Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)
The Six English Suites BWV 806-811
harpsichord [piano]
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Print edition
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Details
- For
- harpsichord [piano]
- Product Type
- Music score (Urtext edition)
- Author / Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Editor
- Alfred Dürr
- Product number
- 116760
- Difficulty Level
- 4
Description
- Urtext of the New Bach Edition
- Comprehensive Preface (Ger/Eng)
- Includes notes on interpretation and facsimile pages
The history of the composition of the English Suites remains largely unknown. There is no unanimity of opinion even about the meaning of the name. Johann Nikolaus Forkel writes in his biography of Bach (1802) that the Suites were "composed for an English nobleman" and the title page of a manuscript which was owned by Johann Christian Bach does actually carry the informat...