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Authors: Christoph Wolff
Johann Sebastian Bach
OHANN
S
EBASTIAN
B
ACH
BOOKS
Der Stile antico in der Musik Johann Sebastian Bachs
Bach-Studien: Gesammelte Reden und Aufsätze von Friedrich Smend
(ed.)
The String Quartets of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven: Studies of the Autograph Manuscripts
(ed.)
The New Grove Bach Family
Bach-Bibliographie: Nachdruck der Verzeichnisse des Schrifttums über Johann Sebastian Bach
(ed.)
Orgel, Orgelmusik, und Orgelspiel: Festschrift Michael Schneider zum 75. Geburtstag
(ed.)
Bach Compendium: analytisch-bibliographisches Repertorium der Werke Johann Sebastian Bachs
(co-ed.)
A Life for New Music: Selected Papers of Paul Fromm
(ed.)
Johann Sebastian Bachs Spätwerk und dessen Umfeld: Perspektiven und Probleme
(ed.)
Johann Sebastian Bach und der süddeutsche Raum: Aspekte der Wirkungsgeschichte Bachs
(co-ed.)
Bach: Essays on His Life and Music
Mozart's Requiem: Historical and Analytical Studies, Documents, Score
The World of the Bach Cantatas
(ed.)
The New Bach Reader: A Life of Johann Sebastian Bach in Letters and Documents
(co-ed.)
Driven into Paradise: The Musical Migration from Nazi Germany to the United States
(co-ed.)
Ãber Leben, Kunst und Kunstwerke: Aspekte musikalischer Biographie
(ed.)
Die Gegenwart der musikalischen Vergangenheit: Meisterwerke in der Dirigentenwerkstatt
(ed.)
EDITIONS OF WORKS BY BACH
The Art of Fugue,
BWV 1080; Fourteen Canons, BWV 1087; Cantatas BWV 22, 23, 127, 159, and 182;
Clavier-Ãbung,
Parts IâIV; Concerto for Two Violins, BWV 1043;
Goldberg Variations,
BWV 988; Kyrie, BWV 233a; Mass in B minor, BWV 232;
A Musical Offering,
BWV 1079;
Organ Chorales from the Neumeister Collection; Works for Two Harpsichords
EDITIONS OF WORKS BY MOZART
Horn Concerto, K. 370b + 371; Piano Concertos (complete); Rondos for Piano and Orchestra, K. 382, 386;
Grande sestetto concertante
(arrangement of K. 364);
Die neugeborne Ros' entzückt,
K. Anh. 11a
OTHER EDITIONS
Anguish of Hell and Peace of Soul: A Collection of Sixteen Motets on Psalm 116;
Johann Michael Bach, The Complete Organ Chorales; Dieterich Buxtehude, The Keyboard Works; Antonio Caldara, Magnificat; Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, 24 Polonaises in All Keys; Paul Hindemith,
Cardillac,
Op. 39
SEBASTIAN
BACH
The Learned Musician
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Wolff, Christoph
Johann Sebastian Bach: the learned musician/Christoph Wolff.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
978-0-393-32256-4 pbk.
1. Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685â1750. 2. ComposersâGermanyâBiography. I. Title.
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Appendixes
GENERAL ABBREVIATIONS
Note:
For bibliographic abbreviations, see Bibliography.
A | alto (voice) |
B | bass (voice) |
bc | basso continuo |
bn | bassoon(s) |
cemb | cembalo |
cor | corno, corni |
cto | continuo |
D. | Doctor |
div | divisi |
fl | flute(s) |
fg | fagotto, fagotti |
gr. | groschen |
instr | instrument(s) |
M. | Magister |
ob | oboe(s) |
ob d'am | oboe(s) d'amore |
pf. | pfennig |
rec | recorder(s) |
rip | ripieno, ripieni |
rthl., rtl. | reichst(h)aler |
S | soprano (voice) |
str | strings |
T | tenor (voice) |
ti | timpani |
thlr., tlr | thaler, taler |
tr | trumpet(s) |
trb | trombone(s) |
trav | transverse flute(s) |
v | violin(s) |
va | viola(s) |
va d.g. | viola(s) da gamba |
va d'am | viola(s) d'amore |
vc | violoncello(s) |
vne | violone, violoni |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Frontispiece: Courtesy of William H. Scheide, Princeton, New Jersey;
Pages 12, 52, 368, 369:
Bachhaus Eisenach;
15, 128, 416:
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, PreuÃischer Kulturbesitz, Musikabteilung;
32:
Evangelisch-lutherisches Pfarramt Ohrdruf;
38, 39, 452â53:
Archive-Museum for Literatur and Art, Kyiv;
56:
Museum für das Fürstentum Lüneburg, Lüneburg;
65:
Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte, Hamburg;
76:
SchloÃmuseum, Arnstadt;
80:
Evangelisch-lutherisches Pfarramt, Arnstadt;
1 104, 106:
Museum am Lindenbühl, Mühlhausen;
116:
Stiftung Weimarer Klassik / Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek, Weimar;
120, 236, 241, 320, 321, 322:
Bach-Archiv Leipzig;
146, 149:
Kunstsammlungen zu Weimar, SchloÃmuseum, Weimar;
186, 190, 192:
Bachgedenkstätte im Schloà Köthen, Köthen;
267, 268, 304:
Evangelisch-lutherische Kirchengemeinde St. Thomas-Matthäi, Leipzig;
266, 4003, 404, 405(both):
Stadtarchiv, Leipzig;
390:
Sotheby's Holdings, London;
340, 359:
Stadtgeschichtliches Museum, Leipzig
