Works for Violin: The Complete Sonatas and Partitas for Unaccompanied Violin and the Six Sonatas for Violin and Clavier [Paperback]

Johann Sebastian Bach (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1978

Complete Sonatas and Partitas for Unaccompanied Violin; Six Sonatas for Violin and Clavier. Bach-Gesellschaft edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 158 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications (September 1, 1978)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486236838
• ISBN-13: 978-0486236834
• Product Dimensions: 12.1 x 9.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth Every Penny!, June 17, 2000

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Lawrence Huppert - See all my reviews

This review is from: Works for Violin: The Complete Sonatas and Partitas for Unaccompanied Violin and the Six Sonatas for Violin and Clavier (Paperback)

This is a wonderful edition for all musicians. The printing is large, clear, and very readable. The scores are not fingered.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars No separate piano parts, July 13, 2002

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Wee Boon Siong (Kuching, Sarawak Malaysia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Works for Violin: The Complete Sonatas and Partitas for Unaccompanied Violin and the Six Sonatas for Violin and Clavier (Paperback)

I bought the book and thought to have both violin and piano parts on separate sheet. Unfortunately, the violin sonatas are printed in form of score containing both violin and piano. I have to copy the score for my piano accompaniment. Other than that the Fugue and Patitas are great. Overall this book is good for personal collection and I can never stop playing them.

12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Music, August 20, 2003

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Alan Beggerow (Sterling, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Works for Violin: The Complete Sonatas and Partitas for Unaccompanied Violin and the Six Sonatas for Violin and Clavier (Paperback)

A few years ago I purchased an inexpensive violin with the intent of learning to play it. Not expecting any kind of virtuosity, I thought I could learn enough to perhaps play in an amateur string quartet or something like that. I knew it would take time and be a lot of work, but I've been playing the piano for a long time and figured a different instrument would be a good change of pace.

After a few months of cramped fingers, a stiff neck, and a bow arm that was more suited to sawing lumber, I gave up. Not that I'm a quitter by any means, but I am a realist. Besides, the sounds that I produced would cause every feline in the neighborhood to congregate outside my window. Don't know what my 'music' sounded like to them, but do you realize how much noise a herd of howling cats can make? But all was not lost. The violin hangs above the piano, next to a copy of a Renoir painting. It looks very nice there, and there it shall stay.

But I'll always have a fascination for violin playing. Hence, I bought this book, primarily for the Chaconne for solo violin. I was familiar with the Busoni transcription, and even flirted with the idea of learning the Brahms transcription for left hand only (by the way, I'm a lefty, but that didn't make the Brahms any easier!). But I wanted to see for myself the demands Bach made on the poor fiddle player.

Bach can be a very demanding composer, but the demands are always in service to the music he wrote. The Chaconne deserves every accolade and legendary status that it has. It is a truly phenomenal piece of absolute music that taxes the interpreter absolutely in every way. It is one of those pieces that exists in the stratosphere, positively unique in its makeup and emotion.

Dover does it again! There is much music in this volume besides the Chaconne, which would be worth the price itself. If it's true you get what you pay for, then you get a lot of music for not much money with this edition.

Recommended for music students, performers, and even for people that have a violin hanging on the wall!