Content
- English Suite no. 1 A major BWV 806
- English Suite no. 2 a minor BWV 807
- English Suite no. 3 g minor BWV 808
- English Suite no. 4 F major BWV 809
- English Suite no. 5 e minor BWV 810
- English Suite no. 6 d minor BWV 811
The epithet “English Suites” – as with the “French Suites” – did not originate with Bach himself. In contrast to the six intimate French Suites, Bach’s English Suites adopt a grander tone, each one opening with a prelude in concertante style. Two of the sarabandes survive in additional versions that feature ornamentation by Bach himself; an impressive testimony to his intended virtuosic and opulent harpsichord style in these pieces.
Despite the lack of autograph sources, the musical text of these works has survived extraordinarily well and reliably thanks to several contemporary manuscript copies. For this revised Urtext edition Ullrich Scheideler has undertaken an exemplary investigation of authentic variants, especially in the ornamentation. All are documented here, and made directly accessible to the player in the musical text itself.
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1558293
Edition without fingering
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1558295
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