Musical Offering, BWV1079 (Book 3) by Johann Sebastian Bach
Edited by Christoph Wolff
Piano score and parts
1. Canon a 2 cancrizans (solo keyboard)
2. Canon a 2 (2 violins, keyboard)
3. Canon a 2 per Motium contrarium (flute, keyboard)
4. Canon a 2 per Augumentationem, contrario Motu (violin, keyboard)
5. Canon a 2 per Tonos (violin, keyboard)
6. Fuga canonica in Epidiapente (flute, violin, keyboard)
7. Canon perpetuus super Thema Regium (violin, keyboard)
8. Canon perpetuus (flute, violin, keyboard)
9./10. Quaerendo invenietis: 9. Canon a 2 (keyboard)
10. Canon a 4 (2 violins, keyboard)
In 1747 Bach visited King Frederick II in Potsdam where he improvised over a theme provided by the king. The ricercar for three voices most likely reflects the notated improvisation. The six-part ricercar represents the Fugue in six obbligato parts subsequently requested by the king, which Bach supplemented with the canons contained in this edition (volume III).
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