Three Sonatas and Three Partitas for Solo Violin, BWV 1001-1006
by Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Solo - Sheet Music

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Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Edited by Peter Wollny. This edition: urtext edition. Stapled. Barenreiter Urtext. Urtext from the New Bach Edition - Revised (NBArev). Performance score, anthology. BWV 1001-1006. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA05256. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA05256).

ISBN 9790006561605. 31 x 24.3 cm inches. Preface: Peter Wollny.

Without any doubt J.S. Bach’s cycle of the three Sonatas and Partitas BWV 1001-1006 represents one of the pinnacles of classical European music. According to C.P.E. Bach a contemporary voice stated that there was „nothing more accomplished in order to become a good violinist“ than his father’s works. The cycle reflects the entire harmonic and polyphonic musical universe of Bach’s time, so masterfully composed that it can be rendered within the limited framework of but a single instrument – the violin.

The new publication of the Sonatas and Partitas BWV 1001-1006 (BA 5256) constitutes a complete revision of our older edition (BA 5116). The musical text has been edited by Peter Wollny and represents the most up-to-date state of research as published in the New Bach Edition – Revised (NBArev), volume BA 5937-01. The edition is mainly based on Bach’s unusually clear autograph which is considered among the most beautiful manuscripts by the composer. All relevant secondary sources have been taken into consideration in order to clarify ambiguities. These include five contemporary copies, including one by Anna Magdalena Bach, and four manuscripts from the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

The musical text has been newly engraved with a clear and generous layout, whereby page turns and pagination have been retained from the previous edition. This allows the straightforward navigation between a copy of the previous and this new edition. The detailed Preface (Ger/Eng) provides information on the genesis of the Sonatas and Partitas, their context and the sources.

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