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Re: Editions of Four Duets - also in INTERNET??

🔗ha.kellner@t-online.de

7/14/2001 11:50:10 AM

Dear Allen strange,

There exist many editions of Clavier�bung III by Bach.
Of course, as we are here confining our interest to the
Four Duets, I tell you that I usually play them - the time I
played them all by heart are gone - from the edition
G. HENLE VERLAG M�nchen.
This is excellent for the practical musician and yet closest
to the original print - under some musicologically extremely
pertinent aspects. HENLE is a separate edition for the Duets,
essential to note. Format: portrait.

*Related musicology:
Kellner, H.A.: How Bach quantified his well-tempered tuning within the Four
Duets. English Harpsichord Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 2, 1986(87), page 21-27

Idem: Barocke Akustik und Numerologie in den Vier Duetten: Bachs "Musicalische
Temperatur". In "Bericht �ber den Internationalen Musikwissenschaftlichen
Kongre� Stuttgart 1985", Hg. Dietrich Berke und Dorothea Hanemann, Kassel 1987,
Seite 439-449.
*
There exists a separate edition as well from B�renreiter, part
of the NBG Neue Gesamtausgabe Bachgesellschaft.
Nicely printed, though, as well; format landscape.
Editor Prof. Manfred Tessmer, still fervent proponent
of Equal Temperament for Bach - must have a hearing problem.
His edition, to stress, nevertheless, entirely correct and usable.
But don't tune your harpsichord necessarily in E.T. for them.
*
I am not accustomed to deal swith scores from INTERNET,
perhaps somebody could give you a hint.

Kind regards,

Herbert Anton Kellner

astrange schrieb:
> Dear
>
> Your post to the tuning list about the Bach Four Duets is very
> intriguing- your link
> http://ha.kellner.bei.t-online.de
> does not seem to be working for me- do you have another reference or can
> you direct me to where I could get a copy of the score?
>
> thanks in advance--
>
> Allen strange