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Bach COMPLETE KEYBOARD TRANSCRIPTIONS OF CONCERTOS BY BAROQUE COMPOSERS |
This collection of sixteen of these celebrated transcriptions is reprinted from the definitive Bach-Gesellschaft edition prepared by Ernst Naumann, and presented in a sturdy format designed to give amateur and professional pianists and harpsi chordists a lifetime of pleasurable study and use.
Six of these glorious keyboard works are known to be transcriptions of Vivaldi violin concertos. Three are based on concertos written by Duke Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weirnar, the son of Bach’s employer at Weimar. One is based on a violin concerto by Telemann, another on an oboe concerto by Alessandro Marcello, and another on a concerto by Benedetto Marcello. The sources of the remaining four are unknown.
Vivaldi, whose music Bach probably first heard in 1712, was to exert a lasting influence on the young composer. Bach would eventually assimilate the Italian style and fuse it with his own contrapuntal heritage and the Northern idiom to create what we recognize today as the typical Bach style. These transcriptions, which represent his introduction to the new idiom, richly display a dynamic virtuosity that makes their performance an exhilarating experience.
Unabridged Dover (1987) republication of the Bach-Gesellschaft edition edited by Ernst Naurnann and published by Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig, n.d. Table of contents. 128pp. 9 3/8 x 12 1/4. Paperbound.
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