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  • Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring (From Cantata No. 147)
  • Prelude No. I (Well-tempered Clavier)
  • Prelude No. Vi (Well-tempered Clavier)
  • Prelude No. Ix (Well-tempered Clavier)
  • Sheep May Safely Graze (From Cantata No. 208)
  • Sleepers, Awake! (From Cantata No. 140)
  • Be Thou With Me A
  • Gavotte I & Ii (From 5th Cello Suite)
  • Prelude

Parkening Plays Bach (Guitar Solo). By Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Edited by Christopher Parkening. Guitar Collection. Baroque. Difficulty: medium-difficult. Guitar solo book. Standard guitar notation and introductory text. 24 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.699104).

ISBN 0793585260. With standard guitar notation and introductory text. Baroque. 9x12 inches.

Nine transcriptions edited and fingered by Parkening: Preludes I, VI & IX * Gavottes I & II * Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring * Sheep May Safely Graze * Wachet Auf, Ruft Uns Die Stemme * Be Thou with Me * Sleepers Awake (2 guitars).

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5 star rating

Jeff Whittington

Location: from San Francisco, CA

Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced

August 27, 2008

Great transcriptions at a low price

Thanks to Mr Parkening for making such great music available to us poor folk. I bought this mainly for Rick Foster's Jesu, which is almost perfect; it also contains Foster's Sheep and Chris's own terrific Sleepers and Clavier Preludes 1 and 6. Be warned, the first Prelude has been transposed...

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3 star rating

S. Baxter

Location: from Thunder Bay, ON

Difficulty Level:
Intermediate

February 10, 2007

Good Music, poor layout

I became interested in this book because I have Parkeing's recording, of the same title. The music is great and fingerings are easy to follow but there are too many unneccesary page turns. If pieces 2 pages long required no page turning I would have given it 5 stars. Right...

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JP

Location: from Pittsburgh, Pa

Difficulty Level:
Advanced

June 10, 2006

here it is...

A life time of work learning to play these properly no doubt but completely worth the effort. What other composer makes the struggle so worth while? Harvey's comment about Prelude #1 is right on the money! What a spiritual oasis (if you will... and you will!!) that tune is. Thanks...

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14 of 28 people found this review helpful.

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Harvey Mintz

Location: from

Difficulty Level:
Advanced

March 22, 2006

Magnificent

The transcription for Prelude #1 in C Maj from the Well-Tempered Clavier alone is worth the price. As it the transcription for Jesus Joy of Man's Desiring. These are difficult but stunning.

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