Solo piano - Intermediate
SKU: FJ.H1024
Composed by Johann
Sebastian Bach. Edited by
Edwin Mclean. Keyboard
Catalog Heading;
Masterworks. FJH Classic
Editions. Form: Suite.
Baroque; Masterwork;
Recital. Book. The FJH
Music Company Inc
#98-H1024. Published by
The FJH Music Company Inc
(FJ.H1024).
ISBN
9781619283480. UPC:
241444437070.
English.
In 1725,
J.S. Bach gave his second
wife, Anna Magdalena, a
Notenbüchlein - a
collection of solo
keyboard pieces and
arias. Most of the
keyboard pieces were
composed by friends,
colleagues, and his son,
Carl Philipp Emanuel
Bach. The easier keyboard
works were probably used
to instruct their
children, while the arias
would have been performed
by Anna Magdalena, who
was a singer. For this
edition, Edwin McLean has
chosen and expertly
edited the most popular
and easier keyboard
pieces. Originally, the
pieces contained no
dynamics and virtually no
phrasing, which is
typical of baroque
harpsichord music and
even early 18th-century
fortepiano music.
Sectional dynamics have
been added editorially
and may be changed at the
discretion of the
performer. A minimal
amount of phrasing and
articulation has also
been added for clarity.
This edition preserves
the original notation for
appoggiaturas, where
small eighth or quarter
notes resolve to the
principal note. Ossias
have been included to
show how to play them;
ossias also appear when
needed for ornaments such
as trills and
mordents.