Bach Musical Offering, Ricercar a 3, BWV1079/1 : Performance Edition for Piano with Urtext Score, Commentary, and Illustrative CD

By: Edward Leiter

Bach's penultimate contrapuntal work appears in Urtext form based upon is own reconstruction of an impromptu fugue performed for Frederick the Great, which was based upon a theme provided by the King. On facing page is a performance version edited and redacted for piano, accompanied by an illustrative CD recording. This is prefaced by historical commentary and followed by performance notes. A visionary work which Bach performed on one of Frederick's revelatory Silbermann fortepianos, it attains a new dimension of keyboard writing prognosticative of his subsequent Art of the Fugue.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0999021427
• ISBN13: 9780999021422
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: Edition Caos
• Length: 27 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 11.0"