Re: Typesetting a Bach Ornament; Sarabande, French Suite 5

[Simon Albrecht]

On 23.05.2016 02:48, Andrew Bernard wrote:
> Do you want to do that or do you want to get close to what Bach wrote? If you 
> look at the Bach autograph of this piece, available in the Digital Bach 
> Archive, you will see not only no nachschlag there but hardly any phrasing 
> slurs, and definitely not the dotted one in your sample image. The ornament in 
> your edition is an editorial insertion

Hi Andrew,

I think you’re being a bit too rash here. The Henle ‘Urtext’ edition I 
have here also has the appoggiatura, written as in Harm’s second 
version, and although the Critical Report is laughable in that it 
doesn’t even list the sources used I’m sure there is a source from 
Bach’s environment that has the ornament, and it’s likely too easy to 
just say ‘the autograph is what Bach definitely intended’.
Sorry I can’t say more, maybe I’ll have a look at the NBA at the library.

Best, Simon