On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Dan Phillips <[email protected]> wrote: > On Feb 19, 2010, at 7:49 AM, christopher Griffin wrote: >> Does anyone know why the notes of the Dimitry Markevitch 4th edition of the >> Bach Cello Suites (specifically the Sarabande of Suite V) differs so much >> from the Wendell Hoss edition? And yes, I'm speaking of the version for >> cello, not of the version for lute). Thanks! > > The Wendell Hoss version has many significant deviations from the original > Bach. My guess, after a fair amount of examination of different editions and > listening to recordings, is that Hoss based his version on the suites as they > were performed by Pablo Casals, for whom any music was an opportunity to > express his own personal vision, rather than that of the composer. Not that > there's anything wrong with that ;-) > > Dan
I'd think anyone performing these would want, in addition to a horn version, the original cello version so as to be able to compare the two. -S- _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
