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JS Bach Handwritten Scores?

Posted by Elizabeth on April 11, 2009 in Classical Music with 2 Comments


Aaron P


Where would I find pics/photocopies of works by JS Bach, especially his earlier organ works, because I can’t find them anywhere on the internet, after years of searching.

Specific songs I am looking for are-
BWV 565
BWV 564
BWV 543
BWV 540
etc.

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  1. glinzek

    April 13, 2009 - 6:40 pm
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    You will not find his facsimiles on the itnernet, unfortunately. They tend to be tightly held, and of course they are priceless — but not unattainable.

    Not all of the manuscripts of Bach’s works have been found or are even in existence. Many of his earlier works remain lost, so there may not be facsimiles for the BWV’s that you have specified — I could find no references for them, but my search was not exhaustive.

    You may have run into some of this before, but just in case you haven’ —

    At the following site

    you can find sources for these facsimeles:

    Orgelbüchlein. BWV 599-644. Faksimile des Autographs. Herausgegeben von Heinz-Harald Löhlein [Deutsche Staatsbibl. Berlin, mus. ms. autogr. Bach P 283].
    Documenta Musicologica, II/11. Kassel, 4/ 1999. Oblong, 20 x 17 cm, xxviii, 184 pp. 2-color collotype reproduction of the autograph manuscript. The most important and comprehensive chorale collection in the organ repertory. Codicologically the manuscript—a torso—tells us a lot about the developmental process of the collection and suggests that Bach had been compiling the Orgelbüchlein over several years. Although an anthology of 164 chorale arrangements was intended, only about one third that amount was actually copied. Nearly all of these originate from the Weimar period (1708-1717). Introduction in German, with index. Hardbound. $79 (more info… ) [item no.78]

    Orgelbüchlein BWV 599-644. Faksimile nach dem Autograph in der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Preußischer Kulturbesitz. Mit einer Einführung von Sven Hiemke. [Signatur Mus. ms. autogr. Bach P 283].
    Meisterwerke der Musik im Faksimile, 6. Laaber, 2004. Oblong, 20 x 17 cm, xxix, 188 pp. New full-color reproduction of the autograph. The Orgelbüchlein represents the most important and comprehensive chorale collection in the organ repertory. Codicologically the manuscript (a torso) tells us a lot about the developmental process of the collection and suggests that Bach had been compiling the Orgelbüchlein over several years. Although an anthology of 164 chorale arrangements was intended, only about one third that amount was actually copied. Nearly all of these originate from the Weimar period (1708-1717). Introduction in Ger-Eng, with a table showing the chronology and development of the collection. Hardbound, with handsome boards in decorative blue paper. $224 (more info… ) [item no.8408]

    [Organ transcriptions] Weimarer Orgeltablatur. Die frühesten Notenhandschriften Johann Sebastian Bach sowie Abschriften seines Schülers Johann Martin Schubart. Mit Werken von Dietrich Buxtehude, Johann Adam Reinken und Johann Pachelbel. Vorwort und Übertragung herausgegeben von Michael Maul und Peter Wollny.
    Documenta Musicologica, II/39 (= Faksimile-Reihe Bachscher Werke und Schriftstücke, Neue Folge, 3]. Kassel, 2007. 23 x 30 cm, xxxv, 48 pp; 18 pp. Recently rediscovered manuscript in the Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek, Kassel consisting of four fascicles notated in organ tabulature: I) Johann Adam Reinken, “An Wasserflüssen Babylon”; II) Dietrich Buxtehude, “Nun freut euch lieben Christen g’mein”; III) Johann Pachelbel, “An Wasserflüssen Babylon”; IV) Johann Pachelbel, “Kyrie Gott Vater in Ewigkeit” + Fuga. The Bach portion of this rare source—fascicles I & II—has been dated c.1700, making it the earliest testimony we have of the master’s autograph. The colophon at the end of fascicle I conveys, for the first time, specific information underscoring the significance of Bach’s stay in Lüneburg for the transmission of North German organ music in Thuringia. Preface in Ger-Eng, together with new critical edition. Wrappers/portfolios, in box. $129 [item no.8797]

    Here is a page of some of his tablature:

    Good luck in your search

    Glinzek

  2. MissLimLam

    April 16, 2009 - 9:30 am
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    Just to add to what dearest Glinzek has said, here is the manuscript of Bachs Lute Suite in G minor: (BWV 995) (I dont think this is the one that Bach hiimself wrote but… oh well)

    Also, Bach’s Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor. The website says that his second wife wrote out this manuscript, but I dont know how accurate that is:

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