Item 11 - Four Organ Concertos by J. S. Bach

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JCPP/Hurford/1/2/11

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Four Organ Concertos by J. S. Bach

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  • 1986 (Creation)

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6 items, paper

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Bach, J. S.
(1685 - 1750)

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German composer Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach, Thuringia in 1685. Born into a large musical family, he was the youngest child of string player Johann Ambrosius Bach and Elisabeth Lämmerhirt. His parents died when he was ten, and he was cared for by his eldest brother until he won a choral scholarship to the school at Michaelskirche, Lüneburg in 1700. This appears to have influenced his interest in church music and the organ. In August 1703 he was appointed as the organist for the Neue Kirche in Arnstadt, although his eccentricities gave his employers some cause for complaint. In June 1707 Bach moved to the Blasiuskirche in Mühlhausen, Thuringia, marrying his cousin, Maria Barbara, in October that same year. During this time he produced several church cantatas.

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Schureck, Ralph

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Scores of Four Organ Concertos by J. S. Bach reconstructed by Ralph Schureck.
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  • Letter signed by Chris Hazell from Decca International addressed to Paul Myers with copy to John Parry, of the possibility of Peter Hurford recording Schureck's reconstructions of these Organ Concertos in late 1987 (the letter is from March 3rd, 1986).
  • Two copies of Organ Concerto No. 1 in D minor, third movement only (BWV 1052/3).
  • Concerto for organ and orchestra No. 2 in D major (BWV 169/49/1053).
  • Concerto for organ and orchestra No. 3 in D minor (BWV 35/1059).
  • Two copies of Concerto for organ and orchestra No. 4 in D major (BWV 1045a), first movement only.
  • Concerto for organ and orchestra No. 4 in D major (BWV 1045a), movements 2 and 3.

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      The scores contain markings in pencil by Peter Hurford.

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