Format : Sheet music
For Solo Violin-Dr. Lawrence Golan's edition of Bach's masterpieces for solo violin combines the authenticity and accuracy of a Scholarly Urtext Edition with the practicality and helpfulness of a Performing Edition. A facsimile of Bach'sautograph manuscript was used in the preparation of this edition and the composer's intentions have been preserved to the last detail. Of particular note is the fact that all stems have been beamed together as they appear in theautograph manuscript. This is of great importance when making interpretive decisions regarding dotted rhythms. Helpful fingering and bowing suggestions are provided by the editor but are clearly distinguished from Bach's originalnotation allowing the performer the freedom to accept or reject any given suggestion. The volume comes complete with Dr. Golan's essay 'Performing Bach: Dotted Rhythms and Trills in the Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin 'which also includes scholarly discussions of vibrato fingerings bowing styles and ritardandos in Baroque music. The inclusion of this comprehensive study of Baroque performance practices makes this edition a must for anyviolinist interested in performing the Bach Sonatas and Partitas in an historically informed manner.
