In 1985 Christoph Wolff, working at Yale University, discovered a collection of 82 chorales compiled by Johann Gottfried Neumeister (1756–1840) and containing 38 compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach. They reveal great stylistic variety with forebears in the northern German organ tradition. Fantasies, fugues, fughettas and imitative techniques employing motifs from the chorale melody bear witness to Bach’s broad compositional spectrum even in these early works.

This newly published volume is an updated edition of Volume 9, Series IV of the New Bach Edition (NBA), edited by Christoph Wolff in full accordance with the source. In addition to a newly added concordance and corrections to the musical text, it also contains a detailed Foreword by the editor with further information on the Neumeister Collection and hymnological details.

Complete new engraving
New detailed Foreword about the Neumeister Collection by Christoph Wolff (Ger/Eng)
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