[Suite no. 1 in D minor, BWV 812] -- [Suite no. 2 in C minor, BWV 813 version A (without Menuet II)] -- [Suite no. 3 in B minor, BWV 814] -- [Suite no. 4 in E♭ major, BWV 815 version A] -- [Suite no. 6 in E major, BWV 817] -- [Fuga in C minor, from Lute suite BWV 997] -- [Sarabande in C minor, from Lute suite BWV 997] -- [Fuga in D minor, BWV Anh. II 180 (J.P. Kellner)] -- [Prelude, from the English suite no. 3 in G minor BWV 808] -- [Chromatic fantasia and Fuga in D minor, BWV 903 -- Fuga in C major, BWV 952] -- [Suite in E flat, BWV 819] -- [Additional Trio for Suite no. 3, BWV 814] -- [Additional Menuet for Suite no. 4, BWV 815] -- [Additional Gavotte for Suite no. 4]., Contains French suites (BWV 812-815 and 817), the Chromatic fantasy and fugue (BWV 903), and other pieces., Description based on cataloging of Dr. Peter Wollny., For keyboard instrument., Many additional passages (including alternative movements) added in brown ink on the free staves and on 6 inserted p., in another early hand; also annotated with various musiological and bibliographical information throughout., Ms., in brown ink, in copyists' hands., and MUS: Purchased at Sotheby auction through J&J Lubrano in 2010.
Subject (Name):
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Chromatische Fantasie und Fuge. and Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Franzosische Suiten. Selections.
Higgs manuscript. and Toccatas, keyboard instrument. Selections
Description:
Copyist's ms., in ink; on leaf 139: Napoli 1723., For fuller description, list of contents, and thematic catalog, see P.T. Lee's The keyboard style of Alessandro Scarlatti. (Thesis (M.A.) Yale, 1959)., Gift of the Library Associates, 1953., Known as "The Higgs Manuscript", this volume was formerly owned by H.M. Higgs, Esq., The 4 unnumbered leaves at end contain no music., and The whole of the ms. was published by J.S. Shedlock (London : Bach & Co.) in 1908-1910.