It proceeds from the reliable copy prepared by Anna Magdalena Bach, with alternative readings from other sources reproduced as ossia passages. As the articulation in the MS copies is often indistinct and inconsistent, our text dispenses with slurs altogether. Besides the musical text, our new edition of the Cello Suites presents all five sources in facsimile. In addition to a description of the sources, the reader is offered precise instructions on performance and interpretation. Special attention is given to the question of slurring, with due regard to the string articulation customary in Bach s day.
Further information is provided on tempo, dynamics, rhythm, and the execution of ornaments.
This innovative edition enables cellists to confront the extant source material and stimulates them to study eighteenth-century performance practice. Its goal is to help cellists to find solutions to their technical difficulties and, ultimately, to create their own personal interpretations of the Cello Suites. Erstmals alles in drei Heften 1. Suite in Originalnotation und Transposition 2. Entstehungsgeschichte Auff hrungspraxis Revisionsbericht 3.