Choir
SKU:
CA.3124405
Composed
by Johann Sebastian Bach.
Edited by Klaus Hofmann.
This edition: urtext.
Stuttgart Urtext Edition:
Bach vocal; Carus sheet
music series: Vocal
scores XL, Great choral
works in small scorings.
Matthauspassion.
Innovative practice aids,
Passions, Lent and
Passiontide, Holy Week.
Choral Score. BWV 244. 48
pages. Duration 175
minutes. Carus Verlag #CV
31.244/05. Published by
Carus Verlag
(CA.3124405).
ISBN
9790007211264. Language:
German/English.
Pra
ctical performing Urtext
edition based on the
latest state of Bach
research. Every era hears
and interprets Bach anew,
and every era also
evaluates the sources
afresh and with new eyes.
40 years after the
publication of the St.
Matthew Passion in the
New Bach Edition, Klaus
Hofmann, Director of the
Johann Sebastian Bach
Institute Gottingen for
many years and a
contributing editor to
the New Bach Edition,
presents a new edition.
Hofmann has placed the
study of the sources at
the service of musical
practice and the detailed
investigation of Bach's
intentions. Bach scholars
are well aware that
Bach's original score and
performance parts,
running to almost 500
pages of music, are full
of ambiguities and
contradictions,
particularly regarding
articulation, which
constantly challenge
performers to new
interpretations. Hofmann
discusses these and other
problems in a concise
critical report,
frequently arriving at
new conclusions in the
process. Extensive notes
about parallel passages
offer valuable help for
interpretation. Special
attention was devoted to
the performance material
with regard to practical
needs. Thus, for example
the text incipits are
also printed in the
instrumental parts
(including tacet
passages). In short - an
Urtext edition for
practical performance
based on the latest
findings in Bach
research. Score available
separately - see item
CA.3124400.
