Musical Offering (Musical Sacrifice) BWV 1079, Original version based on Bach's first edition of 1747, 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos, violone (double bass), organ, Querflute and bassoon, set of parts

Musikalisches Opfer BWV 1079, Originalausgabe nach Bachs Erstdruck von 1747, Stimmensatz

Edición de / Edited by: Dentler, Hans-Eberhard

The reason for the composition of this work is well-known: Bach's encounter with Frederick the Great and the story of the 'royal theme' which the King of Prussia 'deigned to play' on a pianoforte and which Bach 'was to execute in a fugue'.The sequence of the individual movements of the composition, however, has been uncertain up to now. After an extensive theoretical examination of this problem in his book 'Johann Sebastian Bachs Musicalisches Opfer', the editor now presents his results in the form of a sheet music edition.

CONTENIDO:

Widmungsvorrede
Ricercar (MO 1)
Canon perpetuus super Thema Regium (MO 2)
Sonata sopr' il Soggetto Reale á Traversa. Violino e Continuo: Largo (MO 3)
Allegro (MO 4)
Andante (MO 5)
Allegro (MO 6)
Canon perpetuus (MO 7)
Canones diversi super Thema Regium: Canon 1 a2 (MO 8)
Canon 2.a 2 Violin: in Unisono (MO 9)
Caon 3 a 2 per Motum contrarium (MO 10)
Canon 4 a 2. per Augmentationem, contrario Motu (MO 11)
Canon 5.a 2 (MO 12)
Fuga canonica in EpiDiapente (MO 13)
Ricercar. á 6 (MO 14)
Canon à 2 Quaerendo invenietis (MO 15)
Canon á 4 (MO 16)
Anhang: Canon á 4. Alternative Auflösung
Canon perpetuus super Thema Regium. Orgel manualiter
Ricercar. (a 3) Klavierfassung (Originaldruck)