Johann Sebastian Bach
Four first and early editions
Joh. Seb. Bach’s Motetten in Partitur Erster Heft enthaltend drey achtstimmige Motetten Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, etc. Fürchte dich nicht, ich bin bey dir, etc. Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich etc. Preis 1 Rthlr. 8 Gr. [BWV 225, 228, Anhang III 159], Leipzig: bey Breitkopf und Härtel, [1802], FIRST EDITION, 48 pages, folio (34.8 x 26cm), type-set text and music, bookplate of Alfred Cortot to verso of title and his stamp to title, inscribed by him in pencil on verso of title, remains of paper backstrip, modern cloth folder, some browning
Grosse Passionsmusik nach dem Evangelium Johannis...Partitur [BWV 245] [score], Berlin: Trautwein, 1831, FIRST EDITION OF THE ST. JOHN PASSION, 113 pages, folio (32.5 x 25.5cm), engraved throughout, lithographed frontispiece portrait of Bach, plate number 370, manuscript presentation/ownership inscriptions (front pastedown: "From the Earl of Cawdor to Sir George Smart June 24 1854"; front endpaper: "T.G. Odling"), nineteenth-century green half morocco, some scattered spotting; bound together with editions of three other works (Bach's 'Coffee' Cantata, C.P.E. Bach's Magnificat and a Te Deum Laudamus by Hasse)
Studio o sia Tre Sonate per il Violino solo senza Basso [BWV 1001-1006], Bonn: N. Simrock, [1802], FIRST EDITION OF THE COMPLETE CYCLE OF THREE SONATAS AND THREE PARTITAS FOR SOLO VIOLIN, 43 pages, 4to, engraved throughout, ownership inscription to title ("Sim: Ehrlich"), modern brown cloth, some leaves trimmed to plate, slightly affecting pagination in places
No. 2. Herr! deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben etc...Clavierauszug [vocal score] [BWV 102], Bonn: N. Simrock, [after 1830], 17 pages, oblong 4to (c.27 x 34cm), engraved throughout, plate number 2891, unbound, edges browned Bach’s motets, with his cantatas, constitute some of his finest choral music. The first two items contain some of his best music in this genre. The third item Ich lasse dich nicht is tentatively attributed in many sources to Bach’s uncle, Johann Christoph Bach. However, more recently the pendulum of attribution has swung back towards Johann Sebastian himself. If it is by him, it is regarded as a very early work indeed (see Wolff (2000), p.111).
LITERATURE:RISM B 437 (BWV 245), 447 (BWV 225, 228, Anhang III 159), and Hoboken, i 13 (BWV 225, 228, Anhang III 159); Schmieder, p.733 (BWV 1001-1006)
PROVENANCE:Alfred Cortot (BWV 225, 228, Anhang III 159); Otto Haas (BWV 245)
Johann Sebastian Bach
Four first and early editions
Joh. Seb. Bach’s Motetten in Partitur Erster Heft enthaltend drey achtstimmige Motetten Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, etc. Fürchte dich nicht, ich bin bey dir, etc. Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich etc. Preis 1 Rthlr. 8 Gr. [BWV 225, 228, Anhang III 159], Leipzig: bey Breitkopf und Härtel, [1802], FIRST EDITION, 48 pages, folio (34.8 x 26cm), type-set text and music, bookplate of Alfred Cortot to verso of title and his stamp to title, inscribed by him in pencil on verso of title, remains of paper backstrip, modern cloth folder, some browning
Grosse Passionsmusik nach dem Evangelium Johannis...Partitur [BWV 245] [score], Berlin: Trautwein, 1831, FIRST EDITION OF THE ST. JOHN PASSION, 113 pages, folio (32.5 x 25.5cm), engraved throughout, lithographed frontispiece portrait of Bach, plate number 370, manuscript presentation/ownership inscriptions (front pastedown: "From the Earl of Cawdor to Sir George Smart June 24 1854"; front endpaper: "T.G. Odling"), nineteenth-century green half morocco, some scattered spotting; bound together with editions of three other works (Bach's 'Coffee' Cantata, C.P.E. Bach's Magnificat and a Te Deum Laudamus by Hasse)
Studio o sia Tre Sonate per il Violino solo senza Basso [BWV 1001-1006], Bonn: N. Simrock, [1802], FIRST EDITION OF THE COMPLETE CYCLE OF THREE SONATAS AND THREE PARTITAS FOR SOLO VIOLIN, 43 pages, 4to, engraved throughout, ownership inscription to title ("Sim: Ehrlich"), modern brown cloth, some leaves trimmed to plate, slightly affecting pagination in places
No. 2. Herr! deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben etc...Clavierauszug [vocal score] [BWV 102], Bonn: N. Simrock, [after 1830], 17 pages, oblong 4to (c.27 x 34cm), engraved throughout, plate number 2891, unbound, edges browned Bach’s motets, with his cantatas, constitute some of his finest choral music. The first two items contain some of his best music in this genre. The third item Ich lasse dich nicht is tentatively attributed in many sources to Bach’s uncle, Johann Christoph Bach. However, more recently the pendulum of attribution has swung back towards Johann Sebastian himself. If it is by him, it is regarded as a very early work indeed (see Wolff (2000), p.111).
LITERATURE:RISM B 437 (BWV 245), 447 (BWV 225, 228, Anhang III 159), and Hoboken, i 13 (BWV 225, 228, Anhang III 159); Schmieder, p.733 (BWV 1001-1006)
PROVENANCE:Alfred Cortot (BWV 225, 228, Anhang III 159); Otto Haas (BWV 245)
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