J.S. Bach 3 Sonatas and 3 Partitas BWV 1001-1006 for Solo Violin Barenreiter Urtext

J.S. Bach 3 Sonatas and 3 Partitas BWV 1001-1006 for Solo Violin Barenreiter Urtext

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 (BA5256) constitutes a complete revision of Barenreiter's older edition (BA5116).

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.

Also:

J.S. Bach 3 Sonatas and 3 Partitas for Violin Solo Facsimile

J.S. Bach Sonatas and Partitas for Violin solo BWV 1001-1006 notated and annotated Henle Urtext

J.S. Bach Sonatas and Partitas for Violin solo BWV 1001-1006 notated and annotated Henle Urtext Study score

J.S. Bach Six Sonatas and Partitas BWV 1001-1006 IMC ed. Ivan Galamian inc. facsimile

J.S. Bach Solo Sonatas and Partitas Peters edition Urtext

J.S. Bach Sonatas and Partitas for the Violin Schirmer edition

J.S. Bach Sonatas and Partitas ed. with fingering by Henryk Szeryng Schott edition

The Cambridge Companion to Bach

Bach's Works for Solo Violin: Style, Structure, Performance

Alternatively for viola:

J.S. Bach Sonatas and Partitas BWV 1001-1006 trans Viola Simon Rowland-Jones Peters edition

J.S. Bach 3 Sonatas and 3 Partitas BWV 1001-1006 (arr. Chung Park for Viola Solo) Barenreiter Urtext

• Partita for solo violin No. 1 in B minor, BWV1002
• Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV1004
• Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E major, BWV1006
• Sonata for solo violin No. 1 in G minor, BWV1001
• Sonata for solo violin No. 2 in A minor, BWV1003
• Sonata for solo violin No. 3 in C major, BWV1005