On 01.02.2006 David W. Fenton wrote:
I don't know why the early symphonies were so poorly done. It's clear that at the same time those awful editions were being prepared, the Bach edition was preparing exemplary editions. Perhaps it was just a bad editor, or that they didn't think anyone would care if the early symphonies were edited in a slapdash fashion.
Actually, I don't think there is much between the early NBA and the early NMA edition. Some of the early NBA editions have since been redone (WTC, Brandenburgs) others are still full of errors (unaccompanied violin sonatas, unless they have been redone yet).
I think that critical edition standards have evolved in the early years of both of these edtions, and what was acceptable then seems unacceptable now.
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