Johann Sebastian Bach – Two part inventions

Description

Two-part inventions

Arranged for nyckelharpa and accompaniment

by Marco Ambrosini, Caterina Other & Eva-Maria Rusche

Johann Sebastian Bach was certainly ostensibly a keyboard instrumentalist, but he is also said to have been an excellent string player. Many of his works for keyboard instruments are wonderfully suited to be performed by string instruments as well.

The nyckelharpa, which in all probability was no longer known in the German-speaking world at the time, unites precisely these two musical souls of Bach: the bow, with its special articulation possibilities, leads through the melodic and rhythmic twists and turns of the individual voices, the keyboard with its keys and tangents enables precise intonation The bow, with its special articulation possibilities, leads through the melodic and rhythmic turns of the individual voices, the keyboard with its keys and tangents enables precise intonation, an empty string sound with every note played, and ultimately also a perhaps unique transparency in the complex harmonic structure of his works – not to forget the resonance strings of the instrument, which can help to better sense the harmonic relationships through the longer sounding of the notes played.

Texts in German and English

VIDEO LINK: Final concert Nyckelharpatage at Fürsteneck Castle from October 2018.

(Performers: MArco Ambrosini, Jule Bauer, Anette Osann and Eva-Maria Rusche)

English:

Two Part Inventions

Arranged for Nyckelharpa & Accompaniment

by Marco Ambrosini, Caterina Other & Eva-Maria Rusche

Johann Sebastian Bach was primarily a keyboard instrumentalist, but he is said to have been an excellent string player, too. Many of his works for keyboard instruments lend themselves wonderfully for performances on stringed instruments.

The nyckelharpa, which at that time, was very probably no longer known in German-speaking areas, perfectly melds Bach’s two musical souls. With its very special articulation possibilities, the bow leads through the melodic and rhythmic twists and turns of the individual parts, the keyboard with its keys and tangents enables precise intonation, and there is an open string sound for each note – ultimately this provides possibly a unique transparency of the complex harmonic structure of his works. We should also not forget the sympathetic strings of the instrument, which due to the fact that the played notes sound longer, thus enable a better sensing of the harmonic connectedness.

The book is written in English and German language.

Order no: 15-7
ISBN: 978-3-943060-15-7
Format: DIN A4
Number of pages: 134 pages
Cover: Softcover with Wire-O