Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass In B Minor

In response to a continued interest in a scholarly facsimile of the Mass in B minor a new cloth-bound facsimile edition (BVK 2194) has now been published. This replaces the original BÄRENREITER FACSIMILE edition (BVK 1911).Johann Sebastian Bach completed the Mass in B minor in 1748/49 shortly after the Art of Fugue and shortly before his death. This late work is as concentrated and rich in compositional technique as scarcely any other work. As early as 1818 Hans-Georg Nägeli enthusiastically described the Mass as the 'greatest musical artwork of all time and all nations”. Since then it has been ranked as an icon of music history.One of the primary functions of a facsimile is the preservation of such a cultural heritage particularly when the manuscript (as is the case with the Mass in B minor) is endangered and damaged by iron gall ink erosion. Furthermore it is moving for Bach admirers to see how in some passages Bach’s handwriting reflects the effort which this last work demanded of him.The facsimile documents and records the present condition of the complete autograph score. Older reproductions have substituted a few individual folios where the content has become difficult to read in recent years.The renowned Bach scholar Christoph Wolff describes the work’s significance in his introduction gives an overview of the history of composition and draws attention to particular distinguishing features of the manuscript.'This facsimile edition is a model for the presentation of musical sources both in appearance and in documentation. […] Wolff's facsimile will serve as foundational tools'(Notes December 2008)'Once Bach came up against the boundaries of his art on blotchy 260-year-old paper. ‘Et expecto…’ is this point in the B minor mass ‘And I look for the resurrection of the dead.’ Bach wrote modulations which were extraordinary. He had to strive for these. He crossed out – although this is a fair copy – hatched and scratched until the paper tore. He was already an old man his script leans to the left. The handwriting here isn’t nearly as lively as in the ‘Cum

Lutheran Mass 3-Mass G minor BWV 235 'Lutheran Mass No.3'for Alto solo Tenor solo Bass solo mixed choir (SATB) and orchestraOften overshadowed by the more famous Mass in B minor the four Lutheran Masses feature glorious choruses and sincerely moving arias. They are largely taken from various cantata movements and adapted to the Mass texts. Urtext of the New Bach EditionFull score performance material and vocal score for all 4 Masses (BA5182-BA5185) available for sale

Lutheran Mass 3-Mass G minor BWV 235 'Lutheran Mass No.3'for Alto solo Tenor solo Bass solo mixed choir (SATB) and orchestraOften overshadowed by the more famous Mass in B minor the four Lutheran Masses feature glorious choruses and sincerely moving arias. They are largely taken from various cantata movements and adapted to the Mass texts. Urtext of the New Bach EditionFull score performance material and vocal score for all 4 Masses (BA5182-BA5185) available for sale

Lutheran Mass 3-Mass G minor BWV 235 'Lutheran Mass No.3'for Alto solo Tenor solo Bass solo mixed choir (SATB) and orchestraOften overshadowed by the more famous Mass in B minor the four Lutheran Masses feature glorious choruses and sincerely moving arias. They are largely taken from various cantata movements and adapted to the Mass texts. Urtext of the New Bach EditionFull score performance material and vocal score for all 4 Masses (BA5182-BA5185) available for sale

Lutheran Mass 3-Mass G minor BWV 235 'Lutheran Mass No.3'for Alto solo Tenor solo Bass solo mixed choir (SATB) and orchestraOften overshadowed by the more famous Mass in B minor the four Lutheran Masses feature glorious choruses and sincerely moving arias. They are largely taken from various cantata movements and adapted to the Mass texts. Urtext of the New Bach EditionFull score performance material and vocal score for all 4 Masses (BA5182-BA5185) available for sale

Lutheran Mass 2-Often overshadowed by the more famous Mass in B minor the four Lutheran Masses feature glorious choruses and sincerely moving arias. They are largely taken from various cantata movements and adapted to the Mass texts.- Urtext of the New Bach Edition- Full score performance material and vocal score for all 4 Masses (BA5182-BA5185) available for sale

Lutheran Mass 1-Often overshadowed by the more famous Mass in B minor the four Lutheran Masses feature glorious choruses and sincerely moving arias. They are largely taken from various cantata movements and adapted to the Mass texts.- Urtext of the New Bach Edition- Full score performance material and vocal score for all 4 Masses (BA5182-BA5185) available for sale

Lutheran Mass 2-Often overshadowed by the more famous Mass in B minor the four Lutheran Masses feature glorious choruses and sincerely moving arias. They are largely taken from various cantata movements and adapted to the Mass texts.- Urtext of the New Bach Edition- Full score performance material and vocal score for all 4 Masses (BA5182-BA5185) available for sale

Lutheran Mass 1-Often overshadowed by the more famous Mass in B minor the four Lutheran Masses feature glorious choruses and sincerely moving arias. They are largely taken from various cantata movements and adapted to the Mass texts.- Urtext of the New Bach Edition- Full score performance material and vocal score for all 4 Masses (BA5182-BA5185) available for sale

Lutheran Mass 2-Often overshadowed by the more famous Mass in B minor the four Lutheran Masses feature glorious choruses and sincerely moving arias. They are largely taken from various cantata movements and adapted to the Mass texts.- Urtext of the New Bach Edition- Full score performance material and vocal score for all 4 Masses (BA5182-BA5185) available for sale

Lutheran Mass 1-Often overshadowed by the more famous Mass in B minor the four Lutheran Masses feature glorious choruses and sincerely moving arias. They are largely taken from various cantata movements and adapted to the Mass texts.- Urtext of the New Bach Edition- Full score performance material and vocal score for all 4 Masses (BA5182-BA5185) available for sale

Lutheran Mass 1-Often overshadowed by the more famous Mass in B minor the four Lutheran Masses feature glorious choruses and sincerely moving arias. They are largely taken from various cantata movements and adapted to the Mass texts.- Urtext of the New Bach Edition- Full score performance material and vocal score for all 4 Masses (BA5182-BA5185) available for sale

Lutheran Mass 1-Often overshadowed by the more famous Mass in B minor the four Lutheran Masses feature glorious choruses and sincerely moving arias. They are largely taken from various cantata movements and adapted to the Mass texts.- Urtext of the New Bach Edition- Full score performance material and vocal score for all 4 Masses (BA5182-BA5185) available for sale

Often overshadowed by the more famous Mass in B minor the four Lutheran Masses feature glorious choruses and sincerely moving arias. They are largely taken from various cantata movements and adapted to the Mass texts.- Urtext of the New Bach Edition- Full score performance material and vocal score for all 4 Masses (BA5182-BA5185) available for sale

Paperback full score.The New Bach Edition (NBA) volume of J. S. Bach?s Mass in B Minor BWV 232 has been the definitive edition for generations of singers and musicians. However the Bach Archive Leipzig in conjunction with Bärenreiter are constantly striving to bring new discoveries of editorial research to the fore. It is precisely for this reason that a new revised edition of the Mass in B Minor will now appear. The Urtext performing edition is based on the first volume of the new 15 volume series New Bach Edition-Revised (NBA rev).