US EditionLost Bach pieces performed for first time in 320 years
Two early organ chaconnes authenticated as Bach's works after 30 years of research were performed for the first time in over 300 years at St Thomas Church.
- On Monday, two long-lost organ works, The Chaconne in D minor BWV 1178 and The Chaconne in G minor BWV 1179, were added to Bach's catalogue and performed at St Thomas Church in Leipzig by Ton Koopman.
- Bach researcher Peter Wollny first found the undated, unsigned manuscripts while cataloguing the Royal Library of Belgium in Brussels in 1992, and the Bach Archive in Leipzig studied them for more than 30 years.
- Mr Wollny said he was '99.99% sure that Bach had written the two pieces,' and researchers concluded that 'we can now say with certainty that the copies were made around 1705 by Bach's pupil Salomon G�nther John.'
- Performers welcomed the works as of a very high quality and likely to enrich repertoire for organists worldwide, especially on smaller organs.
- The Bach Archive in Leipzig, founded 75 years ago, has a track record of unearthing lost works, while Germany's Culture Minister Wolfram Weimer called the find a `global sensation` and a `great moment for the world of music`, citing past rediscoveries in 2004 and 2008.
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Two works composed by Bach and preserved anonymously for three centuries have now been authenticated and have been thrown into Leipzig, closing a enigma that has intrigued musicians for decades.
Long-lost Bach pieces performed for first time in 300 years
Two long-lost pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach were performed for the first time in 300 years. and were discovered in 1992, but only recently authenticated. Musical historians managed to trace their heritage, and found they had likely been written by the teenage Bach around 1705 when he was working as a music teacher. They contain compositional ideas that Bach pioneered, such as the use of fugue — a recurring theme played in one voice and echoed …
Two new organ pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach discovered the Bach-Archiv Leipzig, on time for the 75th anniversary of the research institute. And that is not the only surprise.
Nearly three hundred years after their creation, the works were replayed this Monday in Leipzig (Germany).
275 years after the death of Johann Sebastian Bach, two previously unknown early works of the composer were presented. The organ compositions were performed in the Leipzig Thomas Church.
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