{"id":319,"date":"2012-12-02T16:55:10","date_gmt":"2012-12-02T16:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faculty.wpengine.com\/david-schulenberg\/?page_id=319"},"modified":"2021-07-19T19:29:13","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T19:29:13","slug":"bach-and-handel-completions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.wagner.edu\/david-schulenberg\/bach-and-handel-completions\/","title":{"rendered":"Bach and Handel Arrangements and Completions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arrangements
and
Completions of Fragmentary Works of J. S. Bach and Handel
by David Schulenberg<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In the course of researching and performing the music of J. S. Bach and Handel, I have had occasion to make various arrangements and to complete a number of instrumental works that survive only in fragments. Among the arrangements are my transcriptions of Bach’s works for unaccompanied string and wind instruments, found elsewhere on this website<\/a>. The fragments are works that Bach and Handel probably completed but which do not survive in their intended form, presumably because the composer never completed a fair copy of his working draft, or because pages from his fair copy manuscript have been lost. In some cases the composer may have intentionally discarded portions of a work that he intended to revise and replace, but only the portion left intact remains.<\/p>\n

Arrangements<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bach, songs, arias, and chorales from the second Little Keyboard Book for Anna Magdalena Bach (1725),<\/strong> arranged for keyboard performance with full harmony: BWV 82 (two movements) 452, and 508\u2013518
score<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Bach, Fourteen canons on the first eight notes of the “Goldberg Variations” bass line, BWV 1087,<\/strong> arranged for two-manual harpsichord
score<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0midi<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0recording (live performance)<\/a><\/p>\n

Handel, Concerto in F for harpsichord or organ, HWV 292 (op. 4, no. 4),<\/strong> arrangement of the solo part with embellishments and cadenzas (capricci<\/em>).
score<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 midi<\/a><\/p>\n

Completions<\/strong><\/p>\n

I call these completions rather than reconstructions because, even where we have evidence as to how much of a work is missing or how a fragment might have continued, we cannot be sure that Bach did not intend to alter his original plan as documented by the extant fragment, or to replace a missing portion of a work by a longer or shorter one.<\/p>\n

My book\u00a0The Keyboard Music of J. S. Bach<\/em>\u00a0contains completions of the following works for solo keyboard instrument. Since publication I have revised the first item listed (revised score here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Fugue in C Minor BWV 906\/2<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 recording (live performance)<\/a>
Chorale prelude\u00a0Jesu, meine Freude\u00a0BWV 753<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 recording (live performance)<\/a>
Prelude in E Minor BWV 932<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 recording (live performance)<\/a>
Fuga a 3 soggetti<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(the fragmentary quadruple contrapunctus<\/em> from the\u00a0Art of Fugue<\/em>) BWV 1080\/19\u00a0recording (live performance)<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0talk<\/a><\/p>\n

The links below will take you to scores and midi (synthesized audio) files for the following works (by Bach unless otherwise noted):<\/p>\n

Fugue in C minor (pedaliter, in five parts) BWV 562\/2<\/strong>
score<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0midi<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/a>recording (live performance of an older version)<\/a><\/p>\n

Fantasia pro organo<\/em>\u00a0in C, BWV 573<\/strong>
score<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0midi<\/a><\/p>\n

Chorale prelude\u00a0Wie sch\u00f6n leuchtet der Morgenstern<\/em>\u00a0(manualiter<\/em>, in four parts), BWV 764<\/strong>
score<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0midi<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/a>recording (live performance)<\/a><\/p>\n

Aria with Variations BWV 991<\/strong>
score<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0midi<\/a><\/p>\n

Sonata in A for flute and keyboard, BWV 1032, first movement<\/strong>
score<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0flute part<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0midi<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/a>recording (live performance)<\/a><\/p>\n

Handel, Suite in C minor for two keyboard instruments, HWV 446<\/strong>
Only the first of the two keyboard parts survives (see the note in the score for further details). The recording is from a performance with harpsichordist Zvi Meniker at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in 1994. Today I would play all four movements slower to one degree or another!
score<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0midi<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 recording:
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Allemande<\/a>
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Courante<\/a>
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Sarabande<\/a>
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Chaconne<\/a><\/p>\n

File updated 7\/19\/21<\/p>\n\n\n

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