SKU: CA.3102314
ISBN 9790007042271. Key: C minor. Language: German/English.
Bach wrote the cantata Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn as a test piece in connection with his application for the position of Cantor of St. Thomas. For reasons unknown, Bach considered it necessary to use a cornett and three trombones to support the chorus - possibly this suggests the poor state of the St. Thomas choir after Kuhnau's death. New revised edition. Score and part available separately - see item CA.3102300.
SKU: BR.BV-209
ISBN 9783765102097. 9 x 14.5 inches. German.
The Publication in facsimile of the auto graphic copy of Johann Sebastian Bach's Mass in A major BWV 234 at the occasion of the Bach Anniversary Year 1985 has been made possible thanks to the generous support of the publishing house which so carefully preserved this precious manuscript in its archives for almost 200 years. The manuscript was acquired long ago by Johann Gottlob Immanuel Breitkopf, the brilliant and dynamic forefather of the publishing house Breitkopf & Hartel, who conducted a prosperous business selling music transcriptions in Leipzig. It is still unclear as to how he obtained the manuscript. Perhaps it had belonged to the estate of Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, from whom Breitkopf apparently acquired a part of his Bach collection. The earliest reference to the manuscript's change of ownership is found in Breitkopfs Verzeichniss Musicalischer Werke of 1761, which includes Bach's Missa, a 2 Flauti, 2 Violini, Viola 4 Voci, Organo under the listing of copies of unpublished compositions. The copy was available at the price of 2 thl. (thalers) 12gl. (groschen). A few years later, in 1769, the same offer appeared again together with other works by Bach or ascribed to him in the Verzeichniss lateinischer und italianischer Kirchen-Musiken of Bernhard Christoph Breitkopf & Sohn. In more recent times, the work has been mentioned in Wilhelm Hitzig's Katalog des Archivs von Breitkopf & Hartel, revised in 1925, together with the continuo part, which was included with the copy and which was also originally written in Bach's own hand. The economic reorganization of the publishing house Breitkopf & Hartel after the Second World War made it necessary to sell the manuscript together with other works from the publisher's archives. This manuscript was to have been put up at auction by the auction house J. A. Stargardt. The catalogue, containing an informative commentary by Wolfgang Schmieder, was already printed, but before the auction could take place, the land of Hesse decided to purchase all the manuscripts, thus preventing the dispersion of this valuable collection. The manuscript was officially handed over to the Hessische Landes- und Hochschulbibliothek in Darmstadt on 29 October 1953. The A major Mass is still preserved there today, together with its fellow piece, the Mass in G major BWV 236.
SKU: BR.CHB-3477-02
ISBN 9790004404218. 6.5 x 9.5 inches.
SKU: BR.BV-217
ISBN 9783765102172. 9 x 14.5 inches. English.
SKU: M2.MOS-64016-01
ISBN 9790203770268.
SKU: M7.DOHR-16311
ISBN 9790202033111.
SKU: KU.GM-1929
ISBN 9790206205477. 9 x 12 inches. Key: D major.
The Mass in b minor BWV 232 is Johann Sebastian Bach’s last major vocal composition and also his only complete Catholic mass. The Quoniam tu solus sanctus is written for bass solo with horn obbligato, accompanied by two bassoons and basso continuo. In the present arrangement of this aria for horn and piano or organ, the solo bass part is worked into the piano part and marked accordingly.
Arranged by Simon Scheiwiller
SKU: CA.3123809
ISBN 9790007051044. Key: D major. Language: Latin.
Score available separately - see item CA.3123800.
SKU: CA.632100
ISBN 9790007012588.
SKU: BT.MUSME0210
English.
Between 1717 and 1723 Johann Sebastian Bach composed Six Suites for Violoncello (BWV 1007 BWV 1012). Of these, the first three have been transcribed for bass guitar in this coursebook, which in itself is a considerable amount of work.
SKU: CA.3123513
ISBN 9790007085940. Key: G minor. Language: Latin.
As well as the Mass in B minor, there are four further, shorter mass compositions by Bach, the so-called Lutheran or Kyrie-Gloria masses. Despite their high musical qualities, they are often overshadowed by other church works by Bach. With their six-movement structure (up to the Cum sancto spiritu) they had their specific liturgical position in church services of the time of Bach. The masses largely comprise parodies, with the original music mainly taken from cantatas which Bach sometimes considerably reworked in his well-known style according to the new context of the work. Ulrich Leisinger has edited the four works for Carus in new critical editions. Score and part available separately - see item CA.3123500.