Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Edition
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The Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Edition was an edition of the music of C.P.E. Bach
projected between 1982 and 1995. Many noted musical scholars, such as Christopher Hogwood
, were participants in it, and it had the support of the National Endowment for the Humanities
.
Unfortunately, although musicologist and contributor David Schulenberg states that several volumes were prepared by their designated editors, only four volumes ever saw publication, and at present these are out of print. (These four volumes were published by Oxford University Press
.)
However, many of the same Emanuel Bach specialists involved in this abandoned edition are now involved in the preparation of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: The Complete Works
, an edition of C.P.E. Bach's music started in 2005.
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
right|250pxCarl Philipp Emanuel Bach was a German Classical period musician and composer, the fifth child and second son of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach...
projected between 1982 and 1995. Many noted musical scholars, such as Christopher Hogwood
Christopher Hogwood
Christopher Jarvis Haley Hogwood CBE, MA , HonMusD , born 10 September 1941, Nottingham, is an English conductor, harpsichordist, writer and musicologist, well known as the founder of the Academy of Ancient Music.-Biography:...
, were participants in it, and it had the support of the National Endowment for the Humanities
National Endowment for the Humanities
The National Endowment for the Humanities is an independent federal agency of the United States established by the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities. The NEH is located at...
.
Unfortunately, although musicologist and contributor David Schulenberg states that several volumes were prepared by their designated editors, only four volumes ever saw publication, and at present these are out of print. (These four volumes were published by Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press is the largest university press in the world. It is a department of the University of Oxford and is governed by a group of 15 academics appointed by the Vice-Chancellor known as the Delegates of the Press. They are headed by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as...
.)
However, many of the same Emanuel Bach specialists involved in this abandoned edition are now involved in the preparation of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: The Complete Works
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: The Complete Works
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: The Complete Works is a new edition of the music of C.P.E. Bach. Begun in the wake of the aborted Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Edition, many of the same eminent music scholars associated with the earlier incomplete edition have become involved with the new one...
, an edition of C.P.E. Bach's music started in 2005.
Sources
- Prof. David Schulenberg's page on Emanuel Bach's Concerto Wq. 24, including most of the information summarized above about the fate of the Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Edition.
- Rachel W. Wade, "Filiation and the Editing of Revised and Alternate Versions: Implications for the C.P.E. Bach Edition," in Stephen L. Clark, ed., C.P.E. Bach Studies (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1988), ISBN 0-19-816244-8, pp. 277-94.
- Christopher Hogwood's curriculum vitae from his website (Source of statement regarding his involvement).