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Bach, Johann Sebastian: English Suites

BWV 806-811

Fingering by Pertis Zsuzsa
Edited by Zászkaliczky Tamás
Setting: Piano
Series: EMB Urtext
Period: Baroque
Language: Hungarian, English, German
Length: 100 pages
Format: 23 x 30,2 cm (Bach)
Weight: 0.313 kg
Published: August 1977
Publisher: Editio Musica Budapest Zeneműkiadó
Item number: 7212
ISMN: 9790080072127
"The name English Suites did not originate with Bach, and up to now its origin could not be clarified. In his Bach biography Forkel mentions that the composer wrote the suites to fulfil an English commission. It is a much more likely assumption, however, that Bach derived inspiration for his suites from studying certain English models. A stylistic relationship, and indeed, certain thematic identities can be pointed out between the English Suites and the suites of the French composer, Dieupart, who lived in London. The piano suites of Handel, published in 1720, shortly before the origin of the English Suites, could also have served as antecedents.

The English Suites have not remained extant in Bach's own hand, but they are included in a number of contemporaneous manuscript collections. Relying on the most significant sources, our publication gives all the essential differences among the copies in footnotes, thus enabling the performer to choose for himself among the variants." (Tamás Zászkaliczky)

Contents

1.
Suite I (A-dur)
2.
Suite II (a-moll)
3.
Suite III (g-moll)
4.
Suite IV (F-dur)
5.
Suite V (e-moll)
6.
Suite VI (d-moll)
EMB Urtext Series
The volumes of this series go back to the contemporary sources and attempt to come as near as possible to the composers' original intentions, stripping the works of the frequently arbitrary editorial markings which they became burdened with over the course of several decades. The necessary emendations and information on techniques are distinguished unambiguously from the original music text. The use of urtext editions appear as basic requirements on the part of music teachers and performers alike.
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