JS Bach 48 PnF (Orlando Morgan)

[lohshuhan]

Hello does anyone know if Morgan's edition is still in print, and where i can get it?  I heard from someone it isn't in print anymore, but he isn't sure..  Or is anyone willing to sell that edition? 

I'm after the 48 Preludes and Fugues, not Morgan's analysis of the 48.. 

[kevinr]

I'm pretty sure it's no longer in print. I'm a fairly frequent browser in classical sheet music shops and have not seen in in decades.

This edition is full of editorial dynamics and phrase marks and I would assume that it just been obsoleted by more recent scholarship and the development of Urext editions. Published by Edwin Ashdown. I don't know whether they still exist.

I do have a copy but don't want to part with it as it was my first 48 and a boyhood gift, even though I don't use it for playing from.

You could try second hand dealers such as Travis and Emery of Cecil Court, London.

I would imagine there are a fair number of them gathering dust which people have replaced by more kosher editions.

I'd be interested to know why you want to get hold of this edition particularly.

[casaet]

Use Google: abebooks. They have several volumes of Orlando Morgans das Wohltemperierte Klavier, but I am not sure if they have what you are looking for.
casaet

[lohshuhan]

Kevinr: Was looking for Morgan's edition as a friend of mine back home recommended this edition to me.  He had selections of it in books of individual preludes and fugues, and as i personally find Bach quite dreadful to learn if it was not edited, he suggested this as another point of reference.  I currently have a copy of Bartok's edition which i've been depending on for the past few years, and a copy of ABRSM and Henle Urtext which i hardly open.  Is Czerny's edition worth a look? 

casaet: Hey i found both of Morgan's editions of Bach's WTC 1 and 2 there!!  thanks a lot for your help yeah!!  

[kevinr]

If you go for an annotated edition you are getting not just Bach but some editor's take on Bach, which is fine as long you are happy to trust him.

With an Urtext edition (e.g. Henle, Barenreiter, ABRSM (?)) you are forced to come to your own interpretation.

I don't think Czerny would pass muster these days. For example, if I remember correctly, he "helpfully" added an extra bar to the C major Prelude of Book one as Bach's harmonic progression was a bit too daring for him.

Having said that, Czerny was a pupil of Beethoven and his annotations of the 48 were informed by Beethoven's teaching, so obviously they are of great historical interest.

[mnmleung]

Would your local public library have a copy?  I have found a few helpful editions of other pieces in our state library (mostly Cortot's of Chopin and Liszt pieces).

I bought Busoni's edition a while ago from a friend and I certainly find it interesting to refer to it whilst I actually use the Henle edition.