Transcribing Bach's Solo String Music: When to Add or Omit Notes The Presto in Bach's Music The Sonatas and Partitas —An Arranger's Perspective (Part One) The Sonatas and Partitas —An Arranger's Perspective (Part Two) The Sonatas and Partitas —An Arranger's Perspective (Part Three) Baroque Music Notation and Compound Melody Adagio in G Minor, BWV 1001 Adagio in G Minor, BWV 1001 The Birth of Rhetoric in Music Left-Hand Walking
By: Frank Koonce and Heather DeRome
This is an article by Koonce/DeRome that was published by Strings by Mail. The article goes into more depth than we were able to for the critical notes in our book, ... Read More
Posted: October 18th, 2020
By: Heather DeRome, with thanks to Frank Koonce
This is a short essay discussing how one might approach Bach’s presto markings. There are two presti in the Sonatas and Partitas. In recent years ... Read More
Posted: July 3rd, 2020
By: Frank Koonce and Heather DeRome
This article is Part-one of a three-part essay discussing several of the issues we encountered while making our guitar edition of the Sonatas and Partitas. In this i ... Read More
Posted: May 28th, 2020
By: Frank Koonce and Heather DeRome
This is the second part of a three-part article about some of the interesting issues that we encountered while working out our arrangements of the Sonatas and Partit ... Read More
Posted: May 16th, 2020
By: Heather DeRome and Frank Koonce
This is the third and final instalment of this article, discussing various issues that we encountered while making our guitar arrangements of Bach’s Solo string mu ... Read More
Posted: May 1st, 2020
From the Performance Notes for Bach's Cello suites Vol. 1
By: Frank Koonce
A master of polyphony, Bach wrote an abundance of multi-voiced music for the keyboard and for ensembles; however, another aspect of his genius that has been largely ... Read More
Posted: April 1st, 2020
A Look at the Structure (Part One)
By: Heather DeRome, with thanks to Frank Koonce.
The Adagio in G minor, is in two main sections, connected by a transition section. This article discusses the similarities and differences in the outer sections. Read More
Posted: October 7th, 2019
A Look at the Structure (Part Two)
By: Heather DeRome, with thanks to Frank Koonce.
The Adagio in G minor, BWV 1001, as mentioned in the performance notes of our edition of the Sonatas and Partitas, is in two main sections, connected by a transition ... Read More
Posted: September 28th, 2019
By: Heather DeRome, with thanks to Frank Koonce.
A look at what it means for music to be rhetorical. Music must convey emotions and in order to do that it must speak. Read More
Posted: August 24th, 2019
By: Heather DeRome, with thanks to Frank Koonce.
