Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- BWV 131a Fugue in G minor
- BWV 525–530 Six Sonatas
- Preludes and Fugues (Praeludia) BWV 531–552
- Eight Short Preludes and Fugues BWV 553–560
- Miscellaneous pieces BWV 561–591
- Concertos BWV 592–596
- BWV 597 and 598
- Orgelbüchlein BWV 599–644
- Schübler Chorales BWV 645–650
- Chorales formerly called ‘The Eighteen’ BWV 651–668
- Chorales from Clavierübung III BWV 669–689
- Chorales formerly called ‘The Kirnberger Collection’ BWV 690–713
- Miscellaneous chorales BWV 714–765
- Chorale variations (partitas) BWV 766–771
- BWV 790
- Four Duets from Clavierübung III BWV 802–805
- BWV 943, BWV 957, BWV 1027a and 1039a, BWV 1029.iii, BWV 1079.ii, BWV 1085
- Chorales now called The Neumeister Collection BWV 1090–1120
- Further works, in part of uncertain origin
- Calendar
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index of names
- Index of BWV works cited
BWV 525–530 Six Sonatas
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 September 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- BWV 131a Fugue in G minor
- BWV 525–530 Six Sonatas
- Preludes and Fugues (Praeludia) BWV 531–552
- Eight Short Preludes and Fugues BWV 553–560
- Miscellaneous pieces BWV 561–591
- Concertos BWV 592–596
- BWV 597 and 598
- Orgelbüchlein BWV 599–644
- Schübler Chorales BWV 645–650
- Chorales formerly called ‘The Eighteen’ BWV 651–668
- Chorales from Clavierübung III BWV 669–689
- Chorales formerly called ‘The Kirnberger Collection’ BWV 690–713
- Miscellaneous chorales BWV 714–765
- Chorale variations (partitas) BWV 766–771
- BWV 790
- Four Duets from Clavierübung III BWV 802–805
- BWV 943, BWV 957, BWV 1027a and 1039a, BWV 1029.iii, BWV 1079.ii, BWV 1085
- Chorales now called The Neumeister Collection BWV 1090–1120
- Further works, in part of uncertain origin
- Calendar
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index of names
- Index of BWV works cited
Summary
Autograph: a section of the MS P 271. No title-page (fol. 1r left blank, BWV 525 begins fol. 1v); each sonata headed ‘Sonata 1.[etc.]’, perhaps only subsequently. Three staves. At end: ‘Il Fine dei Sonate’. A title-page was written by G. Poelchau (1773–1836): Sechs Orgel-Trios für zwei Manuale mit demobligaten Pedal (‘Six Organ Trios for two manuals with obbligato pedal’).
Sources
The first section of P 271 gives the earliest complete set of the Sonatas (Kilian 1978 p. 65), a special compilation of c. 1730 (Dadelsen 1958 p. 104) or, allowing for the date-range of the watermark, c. 1727–30 (Spitta II pp. 692, 797). In this manuscript as now constituted, the Sonatas, the chorales BWV 651–668 and the Canonic Variations all originally began with a page left blank, each presumably for a full title?
Such a set of sonatas might have been compiled for publication, corresponding to the set of harpsichord partitas issued in 1731, matching the progressive chamber music of the late 1720s for the Collegium musicum, and even employing up-to-date notation(three staves, tempo marks, some slurs and dots). Both Partitas and Sonatas use the treble G-clef, although earlier versions of movements in both sets hadused the soprano C-clef: a change made perhaps for the sake of publication. P 271 has more convenient page-turns than other copies and may havebeen intended as printer's fair copy to be used in the engraving process itself.
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- The Organ Music of J. S. Bach , pp. 2 - 36Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2003