The Notebooks for Anna Magdalena Bach - 1722 & 1725
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Description
Drawn from Christoph Wolff’s cutting-edge scholarly edition of the complete Anna Magdalena Notebooks, Edition Peters is proud to present a volume of shorter and easier pieces from the notebooks, perfect for practical use by students of all ages and their teachers.
In 1721 a 20-year-old soprano employed at the princely court in Köthen married the court’s Kapellmeister, set to become the greatest composer of the age. As his second wife she married into a young family with four children, and a busy household filled with music. The music book that Johann Sebastian Bach presented to his new wife Anna Magdalena in 1722, and replaced more lavishly in 1725, treats us to a tantalizing glimpse inside this unique family, allowing us to sit beside Bach as a composer, teacher, husband and father. Over the years, these notebooks became a place for the family to share instructional exercises, favourite pieces – by Bach and other composers – to play or sing, early composition efforts from the children, and first versions of some of Bach’s more ambitious keyboard works.
- Urtext edition by pre-eminent Bach scholar Christoph Wolff, Harvard Professor and former Director of the Leipzig Bach Archive
- Represents the very latest in Bach scholarship, reflecting up-to-the-minute research on texts, authorship and copyists
- A selection of the most popular pieces from the two notebooks in a practical student edition
- Contains works for keyboard and vocal pieces, following the practice of musical education and performance in Bach’s home.
Contents
Notebook 1722:
9. Minuet in C minor BWV 813/5
10. Minuet in B minor BWV 814/5
11. Minuet in G major (Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann)
Notebook 1725:
3. Minuet in F major BWV Anh. 113
4a. Minuet in G major (Petzold, Christian)
4b. Minuet Trio in G minor (Petzold, Christian)
5. Rondeau "Les Bergeries" (Couperin, François)
6. Minuet in G major BWV Anh. 116
7a. Polonaise in F major BWV 117a
7b. Polonaise in F major BWV Anh. 117b
8. Minuet in B-flat major, BWV Anh. 118
9. Polonaise in G minor, BWV Anh. 119
10. Chorale "Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten" BWV 691
11. Chorale "Gib dich zufrieden und sei stille" (anonymous)
12a. Chorale "Gib dich zufrieden und sei stille" BWV 511, piano & voice
12b. Chorale "Gib dich zufrieden und sei stille" BWV 512, piano & voice
13. Minuet in A minor BWV Anh. 120
14. Minuet in C minor BWV Anh. 121
15. March in D major (Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel)
16. Polonaise in G minor
17. March in G major (Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel)
18. Polonaise in G minor (Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel)
19a. Aria "So oft ich meine Tobacks-Pfeife"" BWV 515 (Bach, Gottfried Heinrich?)
19b. Aria "So oft ich meine Tobacks-Pfeife"" BWV 515a
20. Minuet in G major (Böhm[e])
21. Musette in D major, BWV 126
22. Marche in E-flat major (Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel)
23. Polonaise in D minor, BWV Anh. 128
24. Aria "Bist du bei mir" BWV 508 (Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich)
25. Aria in G major, BWV 988/1
26. Solo per il Cembalo in E-flat major (Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel)
27. Polonaise in G major (Hasse, Johann Adolf)
28. Prelude in C major, BWV 846
31. Composition attempt in F major, BWV Anh. 131 (Bach, Gottfried Heinrich?)
32. Aria "Warum betrübst du dich" BWV 516, piano & voice
33. Recicativo "Ich habe genug" & Aria "Schlummert ein" BWV 82/2-3, piano & voice
34. Aria "Schaffs mit mir, Gott, nach deinem Willen" BWV 514, piano & voice
35. Minuet in D minor, BWV Anh. 132
36. Aria "Willst du dein Herz mir schenken" BWV 518, piano & voice (Giovannini, Compte de Saint-Germain)
37. Aria "Schlummert ein" BWV 82/3, piano & voice (Giovannini, Compte de Saint-Germain)
38a. Chorale "Dir, dir, Jehova, will ich singen" BWV 299, piano & voice
38b. Chorale "Dir, dir, Jehova, will ich singen" BWV 452, piano & voice
39. Aria "Wie wohl ist mir, o Freund der Seelen" BWV 3 App. C (anonymous)
40. Aria "Gedenke doch, mein Geist, zurücke" BWV 509, piano & voice
41. Chorale "O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort" BWV 513, piano & voice
42. Poem "Ihr Diener, werte Jungfer Braut"
43. Rules of Figured Bass I
44. Rules of Figured Bass II