Johann Sebastian Bach: His Life, Art, and WorkForkel, Johann Nikolaus
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Johann Sebastian Bach: His Life, Art, and Work
Forkel, Johann Nikolaus
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750; Composers -- Germany -- Biography
489 In a shortened form this work appears also as a Sinfonia in F major.
See B.G. XXXI. (1) no. 5, and N.B.G. X. (2).
490 Identical with the G minor Clavier Concerto. See B.G. XVII. no. 7,
and also B.G. XLV. (1), Appendix, p. 233.
491 Identical with the D major Clavier Concerto. See B.G. XVII. no. 3,
and N.B.G. VIII. (1)
492 Identical with the Concerto for two Claviers in C minor. See B.G.
XXI. (2) no. 3.
493 The movement is described as being from “einer unbekannten
Kirchencantate” for four voices and Orchestra. The Autograph is
incomplete. The movement is not published elsewhere than in the B.G.
edition.
494 Identical with the Concerto for 2 Violins, in D minor. See B.G. XXI.
(1) no. 3. Also pp. 131, 158, 160, supra.
495 Also in N.B.G. XVII. (1 and 2).
496 For an exposition of Bach’s design in the “Orgelbüchlein,” see the
present writer’s articles in “The Musical Times” for January_March
1917, and “Bach’s Chorals,” Part III. See N.B.G. II. (1) for an
arrangement of the Preludes for two pianofortes.
497 See B.G. XLII. for a Clavier version.
498 See B.G. XLII. for a Clavier version.
499 Boosey and Co. also publish an English edition.
500 This is a shortened form of the first Brandenberg Concerto (see B.G.
XIX. no. 1). It consists of the Allegro, Adagio, Minuet, Trio I.
and Trio II. of the latter, and omits its second Allegro and
Polacca.
501 The Appendix contains Joh. Philipp Kernberger’s solutions of the
Canons and his expansion of the figured bass of the Clavier part of
the Sonata.
502 See publications of the N.B.G. XIV. (2) no. 2.
503 See publications of the N.B.G. XIV. (2) no. 2.
504 Text and music are identical with the version in B.G. XX. (2).
505 Another Allemande to the Suite is in B.G. XXXVI. 217 (also in P.).
506 The subject of the Fughetta is the same as that of Fugue No. 17 in
the second part of the “Well-tempered Clavier.”
507 The Prelude is No. 11 in Peters (B.G. xxxvi. 220). The Fughetta is
his No. 10. It is the same subject an that of Fugue 16 in the second
part of the “Well-tempered Clavier.” An alternative Prelude (P. 214
p. 78) is in the Appendix (p. 220).
508 They are described as “zur vierten französischen Suite.” The Prelude
is in P. bk. 1959 p. 67.
509 Written respectively for the second and third French Suites (not in
P.).
510 A fingered exercise.
511 The Appendices of the volume contain variant readings of movements
elsewhere contained in it, and of the first, third, and sixth
Preludes and Fugues in the second part of the “Well-tempered
Clavier.”
512 See B.G. XLV. (1) Appendix.
513 Only nos. 2 and 3 are derived from Vivaldi.
514 A variant text is in B.G. XLII. 282.
515 Vivaldi’s text of the first movement is in the Appendix (p. 229).
516 See B.G. XLIII. (2) sec. 1 no. 2.
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