Praludium, Fuge & Allegro D-Dur BWV 998 Prelude, Fugue & Allegro D major BWV 998 Bearbeitung/Revision von/by Tilman Hoppstock Claudio Ahaueda P, tong PRiw- MUSIKVERLAG DARMSTADT Nt 14 750.NOTES TO PRELUDE, FUGUE & ALLEGRO BWY 998 The unusual sequence of movements (Préludium, Puge and Allegro} - balieved by Herrmann Keller, the editor of the Peters edition "Die Klavierwarke Bachs! fo be @ fragment of a lost, larger suite (with the Allegra taking the place of the Corrente) ~ is indeed entirely unique in Bach's instrumental works. In contrast to the unaccompanied violin sonatas ond partitos which ara similar in nature, this work lacks ‘a slow movement to precede the Ailegro. In the foreword of his edition for guitar, Eliot Fisk very plly compares this work to a triptych, with the fugue as the centrepiece of the symmetrical architecture. The formal structure of the dacapo fugue [the first section being recapitulated at the end) is indead a rare species in Bach’s oeuvre. There are of best a hand full of similarly struciored works (one och for harpsichord, lule ond organ, and two Fugues in the violin sonctas). The cenira section wih its prelude- like charactes, where the mein motiva of the theme frequently akes on the role ofc figured boss line, is unparalled in Bach’s polyphonic works. Ibis fortunate that on original manuscript of this work has baen proverved, providing a cémplete and authentic source for the musical text while revealing some interesting details about the compo- ser's working sirategies. The unconventional way in hich Bach, whether for lack of space or for reasons af economy, wrote par! of the final movement in German organ tablature nolation, spaced so tighthy thal the notes can hardly be deciphered, appears to sugaest that the composer was barely able te keep pace with his own inspiration. The present practical edition for guitar is based upon the sciantific urtext edition by the same. publisher (PRIM 1750-G_or PRIM 17 504). itis the result of a painstaking effor to accommodate ease of playing while remaining as fithhal as patsible to the originol handwriting ba Bach, All deviations from the monuscript have been marked in the music. For ease of playing, the work al hand has bean transposed from Ed major to D majar. t may be played in the original key by phacing a capotasto con the first fret. We should like to mention ona instance where the reading offered by all prior editions deserves to be: reconsidered. In measuce 46 of he Pratudium, the quaver on the seventh beat in the middle voice cannot be clearly deciphered in the manuacript- However, it would appear sensible to replace the d, as found in other editions, by an ¢. Not only does this interpretation avoid the parallel fifths which are, after all; hard te justify in this situation; but the resuling haimonic pragression to the @ minor sah chord appears more typical for Bach than the plain tramsition lo G major. The Fuge contains hwo additional noteworthy items for the editor: in measure 19, the last quaver in the descant; and in measure 66, the third quaver in the bass, Particularly the itter, emphasising an interes: ting crass relation involving a seventh chord wih a eojor (I) ninth, has besn misinlerpreted repeotedly in previous editions by replacing dit with d. Fingerings have mostly been omitted to avoid obstructing general readability. However, some fingering suggestions were added for technically demanding passages. All phrasing marks hove been retained as found in the manuscripts. No further ascending/descending ties can be found in this edition, except in those few places where tha editor added fingering suggestions. Notes or ornaments that are either iachnically highly problematic or simply impossible to implement ware put in fine print or fina print phos parentheses. Noles and ornaments added by the editor are in square brackets. Titmos Hoppstock, Sopiember 1999 Transl. by Andreas Kobner) adBACH: URTEXTAUSGABE IN SPIELPARTITUR Band 4 Priludium, Fuge und Allegro D-Dur BWV 998 orig. fur Laute oder Cembalo in Es-Dur Prelude, Fugue and Allegro D major BWV 998 orig. for lute or harpsichord in B flat major From the soures ‘wanseribed for guitar ‘Aus den Quellen herausgeschrieben und fur by Tilman Hoppstock Gitasve bearbeitet voa Tilman Hoppstack Johann Seb. Bach “ (1685-1750) Prelude iid a 2 ’ Prin 14950Piha ed onl ~ HI _ = ~ a “t phncoo Ptr FP r 7Prim $4750vw Hie aN