Johann Sebastian Bach
Flute Sonata b minor BWV 1030
Among the priceless treasures of the music department at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin is its collection of Bach autographs. The manuscript of the Flute Sonata in b minor BWV 1030 is a particularly beautiful, calligraphically notated source which G. Henle Publishers have issued in a four-colour printed and sumptuously produced facsimile edition. The very legible manuscript consists of two parts: the score in Bach’s hand and a hand-copied solo part made by a contemporary scribe. Both parts are also presented separately in the facsimile, which means they can even be used for performance purposes. In his introduction, Yo Tomita discusses the work and the autograph in their historical context. The Bach researcher additionally presents sensational new findings such as the identification of the copyist of the flute part: Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, who is known to us above all from anecdotes concerning the genesis of Bach’s “Goldberg Variations”. Martina Rebmann, head of the music department of the Staatsbibliothek, discusses, among other things, the meticulous restoration of the valuable manuscript. This deluxe edition is a must for all flutists, Bach devotees and scholars!
About the Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach
For many musicians he is “the Alpha and Omega of all music” (Max Reger). Except for operas, Bach composed masterpieces for every ensemble and genre of his age. His catalogue of works contains almost 1,100 entries, including the great Passions of St. Matthew and St. Johan, the Goldberg Variations, the Brandenburg Concerti, or hundreds of singular cantatas. As organist in Mühlhausen and Weimar he creates primarily organ compositions, concerti, and works of chamber music. Later, as music director in Köthen and for the decades he serves as cantor in Leipzig, he composes chiefly sacred vocal compositions and keyboard works. His later, contrapuntally complex compositions exert an enormous influence on the compositional styles and practices of later generations.
About the Authors
Yo Tomita (Introduction)
He is currently working on a two-volume monograph "The Genesis and Early History of Bach's Well-tempered Clavier, Book II: a composer and his editions, c.1738-1850" (Ashgate), "Exploring Bach's B-minor Mass" (Cambridge University Press) and "The Cambridge
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