whp4@flairvax.UUCP (Bill Palmer) (04/30/84)
All you fans of Bach's unaccompanied violin sonatas, I have a question for you. In the Siciliano of the g minor sonata, in the 9th bar, my edition (Peters/Flesch) has a f sharp in the 4th note of the upper voice, but the bar underneath, which supposedly reflects the unedited manuscript, has an unadulterated f. Looking over the pages, I also notice a discrepancy in the 4th bar of the same movement; the manuscript apparently has a d natural on the 5th beat of the bar but Flesch sees it as a c natural. I've heard it performed both ways by various artists. Any musicologists out there that want to try to influence my decision? I popped the question on Dorothy Delay at a master class a few years back, but she just hemmed and hawed, as far as I can recall. Bill Palmer arpa: whp4@sri-kl uucp: ihnp4!hplabs!flairvax!whp4 Snail: Box 4170, Stanford, CA 94305