In early 1729 Bach became director of the so-called »Scottish Collegium Musician« a music organization of students and local citizens. The remarkable results of this undertaking are the concertos for harpsichord. Today it is almost certain that practically all of these concertos were transcribed from concertos for melody instruments (mostly violin or oboe).BWV 1053 is the second piece in the autograph score of harpsichord concertos that Bach prepared in or around 1738 (Berlin Staatsbibliothek Mus. ms. Bach P 234). It was probably transcribed from a concerto for a solo woodwind instrument although opinions differ on the original key and instrument. Bach had alreadyreworked the original concerto in two church cantatas in the autumn of 1726 (BWV 49 and BWV 169) at which time he assigned the solo part to the organ. Perhaps the original concerto is not much older than these cantatas for the siciliano slow movement is closely related in expression to many numbers from his great Passion settings.Urtext of the New Bach EditionFull score & parts (BA5225) two-keyboard reduction (BA5225-90) and study score (TP410) format 22.5 x 16.5cm (all 6 concertos) available for sale

France 1-This brand-new series is intended as a guide to the keyboard music of the 16th to 19th centuries for pupils of the piano and the harpsichord as well as of other early keyboard instruments. Each volume contains pieces by well-known and lesser-known composers from one country or region. The main purpose of the series is to extend the repertoire and stylistic knowledge of both pianists and harpsichordists while also presenting fine pieces and typical genres based on original sources. Our edition retains the performance indications of the composers' manuscripts and contemporary editions. Each volume includes:- suggestions for stylistically appropriate performance bothon the piano and on period instruments- suggested elaborated versions of some pieces and excerpts- a fold-out list of ornamentation signs and the composers' own tables of ornamentation signs- biographies of the composers and the sources of the pieces- translations of foreign-language performance indications. The two volumes devoted to French keyboard music includes close to 50 showy and relatively easy works - preludes dances suites rondeaux and character pieces - from the early 16th until the late 18th century (ordered chronologically).This publication is printed on high-quality age-resistant paper that is produced in an environmentally-friendly climate-neutral manner using renewable raw materials.

Here is a winning combination of old and new. This three-movement sonata contrasts the traditional sound of the harpsichord with tonality and syncopation's common to popular music and jazz. There are guitar-like moments in the first and third movements while the second alternates between the baroque and the modern. McLean brings all the character of the instrument to light.

Bach composed his 15 Two-Part Inventions or as he called them Sinfonias for Keyboard at the same time as their 15 Three-Part Counterparts. They are designed to as Bach himself says: 'To play cleanly in two voices...(and) deal correctly with three obbligato voices...but above all else to acquire a true cantabile style of playing and with it to get a good foretaste of the art of composition'.

G minor BWV 1058-In early 1729 Bach became director of the so-called »Scottish Collegium Musician« a music organization of students and local citizens. The remarkable results of this undertaking are the concertos for harpsichord. Today it is almost certain that practically all of these concertos were transcribed from concertos for melody instruments (mostly violin or oboe).The Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings in G minor BWV 1058 is the last complete work in the original autograph score of harpsichord concertos that Bach wrote out in or around 1738 (Berlin Staatsbibliothek Mus. Ms. Bach 234). However it only came to occupy this position later when the manuscript wasbound. It stands at the very outset of the genesis of this group of works and marks the earliest stage in Bach’s efforts to transform concertos for melody instrument and strings into harpsichord concertos. In this case the original model the Concerto for Violin and Strings in A minor (BWV 1041) has survived thereby allowing us to examine Bach’s technique of arrangement in detail.- Urtext of the New Bach Edition- Full score & parts (BA5230) two-keyboard reduction (BA5230-90) and study score (TP410) format 22.5 x 16.5cm (all 6 concertos) available for sale

This volume contains some attractive yet almost totally unfamiliar keyboard pieces by Handel five of them here published for the first time. Seven are original keyboard compositions three are arrangements by the composer himself of opera arias and the 'Folio' is completed by a movement which occurs in orchestral form in Handel's first opera Almira and by the famous Air from the Water Music. Edited by Terence Best.

The Books of 1705-6 and 1724-This three volume edition is the first complete edition of the keyboard works of Jean-Philippe Rameau to incorporate all the printed collections of harpsichord music published under his supervision as well as his clavier arrangement of Les Indes Galantes (In book 3 - BA6583).It also includes many new insights into performance practice (e.g. the handling of repeat signs in the original prints) and presents the music entirely in modern clefs. The result is a reliable and unique edition for today’s performers that does full justice to recent findings in historical performance practice.For the first time all accidentals and expressionmarks are reproduced exactly as they appear in the sources. All of Rameau’s written comments a key source on performance practice are reproduced in the original French with translations into German and English.Rounding off the edition are instructive facsimiles and a detailed preface in which the editor the celebrated harpsichordist and conductor Siegbert Rampe discusses the sources editorial method and important aspects of performance.Complete scholarly-critical Urtext edition in modern clefsIncludes the latest findings in performance practiceIncludes Rameau’s written comments and explanations in the original and in translations in English and GermanIdeal format (24.3 x 31 cm)

Each one of Bach?s Six Partitas features seven great single movements predominantly in the sequence: Präludium Allemande Courante Sarabande [two free dances] Gigue. These partitas canjustifiably be described as Bach?s ?ultimate? cycle of suites. As regards the artistic and manual demands it goes far beyond its ?English? (HN 100) and ?French? (HN 71) siblings that are also frequently played. It is nocoincidence that Bach only had these six partitas printed (1731) and what is more as ?Opus 1?.

facile - easy - leicht-Italian composer Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) is well-known for his Keyboard compositions. His 555 Keyboard Sonatas remain ever popular to this day and it is for this reason that this first volume of Selected Sonatas is indispensable to performers of the genre. Originally composed for the Harpsichord Organ or early Pianoforte the sonatas display the riveting use of discords and unconventional modulations to remote keys. It is also thought that much of Scarlatti's Keyboard music contains influences of Iberian music considering that he spent much of his working life in the service of the Spanish and Portugueseroyal families. The first volume of Selected Sonatas compiled by Kenneth Gilbert includes many of the popular and recognised sonatas. Bearing in mind that Domenico Scarlatti was a highly competent and popular Keyboard player in his day so much so that he was employed in the service of two royal families his sonatas are composed with much experience understanding and expertise creating an essential addition to the repertoire of all Keyboard players of the Baroque genre.

Edited by Alan BrownIn conjunction with MB66 this volume draws on manuscript sources of Tudor keyboard music to create a comprehensive edition of all the material which has not yet found a place in the series or in comparable library editions.First published in 1989.

Maria Boxall's terrific method for Harpsichord is based on proven and succesful 16th to 18th-century sources bringing them right up to date and suitable for today's players. This edition is part of the ABRSM Harpsichord syllabus grades 5 and 6.

Ce livre apartien à Mademoiselle de Bloren la cadete Le manuscrit n°108 de la Médiathèque municipale de Roanne est une collection de pièces de clavecin, d'airs et de morceaux de musique de chambre. Il donne un exemple très intéressant de pratique musicale amateur. Le problème est que Mademoiselle de Bloren n'a pas indiqué le nom des compositeurs. Deux pièces seulement portent un titre dans la série de pièces pour clavecin, et aucune date n'apparaît nulle part. Dans le Catalogue des fonds musicaux anciens conservés dans la Région Rhône-Alpes (1998), les extraits d'Amadis de Grèce sur lesquels s'ouvre le recueil sont attribués à André Cardinal Destouches: cela nous assure que la rédaction n'a pu commencer avant 1699. Après quelques recherches dans le répertoire nous avons pu identifier certaines pièces, qui sont du XVIIe siècle. Celles qui restent peuvent retrouver un titre car on y reconnaît des danses ou des formes musicales connues (voir étude parue dans le Bulletin de La Diana du 3e trimestre 2004. La Diana, rue Florimond Robertet, 42600 Montbrison). Nous n'avons pas retenu ici les airs, car la plupart se retrouvent dans une source plus sûre: le Premier Livre de Sébastien Le Camus (1668). Quant aux pièces de musique de chambre, de moindre valeur musicale, elles nécessiteraient d'importantes corrections. Beaucoup sont inachevées. Les pièces de clavecin, en revanche, méritaient une édition moderne pour deux raisons: - Elles complètent le répertoire dont nous disposions avec des pages totalement inconnues et quelques transcriptions inédites. - Elles présentent un intérêt pédagogique majeur en offrant une agréable approche de la musique du XVIIe siècle. Nous sommes intervenus aussi peu que possible sur le texte, que l'interprète (ou son professeur) ne devra pas hésiter à améliorer... Martial Morand Contenu : Forlane, Menuet (transcriptions d'après Campra, L'Europe Galante, 1697 - Gavotte de Lebègue, que l'on retrouve avec quelques variantes dans son Livre de Clavecin (1667) et dans le Manuscrit Bauyn - Menuet transcrit d'après Lully (Trios pour le Coucher du Roi, d'Anglebert en a donné une autre version pour clavecin, plus savante, mais celle de Roanne a le mérite de préserver l'élan de la danse - Menuet dont on trouve une variation dans le Manuscrit de Mademoiselle La Pierre (1687) - Musette - Chaconne transcrite d'après Lully (Acis et Galatée, 1686, d'Anglebert en a sa propre transcription - Menuet - Sarabande - Menuets 1 et 2 - Descente de Mars d'après Lully (Thésée, 1675, une autre transcription pour le clavecin apparaît dans le Ms. de Melle La Pierre - Gavotte de Hardel et Double de L. Couperin (on les trouve dans le Ms. Bauyn) - Prélude dûment titré - Les Folies d'Espagne - Menuet et Double, titrés - Bourrée en rondeau - Sarabande - Sarabande d'après Destouches (/ssé,1697) - Allemande (cette pièce et la suivante apparaissent vers la fin du manuscrit, après les airs et les pièces de musique de chambre, et semblent plus tardives. Le contrepoint à quatre parties de l'allemande n'a certainement pas été pensé pour le clavecin seul et nous proposons une version à deux clavecins) - Gavotte en rondeau Discipline/Instrument : clavecin Support : Partition Style/Genre : classique Date de parution : févr.-06 Nombre de pages : 40

A Harpsichord is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It produces sound by plucking a string when a key is pressed. The instrument was widely used in Renaissance and Baroque music. During the late 18th century it gradually disappeared from the musical scene with the rise of the Piano. In the 20th century it made a resurgence being used in historically informed performances of older music in new (contemporary) compositions and inpopular culture.This piece is perfect for anyone who wants to discover this unique instrument. Composed in 1966 by Elizabeth Maconchy the upbeat allegro of Notebook For Harpsichord takesapproximately 8 minutes to perform.

D minor BWV 1052-In early 1729 Bach became director of the so-called »Scottish Collegium Musician« a music organization of students and local citizens. The remarkable results of this undertaking are the concertos for harpsichord. Today it is almost certain that practically all of these concertos were transcribed from concertos for melody instruments (mostly violin or oboe).The D-minor Concerto BWV 1052 forms the opening item in Bach’s autograph score of his six harpsichord concertos BWV 1051 to BWV 1057 (Berlin Staatsbibliothek Mus. ms. Bach P 234). Bach scholars are unanimously in agreement that the piece was transcribed from a violin concerto in the same key. The originalconcerto although no longer extant today can be reconstructed with some degree of certainty from its various transcriptions.Urtext of the New Bach EditionFull score & parts (BA5224) two-keyboard reduction (BA5224-90) and study score (TP410) format 22.5 x 16.5cm (all 6 concertos) available for sale

Par JACQUET DE LA GUERRE ELISABETH. De La Guerre 's Harpsichord Pieces was composed in 1687. The compilation remains a favourite in the Harpsichord repertoire. Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665-1729) was born into an important family of musicians in Paris. Comprising four Suites, de La Guerre exemplified in her compositions her own skills on the Harpsichord. Each of the Suites begin with a Prelude, Allemande, two Courantes, Sarabande and a Gigue. The following movements include a Cannaris, Chaconne Gavott and Menuet. Pieces for Harpsichord is essential to the repertoire of aspiring players of the instrument./ Répertoire / Clavecin