Keyboard Music from the Andreas Bach Book and the Möller Manuscript (Bach, Johann Christoph)

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Editor Robert Hill (b. 1953)
Christoph Wolff (b. 1940), foreword
Publisher. Info. Harvard Publications in Music, No.16
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1991.
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Misc. Notes 600 dpi, monochrome. Editorial foreword and Hill's completion of BWV 535a have been removed due to copyright. List of editorial emendations retained.
Most ornamentation is thought to be added by J. Christoph Bach.
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Work Title Keyboard Music from the Andreas Bach Book and the Möller Manuscript
Alternative. Title Andreas-Bach-Buch and Möller Manuscript, selections
Composer Bach, Johann Christoph
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. None [force assignment]
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 55 entries:
  1. J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in G minor, BWV 535a (MM 23)
  2. J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in D minor, BWV 549a (MM 42)
  3. J.S. Bach: Fantasia and Imitatio in B minor, BWV 563 (ABB 52)
  4. J.S. Bach: Fantasia in C major, BWV 570 (ABB 45)
  5. J.S. Bach: Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582 (ABB 24)
  6. J.S. Bach: Chorale prelude, “Gott, durch deine Güte”, BWV 724 (ABB 30)
  7. J.S. Bach: Chorale prelude, “Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern”, BWV 739 (MM 43)
  8. J.S. Bach: Overture in F major, BWV 820 (ABB 13)
  9. J.S. Bach: Suite in A major, BWV 832 (MM 38)
  10. J.S. Bach: Partita in F major, BWV 833 (MM 44)
  11. J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in A major, BWV 896 (MM 34)
  12. J.S. Bach: Toccata in D major, BWV 912a (MM 28)
  13. J.S. Bach: Fantasia in G minor, BWV 917 (MM 52)
  14. J.S. Bach: Prelude in C minor, BWV 921 (ABB 32)
  15. J.S. Bach: Fantasia in C minor, BWV Anh. 205 (ABB 33)
  16. J.S. Bach: Fugue in A major, BWV 949 (ABB 19)
  17. J.S. Bach: Sonata in A minor, BWV 967 (MM 33)
  18. Böhm: Suite in F minor (MM 7)
  19. Buttstedt: Fugue in E minor (ABB 40)
  20. Buttstedt: Prelude in G major (ABB 54)
  21. Buxtehude: Prelude in A major, BuxWV 151 (MM 25)
  22. Coberg: Fugue in D minor (MM 19)
  23. Edelmann: Toccata in D major (fragment) (MM 54)
  24. Fabricius: Gigue in C minor (MM 37)
  25. Flor: Suite in C major (MM 31)
  26. Flor: Suite in D minor (MM 26)
  27. Heidorn: Fugue in D minor (MM 17)
  28. Heidorn: Fugue in G minor (MM 18)
  29. Küchenthal: Chant bercean in C major (ABB 49)
  30. Lully: Chaconne from Phaeton in G major (MM 24)
  31. Marais: Overture Suite from Alcide (ABB 39)
  32. Pachelbel: Toccata in C major (MM 41)
  33. Pachelbel: Toccata in C major (ABB 21)
  34. Pachelbel: Toccata in C major (ABB 22)
  35. Pachelbel: Toccata in D minor (ABB 31)
  36. Pachelbel: Fugue in D minor (ABB 31)
  37. Pachelbel: Chaconne in D minor (ABB 29)
  38. Pestel: Partie in D major (ABB 12)
  39. Polarollo: Capriccio in C major (ABB 44)
  40. Polarollo: Capriccio in D major (ABB 10)
  41. Reincken: Suite in G major (MM 6)
  42. Reincken (attrib.): Suite in D minor (MM 20)
  43. Ritter: Suite in C minor (MM 10)
  44. Ritter: Suite in F-sharp minor (ABB 43)
  45. Ritter: Sonatina in D minor (ABB 35)
  46. Steffani: Overture suite in A minor (MM 36)
  47. Telemann: Overture suite in E-flat major (ABB 7)
  48. Witt: Capriccio in E minor (ABB 34)
  49. Zachow: Suite in B minor (MM 45)
  50. Anonymous (Andreas Armsdorff ?): Fugue in G major (ABB 48)
  51. Anonymous: Courante in B-flat major (ABB 11)
  52. Anonymous: Chorale setting, “Auf meinen lieben Gott” (ABB 41)
  53. Anonymous: Ornamentation Table (MM 22)
  54. Anonymous: Ornamentation Table (MM 51)
  55. Anonymous: Ornamentation Table (ABB 37)
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation keyboard (clavichord, harpsichord, organ)

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According to the foreword by Christoph Wolff in this volume, the Andreas-Bach-Buch and Möller Manuscript were both compiled by Johann Christoph Bach. They are anthologies of keyboard works with several copyists—Christoph, one or two of his sons, and a few others. This book presents selections from the two manuscripts that Hill deemed hard to find or neglected in other publications.