BACH, Johann Sebastian 1685-1750

Six Grandes Sonates pour le Pianoforte et Violon obligé ... Edition nouvelle, soigneusement revue, corrigée, métronomiseé et doigtée; enrichie de notes sur l'execution et accompagnée d'une préface ... Pr 4 1/2 Rthlr ... Oeuvres complets. Liv. 10 Adoptées au Conservatoire de Musique de Leipzig. [BWV 1014-1019]. [Full score and separate violin part]

Leipzig: Bureau de Musique de C. F. Peters [PN 2766], [ca. 1860-1870].

Folio. Full contemporary dark brown cloth with spine in gilt-ruled compartment with titling gilt, with "E.F.C." gilt to lower outer corner of upper. 1f. (recto lithographic title, verso publisher's preface), [i] (table of contents), 2-91 pp. Together with violin part, unbound, [i] (blank), 30 pp. Engraved throughout. Edited by Carl Czerny, August Klengel, Moritz Hauptmann, and Karl Lipinsk.

With "Ruth Boyden" in pencil to upper outer corner of free front endpaper and, in another hand, "Margaret P. Curtis Russell, Feb. 21st 1881." "C.F Peters" and "C. H. Heusing" handstamps to lower blank margin of title.

Binding of score quite worn, rubbed, bumped, and shaken, with minor loss; upper partially detached. Very occasional minor foxing to blank margins. Signatures of violin part separated; frayed at edges, with some small tears and minor stains to blank margins; lacking title.

A later issue of the score first published in 1841. Schmieder 2, p. 741. Riemenschneider Memorial Bach Library catalog, p. 230. Oeuvres Complettes Livre 10. Later issues carry "Adoptées au Conservatoire de Musique de Leipzig" to foot of title.

"The unusual flexibility with which Bach manipulated the conventional genres of sonata and suite is comparable to his orchestral output, as regards formal and compositional aspects as much as textures. Particularly important is his emancipation of the harpsichord from its role as continuo instrument and its deployment as a true partner in the sonatas for harpsichord with violin (bwv1014–19), flute (1030–33), and viola da gamba (1027–9). The cycle of six harpsichord and violin sonatas (c1725–6) were the first in a series of works with obbligato keyboard and paved the way for a new musical genre. The traditional trio sonata with continuo still cast its shadow (for example, in the opening movements of bwv1015 and 1019), but it yielded by stages to a more integrated three-part style (for example, the opening movements of bwv1014 and 1018)." Christoph Wolff in Grove Music Online.

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