Re: Typesetting a Bach Ornament; Sarabande, French Suite 5

[Andrew Bernard]

Hi Simon,

You yourself mention Henle’s critical apparatus is poor. Henle is not well 
regarded in terms of scholarly excellence. And their editions  are full of 
mistakes. Their so called ‘urtext’ editions are far from it, and as for 
providing piano fingering for Bach harpsichord works, it leaves me dumbfounded. 
[One of the nice things about their new app is that you can _remove_ the 
fingerings – something I suppose the publishers did not think was a benefit, 
but it is!] And furthermore, the engraving is nowhere near as good as Lilypond!

Re BWV 815, I am going with Bach’s own MS, not Henle. The several other copies 
by various copyists may have additional marks, but that’s not what Bach wrote 
in this case.

Andrew


On 23/05/2016, 6:11 PM, "Simon Albrecht" <address@hidden> wrote:

>
>I think you’re being a bit too rash here. The Henle ‘Urtext’ edition I 
>have here also has the appoggiatura, written as in Harm’s second 
>version, and although the Critical Report is laughable in that it 
>doesn’t even list the sources used I’m sure there is a source from 
>Bach’s environment that has the ornament, and it’s likely too easy to 
>just say ‘the autograph is what Bach definitely intended’.
>Sorry I can’t say more, maybe I’ll have a look at the NBA at the library.
>