Re: question on a bach's canon: mordent & repeat

[Marc Mouries]

On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 10:24 PM, Music Teacher <address@hidden> wrote:

Hi Marc, Salut collègue (?)

 

Salut
 

1) The final sign ist just what Bach uses at the end of ligne, when he
cannot complete a measure at a line end. Just to indicate how it
continues on the next line.

I don't mean the sign on the last bar of each staff but the sign in the final bar of the music, right after "g8 a8 b4" that looks like a mordant.
 

2) The brass-transcription has parallels at the end (last 3 bars
before repeat, bass and sopran), and that surely not the idea.

Do you mean the one on IMSLP? I thought that was the more accurate one.

 

Best greetings
Francois

2011/6/14, Marc Mouries <address@hidden>:

> Let me know if this is off-topic but i thought someone on the list might
> know the answers.
> I am transcribing a Canon from Bach and would like your input.
>
> *1) The sign of the last measure.*
> The manuscript here: http://www.greatjsbach.net/mscript_img/bwv1073.jpg and
> the score on IMSLP show at the end what looks like a mordent but is not
> attached to a note. Would you have any idea about what it means?
>
>
> *2) Repeat*
> The manuscript shows marks indicating where each voice starts. The repeats
> however are not clear.
> One score on IMSLP adds a rest before the repeat while another score found
> on Icking Archive does not.
> Any idea which one is right?
>
> http://imslp.org/wiki/Canon_in_A_minor,_BWV_1073_%28Bach,_Johann_Sebastian%29
> http://icking-music-archive.org/scores/bach/bwv1073/
>
>
> -Marc
>