Flauto
Autore:Bach Johann Sebastian(1685-1750)
Titolo:33 Solos for the virtuoso flutist
Editore:International music company
Pagine:66 pag.
Transcribed and edited by ROBERT STALLMAN

PREFAZIONE - PREFACE:

Not Bach (brook), but Meer (sea) should be his name. A-- BEETHOVEN

Study Bach: there you will find everything. A-- BRAHMS
Now, there is something one can learn from! A-- MOZART

Let the Well-Tempered Clavier be your daily bread. Then you will certainly become a solid musician. A-- SCHUMANN

For the past eighty years I have started each day in the same manner. It is not a mechanical routine, but something essential to my daily life. I go to the piano and play two preludes and fugues of BachA... It is a sort of benediction on the houseA... Each day it is something new, fantastic, and unbelievable. That is Bach, like nature, a miracle! A-- PABLO CASALS

As many would concur, there really is no better way to begin the day than by playing Bach. From a daily immersion in the music of Bach, we can build and maintain a strong foundation. Moreover, for both our technical and musical development, there is nothing more satisfying or uplifting.

I have gathered these pieces, most of which appear here in flute arrangements for the first time, as a sequel to my earlier collection: Bach, 66 Pieces for Flute (IMC 3370). After opening with the monumental Ciaconna (originally for solo violin), I have again ordered the various selections in the form of an extended baroque suite, beginning with preludes and closing with gigues and allegros.

My primary source has been the Bach-Gesellschaft edition. Editorial markings have been kept to a minimum and placed in parentheses, while suggested tempo indications are brackets. Footnotes on each title page indicate sources and original keys. For study purposes, I have set these pieces in a wide range of major and minor keys.

Drawn from some of BachA's greatest and most challenging instrumental compositions, these arrangements are intended primarily for private study rather than public performances, although the Ciaconna and perhaps a handful of other selections might do well as concert fare in the hands of the more venturesome flute virtuosi.

May we, like Pablo Casals, find a lifetime of enrichment in the beauty, energy and inspirations of BachA's music.

Robert Stallman
New York City
April 30th, 2003

CONTENUTO:

Contents:
Ciaconna from Partita No. 2 in D minor for solo violin

PRELUDES:
Preludes from The Well-Tempered Clavier: Book II, Nos. 1, 12, 3, 16, 7 and 9
Prelude (Alternative Prelude to Prelude and Fughetta in G major)
Preludes from English Suite Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6

ALLEMANDES:
Allemande from Partita No. 3 in A minor for solo keyboard
Allemande from Partita No. 4 in D major for solo keyboard

COURANTES:
Courante from Partita No. 1 in B minor for solo violin
Courante from French Suite No. 4 in E flat major for solo keyboard

SARABANDES:
Sarabande from Suite No. 1 in D minor for solo cello
Sarabande from English Suite No. 1 in A major for solo keyboard
Sarabande from Partita No. 2 in D minor for solo violin

ADAGIOS:
Adagio from Sonata No. 3 in E major for violin and keyboard
Pastorale in C minor for solo organ
Andante from Italian Concerto in F major for solo keyboard
Adagio from Sonata No. 1 in G minor for solo violin

MINUET:
Tempo di Minuetta from Partita No. 5 in G major for solo keyboard

BOURREES:
Two Bourrees from English Suite No. 1 in A major for solo keyboard

GIGUES:
Gigue from French Suite No. 5 in G major for solo keyboard
Gigue from English Suite No. 6 in D minor for solo keyboard
Gigue from English Suite No. 1 in A major for solo keyboard

ALLEGROS:
Allegro from Prelude, Fugue, and Allegro in E flat major for solo keyboard
Allegro from Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, final movement
Presto from Italian Concerto in F major for solo keyboard.

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