Mozart: 3-Part Preludes and Fugues, K. 404a (Nos. 1-3)

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Editor: Johann Nepomuk David (1895-1977) Format: Set of Parts Instrumentation: String Trio (Violin, Viola, Cello) Work: Preludes and Fugues, K. 404a Binding: Saddle-Stitch ISMN: 9790004502877 Size: 9.1 x 12.0 inches Pages: 36 Description "I am presently collecting the fugues of Bach – not only of sebastian, but also of Emanuel and friedeman", wrote Mozart to his father in April 1782. This could be a hint that the Six Three-Part Preludes and Fugues were derived from this collection: Mozart wrote string-trio arrangements of two preludes and five fugues by Johann Sebastian Bach, and of one fugue by Wilhelm Friedemann Bach. This apparently plunged him into such a creative mood that he simply wrote the missing preludes himself. It is to Johann Nepomuk David that we owe the first edition of this work, which introduced this unique document to a broad public for the first time. The present edition has retained David's basic editorial decision to adapt the divergent passages of Mozart's arrangement to Bach's original music text. Contents: No. 1 Adagio by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Fugue Mozart's arrangement of Johann Sebastian Bach, Das Wohltemperirte Clavier I , Fugue 8 in D# Minor BWV 853 No. 2 Adagio by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Fugue Mozart's arrangement of Johann Sebastian Bach, Das Wohltemperirte Clavier II , Fugue 14 in F# Minor BWV 883 No. 3 Adagio by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Fugue Mozart's arrangement of Johann Sebastian Bach, Das Wohltemperirte Clavier II , Fugue 13 in F# Major BWV 882