Unaccompanied Bach : performing the solo works / David Ledbetter.
| Author/creator | Ledbetter, David |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2009. |
| Description | xii, 348 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction -- German traditions of solo instrumental music. Bach and the violin ; German violin traditions ; Violoncello and bass viol ; The German lute tradition ; Bach and the flute -- Concepts of style and structure. The German 'mixed style' ; Dance and sonata styles ; Fundamental and decorative note values ; Division technique ; Ritornello structures ; The invention principle ; Harmonic materials and structures ; Aspects of fugue -- The Sei solo for violin BWV 1001-1006. Sonata Prima BWV 1001 ; Partia Prima BWV 1002 ; Sonata Seconda BWV 1003 ; Partia Seconda BWV 1004 ; Sonata Terza 1005 ; Partia Terza BWV 1006 -- The 6 suites for cello BWV 1007-1012. Suite 1 in G major BWV 1007 ; Suite 2 in D minor BWV 1008 ; Suite 3 in C major BWV 1009 ; Suite 4 in E flat major BWV 1010 ; Suite 5 in C minor BWV 1011 ; Suite 6 in D major BWV 1012 -- Works for lute/lautenwerk BWV 995-1000, 1006a. Suite in G minor BWV 995 ; Suite in E minor BWV 996 ; Suite in C minor BWV 997 ; Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in E flat major BWV 998 ; Prelude in C minor BWV 999 ; Fugue in G minor BWV 1000 ; Suite in E major 1006a -- The Solo for transverse flute BWV 1013 -- Appendices. 1. Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, Sonatae, Violino solo, Sonata I, opening section ; 2. Johann Jakob Walther, Scherzi da Violino solo, p. 30 ; 3. Nicola Matteis, a) Fantasia for unaccompanied violin; b) Alia Fantasia ; 4. Francesco Geminiani, Sonata a Violino solo senza Basso ; 5. Johann Georg Pisendel, Sonata a Violino solo senza Basso ; 6. François Couperin, Seventeenth harpsichord Ordre, [Allemande] 'La Superbe' -- Glossary. |
| Abstract | Concerns unaccompanied works BWV 995-1013, including six suites for solo cello, six sonatas and partitas for solo violin, seven works for lute, and the suite for solo flute. Examines issues of style and composition type and the options open to interpretation and performance. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-339) and index. |
| Bibliography note | Includes discography. |
| LCCN | 2009937502 |
| ISBN | 9780300141511 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 0300141513 |