6 Fugues on B.A.C.H., Op.60 (Schumann, Robert)

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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 6 fugues
Composition Year 1845 (manuscript dating of each fugue)

1848 September 26 (Dresden) (Title page, Manuscript, see below)

Genre Categories Fugues; For organ; Scores featuring the organ; [9 more...]For 1 player; For pedal piano; Scores featuring the pedal piano; For 2 pianos (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For 2 players (arr); For 4 recorders (arr); Scores featuring the recorder (arr); For 4 players (arr)
Related Works List of compositions with the theme "B-A-C-H"

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Scores

Complete

 Complete Score
#513523 - 7.52MB, 20 pp. -  0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 165×⇩ - BachFan

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BachFan (2018/2/22)

Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, 1845 (7 April - 28 November).
Copyright
Public Domain
Misc. Notes Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (D-B): N.Mus. Depos. 55
Am Ende einer jeden Fuge ist jeweils die Datierung vorhanden, p. 5: "d. 7ten April 45.", p. 8 "19 April 1845.", p. 10 "d. 21 September 1845.", p. 12 "d. 28sten September 1845.", p. 15 "d. 2ten October 1845.", p. 19 "Dresden den 28sten November 1845."
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 Complete Score
#99798 - 34.96MB, 20 pp. -  5.2/10 2 4 6 8 10 (5) - V/V/V - 4787×⇩ - Schissel

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Schissel (2011/4/23)

Publisher. Info. Manuscript, 1848.
Copyright
Public Domain
Misc. Notes Later than 1845-6 composition date for work? -- Daverio confirms this date, -- this manuscript is perhaps of a revised edition, or has notations from rather later than composition was completed. Not sure... it is signed, fwiw.
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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: F. Whistling, n.d. Plates 410-16.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes This file is based on high-resolution images obtained from the source using a method explained on this page.
Full SLUB resolution compressed to 80% jpgs.
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Editor Clara Schumann (1819–1896)
Publisher. Info. Robert Schumanns Werke, Serie VIII: Fugen über den Namen Bach für Orgel
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1881. Plate R.S. 78.
Copyright
Public Domain
Misc. Notes scan: score scanned at 600dpi (High Quality Scanning)
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Selections

Editor Joseph Bonnet (1884–1944)
Publisher. Info. Historical Organ-Recitals, Vol. IV
New York: G. Schirmer, 1919. Plate 28648.
Copyright
Public Domain
Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
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 3. Fugue in G minor
#314007 - 0.06MB, 4 pp. -  10/10 2 4 6 8 10 (7) - !N/!N/!N - 1112×⇩ - Pgfeller

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Editor Paul-Gustav Feller
Publisher. Info. Ritter von Schleyer Verlag
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

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For 2 Pianos (Babcock)
Arranger Gaylon Babcock
Publisher. Info. Gaylon Babcock
Copyright
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Misc. Notes each part designed to be printed front and back and in color if possible
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Fugue No.3 in G minor

For 4 Recorders (Olschewski)

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#298421 - 0.03MB, 3 pp. -  9.3333333333333/10 2 4 6 8 10 (12) - !N/!N/!N - 951×⇩ - arranger

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⇒ 4 more: Soprano Recorder • Alto Recorder • Tenor Recorder • Bass Recorder

 Soprano Recorder
#298422 - 0.01MB, 1 pp. -  8.7272727272727/10 2 4 6 8 10 (11) - !N/!N/!N - 321×⇩ - arranger

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 Bass Recorder
#298425 - 0.01MB, 1 pp. -  9.0909090909091/10 2 4 6 8 10 (11) - !N/!N/!N - 265×⇩ - arranger

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arranger (2013/10/6)

Arranger Maximilian Olschewski
Publisher. Info. Maximilian Olschewski
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General Information

Work Title 6 Fugues on B.A.C.H. for organ or pedal-flugel
Alternative. Title Sechs Fugen über den Namen BACH für Orgel oder Pianoforte mit Pedal.
Composer Schumann, Robert
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.60
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IRS 38
Key Various
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 6 fugues
No.1 in B-flat major
No.2 in B-flat major
No.3 in G minor
No.4 in B-flat major
No.5 in F major
No.6 in B-flat major
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1845 (manuscript dating of each fugue)

1848 September 26 (Dresden) (Title page, Manuscript, see below)

First Publication. 1847
Dedication Woldemar Bargiel
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation organ (or pedal piano)
Related Works List of compositions with the theme "B-A-C-H"
External Links Wikipedia article (in German)
Extra Information According to Daverio (in his Robert Schumann: herald of a "new poetic age"), mostly composed in 1845 but polished and completed during early 1846.-Schissel
Urtext also printed by Peters with plate number 6182 (ca. 1880). No significant differences between it and the Breitkopf & Härtel edition above.
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