (Harvard Publications in Music)

This anthology of 55 keyboard works provides an instructive picture of the music of the young J. S. Bach within the context of a spectrum of works by his elder contemporaries. The Andreas Bach Book and the so--called Moller Manuscript, the most important sources for the young Bach's keyboard music, were compiled in the early eighteenth century by Bach's eldest brother and only keyboard teacher, Johann Christoph Bach of Ohrdruf, himself a pupil of Johann Pachelbel. The significance of the two manuscripts lies not only in their close connection to J. S. Bach (as evidenced by Bach autographs in both books), but equally in the fact that they contain some of the most outstanding keyboard music by Bach's North German colleagues: Georg Böhm, Dietrich Buxtehude, and Johann Adam Reincken. While some of these compositions have been published in modern editions, others have been entirely overlooked. This anthology presents keyboard works by the young J. S. Bach which are either little known or are earlier versions of better known works (for example, the Passacaglia in C Minor, BWV 582). Also included are all the unpublished keyboard works in the two manuscripts, as well as works by lesser known composers for which modern editions are not easily accessible. Rounding out the picture are works by well--known contemporaries for which the transmission in the young Bach's circle proves particularly significant. Intended for both player and scholar, this edition offers the texts of the two manuscripts in an easy to read layout that emphasizes the clarity of the counterpoint. Of particular interest to organists is the presentation of the organ works in the appropriate notion of the time, on two staves with the pedal voice integrated in the bass staff.

Table of Contents:
Part 1 Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in G Minor BWV 535a (MM 23); Prelude and Fugue in D Minor BWV 549a (MM 42); Fantasia and Imitatio in B Minor BWV 563 (ABB 52); Fantasia in C Major BWV 570 (ABB 24); Passacaglia in C Minor BWV 582 (ABB 24); chorale prelude "Gott, durch deine Gute", BWV 724 (ABB 30); chorale prelude "Wie schon leuchtet der Morgenstern" BWV 739 (MM 43); Overture in F Major BWV 820 (ABB 13), overture - entre - menuet - trio - bourree - gigue; Suite in A Major BWV 832 (MM 44) - Allemande - air pour les trompettes; Parita in F Major BWV 833 (MM44) - prelude - Allemande - courante - sarabande - double - air; Prelude and Fugue in A Major BWV 896 (MM 34); Toccata in D Major BWV 912a (MM 28); Fantasia in G Minor BWV 917 (MM 52); Prelude in C Minor BWV 921 (ABB 32); Fantasia in C Minor BWV Anh. 205 (ABB 33); Fugure in A Major 949 (ABB 19); Sonata in A Minor BWV 967 (MM 33). Part 2 George Bohm: Suite in F minor (MM 7) - Allemande - courante - sarabande - chaconne. Part 3 Johann Henrich Buttstedt: Fugue in E Minor (ABB 40); Prelude in G Major (ABB 54). Part 4 Dietrich Buxtehude: Prelude in A Major BuxWV 151 (MM 25). Part 5 Johann Anton Coberg: Fugue in D Minor (MM 19). Part 6 Moritz Edelmann: Toccata in D Major (fragment) (MM 54). Part 7 Werner Fabricius: Gigue in C Minor (MM 37). Part 8 Christian Flor: Suite in C Major (MM 31) - prelude - aria - double - courante - double - sarabande - double - gigue; Suite in D Minor (MM 26) - fugue - Allemande - courante - sarabande - double - gigue. Part 9 Peter Heidorn: Fugue in D Minor (MM 17); Fugue in G Minor (MM 18). Part 10 Johann Georg Kuchenthal: Chanberceau in C Major (ABB 49). Part 11 Jean-Baptiste Lully: Chaconne from "Phaeton" in G Major (MM 24). Part 12 Marin Marais: Overture Suite from "Alcide" (ABB 39) - overture - air de trompette - air - air - passepied - air - sarabande - air - air - air - air - marche pour les pastes - rigaudoun - gay - menuet. Part 13 Johann Pachelbel: Toccata in C Major (MM 41); Toccata in C Major (ABB 21); Toccata in C Major (ABB 22); Toccata in D Minor (ABB 31); Fugue in D Minor (ABB 31); Chaconne in D Minor (ABB 29). Part 14 Gottfried Ernst Pestel: Partie in D Major (ABB 12) - entre - Menuet - bourree - passepied - gavotte - sarabande - var 1 -var 2. Part 15 Carlo Francesco Polarollo: Capriccio in C Major (ABB 44); Capriccio in D Major (ABB 10). Part 16 Johann Adam Reincken: Suite in G Major (MM 6) - Allemande - courante - sarabande - gigue. Part 17 (J.A. Reincken?): Suite in D Minor (MM 20) - Allemande - courante - sarabande - gigue. Part 18 Christian Ritter: Suite in C Minor (MM 10) - Allemande in discessum Caroli xi regis Sveciae - courante - sarabande - var. 1 - var. 2 - gigue; Sonatina in D Minor (ABB 35); Part 19 Agostino Steffani: Overture suite in A Minor (MM 36). Part 20 Georg Philipp Telemann: Overture suite in E-flat Major (ABB 7). Part 21 Carl Friedrich Witt: Capriccio in E Minor (ABB 34). (Part contents)

About the Author :
Christoph Wolff is Adams University Research Professor at Harvard University.