Bach - Flute Sonata BWV 1031 (Recorder and Keyboard) Stmpare

Flute Sonata BWV 1031

by J. S. Bach

Transposed from Eb major to G Major

For Alto Recorder and Keyboard

and typeset by Peter Billam

Peter J Billam, 1999

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Flute Sonata BWV 1031

Johann Sebastian Bach has left us three flute sonatas with obbligato keyboard parts: thegreat sonata in B minor BWV 1030 (available in C minor for alto recorder from Univer-sal Edition 18748), this sonata in Eb major BWV 1031, and the sonata in A major BWV1032 (available in C major for alto recorder from www.pjb.com.au).

The manuscript of the Sonata in Eb is a copy from C.P.E. Bachs collection, titledEs d. Trio / Frs obligate Clavier u. die Flte / Von J. S. Bach in C.P.E. Bachshandwriting. But its authenticity was contested by by Friedrich Blume who considered ittoo "galant", said that it was "sicher nicht von Bach", and excluded it from the NeueBach-Ausgabe, and hence from editions derived from that. Details of this episode aregiven in Robert Marshalls essay "The Compositions for Solo Flute: A Reconsideration oftheir Authenticity and Chronology", from his collection of essays "The Music of J. S.Bach", in which Marshall argues for the sonatas restoration to the canon. In thejudgement of the arranger, this sonata is certainly by J.S. Bach. It is simply too good tohave been written by anybody else. It is galant because he was writing a flute sonata; it isno more galant than the the organ Trio Sonatas, or the Brandenburg Concerti.

Recorder players have sev eral ways of playing this sonata. On a Voice Flute it can beplayed up one semitone in E major, and a harpsichordist should also be able to performthis transposition at sight from a standard edition in Eb; alternatively, a Voice Flute atA 415 would allow a harpsichord at A 440 to read directly in Eb. On a Tenor recorder itcan be played down one semitone in D major, or a Tenor recorder at A 440 would allow aharpsichord at A 415 to read directly in Eb.

The Alto recorder usually plays transverse flute repertoire by transposing up threesemitones; however, the key of Gb is impractical, and this arrangement makes the sonataavailable transposed up four semitones into G major. In this key, the keyboard part lieshigh. The highest note is f in bar 125 of the final Allegro, which will inconvenienceharpsichordists; but it occurs in this bar only. If a piano is being used, the high key bringsa lightness to the sound which suits the recorder well. This edition adds an importantpiece to the repertoire of the alto recorder.

Peter J Billamwww.pjb.com.au/mus

J. S. Bach Flute Sonata BWV 1031 Transposed for Alto Recorder

Arrangement (c) 1999 Peter J Billam

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Peter Billam

Peter Billam was born in London in 1948, studied piano, and lived in Switzerland from 1973 to1983, where he studied composition, classical guitar, flute and voice, worked as Musical Director of theTheatre Populaire Romand, and as recording engineer, record producer and computer programmer. Hemoved to Tasmania in 1983, lectured in composition at the Conservatorium, conducted recorder ensemblesand choirs, studied recorder, voice and harpsichord.

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Compositions at www.pjb.com.au include: Three Violin Duets, 1987; To Erich Jantsch, for SAATTBrecorders, 1988; A Suite of Curves, for trombone (or horn) and piano, 1990; Two Recorder Duets, for altorecorders or other melody instruments, 1991; Tr ombone Quintet, for trombone, flute, piano, bass, andpercussion, 1994; Three Songs, on poems by Jack Kerouac, Vikram Seth and Dylan Thomas, for voice andpiano (only the first and third of these songs are available), 1994; Piano Study, for piano, 1994; Four Dances, forvarious ensembles including recorder quartet, string quartet, 1995; The Poet in the Clouds, on a poem by S.T. Coleridge, for SATB choir, 1995; Tr es Casidas del Divan del Tamarit, on poems by Federico GarcaLorca, for voice and piano, 1997; Three Suites, for the solo line, for piano, and for piano and a solo line,2000; Die Zeiten, on poems by Kstner, Bachman and Jnger, for choir (only the second and third of thesesongs are available), 2000; Three Duets for flutes, 2001.

Arrangements at www.pjb.com.au include: By J. S. Bach: Vor deinen Thron BWV 668 arranged forpiano, Fugue in F minor BWV 689 arranged for SATB recorders, Flute Sonata BWV 1031 transposed into Gmajor for alto recorder and keyboard, Flute Sonata BWV 1032 completed by Peter Billam and transposedinto C major for alto recorder and keyboard, Ricercare a 3, from the Musikalisches Opfer for keyboard,Ricercare a 6 arranged for sSATBG recorders, or for strings, or for two keyboards, Fuga Canonica inEpidiapente for keyboard and melody instrument, Contrapunctus 14, from the Art of Fugue as completedby D. F. Tovey, arranged for keyboard, and for SATB recorders, and for strings. By Johannes Brahms:Fugue in Ab minor for organ arranged for SATB recorders and viola de gamba, in A minor,Choralvorspiele for organ with previous settings by Isaac, Bach, Praetorius, arranged for recorders. Byother composers: G. F. Hndel, Concerto Grosso in A minor op 6 no 4 arranged for harpsichord andrecorders, Claudio Monteverdi, Ecco Mormorar lOnde arranged for SSATB recorders, Fr anz Schubert,Four Songs arranged for voice and guitar, Twelve Italian Songs arranged for voice and guitar, John Wilbye,Draw on sweet Night arranged for SSATTB recorders, and for flute choir, Telemann, Twelve Flute Fantasiasarranged for recorder, Fourteen Folk Dance Tunes for recorder and guitar.

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