Harp; Methods and Music
for Children
SKU:
UT.MAG-268
Composed
by Johann Sebastian Bach.
Arranged by Anna Pasetti.
Saddle stitching.
Magadis. Classical. Ut
Orpheus #MAG 268.
Published by Ut Orpheus
(UT.MAG-268).
ISBN
9790215326798. 9 x 12
inches.
The study
of Johann Sebastian
Bach’s
compositions on the harp
has a long history. The
first who understood its
importance for
educational purposes was
Robert Nicolas Charles
Bochsa, who inserted some
fugues of Bach and
Haendel in his monumental
method for the harp op.
60, accompanied by
detailed fingerings.
However, it was from the
beginning of the 20th
Century that the great
harp teachers began to
work extensively on
Bach’s repertoire.
Among the most
illustrious examples we
can mention Henriette
Renié, who published
two volumes of
transcriptions, one
containing ten preludes
and one ten short pieces,
Alfred Kastner who worked
on the Two–part
Inventions, Marcel
Grandjany with his famous
studies based on partitas
and sonatas for solo
violin, or Annie Louis
David, who published two
important volumes of
preludes and fugues taken
from The Well-Tempered
Clavier, not to
mention all those who
transcribed just a single
piece for concert
purpose.
As is known,
the Notebook for Anna
Magdalena
(Notenbüchlein
für Anna Magdalena
Bach), consists of
two small manuscript
volumes, the first
compiled in Köthen in
1722 and the second in
Leipzig three years
later. The first contains
only compositions by
Johann Sebastian, while
the second also includes
pieces by other authors
such as Couperin, Hasse
and Carl Philipp Emanuel
Bach.
The idea of
​​collectin
g in a volume some of the
simplest compositions
contained in the Notebook
was born mainly from the
desire to introduce even
the youngest students to
Bach’s music, in
an easy and progressive
way, so as to start as
soon as possible at make
them familiar with
polyphonic writing and
the use of
embellishments,
introduced here in a
simplified version.
