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Book SynopsisIn 1725 Johann Sebastian Bach wrote two keyboard suites for his wife Anna Magdalena, whom he married in 1721. These became the first entries in a book in which, over the next twenty years, were gathered together both keyboard pieces and vocal works by Johann Sebastian and his two sons Carl Philipp Emanuel and Johann Christian as well as such composers as Couperin, Böhm, Petzold and Hasse. An illuminating portrait of domestic music-making in the Bach family during the Leipzig period, this authoritative new edition of the book contains the keyboard pieces only, including the well-known Minuet in G and Prelude in C, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Part I, and more substantial items such as C. P. E. Bach's Solo per il Cembalo in E flat (early versions of Partitas Nos. 3 and 6 and French Suites Nos. 1 and 2 are excluded). This first-class edition, providing an important and attractive introduction to the Baroque style, also contains invaluable advice on appropriate tempo, phrasing, articulation and ornamentation in accordance with contemporary performance practice.
Trade ReviewA highly commendable edition, enabling players to set Bach's music in the context of pieces which he thought useful for students. * Early Music Review *
Table of ContentsMenuet in F, BWV Anh. II 113 [Anon.] ; Menuet [I] in G, BWV Anh. II 114 [Petzold] ; Menuet [II] in G minor, BWV Anh. II 115 [Petzold] ; 'Les Bergeries', Rondeau in B flat [F Couperin] ; Menuet in G, BWV Anh. II 116 [Anon.] ; Polonaise in F [First Version], BWV Anh. II 117a [Anon.] ; Polonaise in F [Second Version], BWV Anh. II 117b [Anon.] ; Menuet in B flat, BWV Anh. II 118 [Anon.] ; Polonaise in G minor, BWV Anh. II 119 [Anon.] ; Chorale 'Wer nur den lieben Gott lasst walten', BWV 691 ; Menuet in A minor, BWV Anh. II 120 [Anon.] ; Menuet in C minor, BWV Anh. II 121 [Anon.] ; March in D, H. 1.1 [C. P. E. Bach] ; Polonaise in G minor, H. 1.2 [C. P. E. Bach] ; March in G, H. 1.3 [C. P. E. Bach] ; Polonaise in G minor, H. 1.4 [C. P. E. Bach] ; Menuet in G [Georg Bohm] ; Musette in D, BWV Anh. II 126 [Anon.] ; Marche in E flat, BWV Anh. II 127 [Anon.] ; Polonaise in D minor, BWV Anh. II 128 [Anon.] ; Menuet in D minor, BWV Anh. II 132 [Anon.] ; Aria in F, BWV Anh. II 131 [J. C. F. Bach] ; Solo per il Cembalo in E flat, H. 16 [C. P. E. Bach] ; Pra
