The crowning glory of Bach's achievements in sacred music, the Mass in B Minor represents a powerful statement of Christian faith. Composed over more than two decades, this unprecedented work pairs deliberately archaic polyphonic sections with far-sighted modern ones, creating a vast, symmetrical plan of almost theatrical proportions. Scored for five solo voices, chorus, orchestra, and continuo, this towering masterpiece is reprinted here from the authoritative Bach-Gesellschaft edition. The work appears in full score, with bar-numbered movements and ample margins at the bottom of each...
The crowning glory of Bach's achievements in sacred music, the Mass in B Minor represents a powerful statement of Christian faith. Composed over mo...
Johann Sebastian Bach, Wilhelm Rust, Henry Sandwith Drinker
This is a new, digitally enhanced reprint of the vocal score originally issued by Breitkopf & Hartel, Leipzig ca. 1910 to compliment the Bach Gesellschaft edition of the complete works. Composed in 1731 during Bach's tenure as kantor of the Thomaskirche in Leipzig, this longtime favorite of the cantatas had its premiere on November 25th of that year. "
This is a new, digitally enhanced reprint of the vocal score originally issued by Breitkopf & Hartel, Leipzig ca. 1910 to compliment the Bach Gesellsc...
(String Solo). A collection of three concertos for the violin. Includes the A Major Concerto, BWV 1041; E Major Concerto, BWV 1042; Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043.
(String Solo). A collection of three concertos for the violin. Includes the A Major Concerto, BWV 1041; E Major Concerto, BWV 1042; Concerto for Two V...
Bach composed the first version of this piece in 1723 using the key of E-flat major for the Christmas Vespers in Leipzig which contained several Christmas texts. Over the years he removed the Christmas-specific texts to make it suitable for year-round performance, and transposied it to D major, providing better sonority for the three trumpets, which is the standard version of the work encountered today. The Magnificat is divided into twelve parts which can be grouped into three movements, each beginning with an aria and completed by the choir. The four movements from the original version have...
Bach composed the first version of this piece in 1723 using the key of E-flat major for the Christmas Vespers in Leipzig which contained several Chris...
The first book in Johann Sebastian Bach's famous and most influential "The Well-Tempered Clavier." Here is what the title page first published in English had to say about this masterful work: "The Well-Tempered Clavier, or Preludes and Fugues through all tones and semitones, relating to the major third, that is, Ut Re Mi, as well as those related to the minor third, that is, Re Mi Fa. Compiled and prepared for the benefit and practice of young musicians desirous of learning, as well as for the entertainment of those already versed in this particular study, by Johann Sebastian Bach, Anno 1722"...
The first book in Johann Sebastian Bach's famous and most influential "The Well-Tempered Clavier." Here is what the title page first published in Engl...
The second book in Johann Sebastian Bach's famous and most influential "The Well-Tempered Clavier." Here is what the title page first published in English had to say about this masterful work: "The Well-Tempered Clavier, or Preludes and Fugues through all tones and semitones, relating to the major third, that is, Ut Re Mi, as well as those related to the minor third, that is, Re Mi Fa. Compiled and prepared for the benefit and practice of young musicians desirous of learning, as well as for the entertainment of those already versed in this particular study, by Johann Sebastian Bach, Anno...
The second book in Johann Sebastian Bach's famous and most influential "The Well-Tempered Clavier." Here is what the title page first published in Eng...
Books 1 and 2 containing the complete 48 preludes and fugues of Johann Sebastian Bach's famous and most influential "The Well-Tempered Clavier." Here is what the title page first published in English had to say about this masterful work: "The Well-Tempered Clavier, or Preludes and Fugues through all tones and semitones, relating to the major third, that is, Ut Re Mi, as well as those related to the minor third, that is, Re Mi Fa. Compiled and prepared for the benefit and practice of young musicians desirous of learning, as well as for the entertainment of those already versed in this...
Books 1 and 2 containing the complete 48 preludes and fugues of Johann Sebastian Bach's famous and most influential "The Well-Tempered Clavier." Here ...
