SATB choir, cornetto, 3 trombones, organ SKU: CA.3550300 Arranged by J...(+)
SATB choir, cornetto, 3
trombones, organ
SKU:
CA.3550300
Arranged by J. S.
Bach. Composed by
Francesco Gasparini.
Edited by Peter Wollny.
Arranged by Johann
Sebastian Bach. This
edition: urtext. Edition
Bach-Archiv Leipzig -
Musical Monuments. Sacred
vocal music, Masses,
Latin. Full score. Carus
Verlag #CV 35.503/00.
Published by Carus Verlag
(CA.3550300).
ISBN
9790007165161. Text
language:
Latin.
Particularly
during the early 1740s,
Johann Sebastian Bach
concentrated intensely on
studying the
compositional technique
of strict vocal
polyphony. As an
inspiration, he studied
the works of older
masters, copying them
and, for the most part,
performing them as well.
A set of single parts for
the Missa canonica by
Francesco Gasparini in an
instrumentation by Bach
were recently discovered
in the collection of the
former Ephoralbibliothek
Weissenfels; some of the
parts are in Bach's own
handwriting. Gasparini
was esteemed in Germany
particularly as a master
of elaborate counterpoint
and audacious harmonic
writing. Bach amended the
music text with a view to
certain aspects of
performance practice,
clearly following a very
specific concept of sound
organization. His
interest in strict
counterpoint was
paralleled by a tangible
re-orientation in Bach's
own compositional
technique at the
beginning of the 1740s.
Francesco Gasparini's
Missa canonica therefore
served as a practical
model for the highly
developed art of canon
writing and the strict
polyphony in Bach's late
works, as we encounter
them, for example, in the
B minor Mass.
SATB choir, cornetto, 3 trombones, organ SKU: CA.3550305 Arranged by J...(+)
SATB choir, cornetto, 3
trombones, organ
SKU:
CA.3550305
Arranged by J. S.
Bach. Composed by
Francesco Gasparini.
Edited by Peter Wollny.
Arranged by Johann
Sebastian Bach. This
edition: urtext. Edition
Bach-Archiv Leipzig -
Musical Monuments. Sacred
vocal music, Masses,
Latin. Choral Score. 12
pages. Carus Verlag #CV
35.503/05. Published by
Carus Verlag
(CA.3550305).
ISBN
9790007165222. Text
language:
Latin.
Particularly
during the early 1740s,
Johann Sebastian Bach
concentrated intensely on
studying the
compositional technique
of strict vocal
polyphony. As an
inspiration, he studied
the works of older
masters, copying them
and, for the most part,
performing them as well.
A set of single parts for
the Missa canonica by
Francesco Gasparini in an
instrumentation by Bach
were recently discovered
in the collection of the
former Ephoralbibliothek
Weissenfels; some of the
parts are in Bach's own
handwriting. Gasparini
was esteemed in Germany
particularly as a master
of elaborate counterpoint
and audacious harmonic
writing. Bach amended the
music text with a view to
certain aspects of
performance practice,
clearly following a very
specific concept of sound
organization. His
interest in strict
counterpoint was
paralleled by a tangible
re-orientation in Bach's
own compositional
technique at the
beginning of the 1740s.
Francesco Gasparini's
Missa canonica therefore
served as a practical
model for the highly
developed art of canon
writing and the strict
polyphony in Bach's late
works, as we encounter
them, for example, in the
B minor Mass. Score
available separately -
see item CA.3550300.