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BR.EB-8809
New
Edition in 10 Volumes -
Urtext. Composed by
Johann Sebastian Bach.
Edited by Werner Breig.
Solo instruments;
Softbound. Edition
Breitkopf.
You will
find supplementary
material online 
Baroque period. Score.
184 pages. Breitkopf and
Haertel #EB 8809.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel (BR.EB-8809).
ISBN 9790004183786.
12.5 x 10
inches.
The
now-published volumes 9
and 10 have presented a
special challenge, for
particularly in the field
of the chorale
arrangements the
transmissions are more
complex than in any other
group of works. This ties
in with the crucial
question of Bach's
authorship, which has
been the subject of much
controversy in the past.
There were heated
discussions about it even
just prior to our
edition, and editors and
publisher are aware that
the present selection is
a thoroughly debatable
snapshot. More on this in
the volumes' text
sections. The situation
of the chorale partitas
is not quite so dramatic,
whereby these holdings
also had to be subdivided
for reasons of
transmission into main
section, appendix, and
online presentation. The
so called
,,Neumeister-Chorale are
incorporated in the group
of the separately
transmitted chorale
settings in alphabetical
order, because the
compilation of the pieces
does not follow any
collection idea of Bach
(such as, for example,
his larger late
collections). The
indication
,,Neumeister-Sammlung
should facilitate the
attribution. Those works
requiring further
research, besides of some
versions, are presented
online, since their
profile reveals less
evidence of the true
author. Breitkopf has
given the world a
splendid edition of the
organ works of Bach.
These final two volumes
offer a wealth of
chorale-based music
benefiting from the very
latest research. Aside
from the edition's
obvious scholarly merit,
a practicing church
organist will love the
convenience and variety
of these volumes.
Recommended without
hesitation.(Jonathan B.
Hall, The American
Organist).
