I've performed at least one entire cello suite before (5) and what I did was play the Hoss version, but look at the actual Cello score for any differences and penciled them in as needed. The tessitura of the Hoss transcription really sits well for me esp. on that suite so your mileage may vary. -William In a message dated 2/19/2010 9:23:10 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
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 ==================== Dan Phillips Associate Professor Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music University of Memphis www.prizmensemble.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/valkhorn%40aol.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
