Klarinet Archive - Posting 000029.txt from 2001/03

From: Bilwright@-----.net (William Wright)
Subj: [kl] Tryng to read the Bach's "Notebook for Magdalena"
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 02:47:10 -0500

The only copy that the local music store had of Bach's complete
"Bist du bei mir" is an edition of the "Notebook for Anna Magdalena
Bach" (Belwin) which attempts to show the manuscript in its original
form. As a result, I'm getting my first taste of reading older music.

I am confused by the repeat structure that this edition shows.
The preface explains that the Notebook was informal and included some
copy work by Bach's children and some unrecognzed handwriting from
outside of Bach's family. It also says that "Bist du bei mir" is known
exclusively through the Notebook --- hence there is nowhere else to
look.

Here's what the Notebook says:

At the beginning of measure 10: the segno symbol and a left repeat bar

At the beginning of measure 18: a fermata symbol above every staff in
the system and "Fine" underneath the system

At the end of the piece: (below, "&" means the segno symbol, and "^"
means the fermata symbol)

Da Capo & al Segno ^

Does all of this amount to: "When you reach the last measure, conclude
with a repeat from the beginning to measure 10"? (and the Fine is
superfluous?)

Thank you,
Bill

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