M.G. Fischer's and J.E. West's organ works editing

Post by **dgmcalorio** » Wed May 17, 2017 1:10 pm

I would bring to your attention a classical work of organ music from which all the anthologies in the nineteenth and so forth have taken a lot of preludes:

FISCHER Michael Gotthard
Evangelisches Choral-Melodien-Buch : 4stg ausgesetzt mit Vor- u. Zwischen-Spielen ; 1. Präludien. - XIV, 243 S. - Pl.Nr. 31
Verlagsort: Erfurt | Erscheinungsjahr: (1846) | Verlag: Körner
Signatur: 1911587 Mus.pr. 2702-1 1911587 Mus.pr. 2702-1

I do not have the technical means to bring the scans published by Bayerische to an acceptable legible level. I hope others succeed.

A different editorial work is required, however, by the Passacaglia in F major of West:

WEST John Ebenezer
Passacaglias, org, F-Dur - BSB Mus.ms. 4746-8
[heading:] Passacaglia. (Variations // on a Bass.) // John E. West, 1897.

It is a manuscript ready for printing, if someone wants to transcribe it.
The two works are from Bayerische Staatsbibliothek.
Thanks for your kind cooperation
dgmc.

David Campbell · Post by **David Campbell** » Wed May 17, 2017 5:52 pm

I uploaded the West.

coulonnus · Post by **coulonnus** » Thu May 18, 2017 6:01 am

I can't find this signature for Fischer. The 2 results I get are: 5th edition http://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/de ... 00007.html and 3rd edition http://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/de ... 00005.html. Please provide the URL if none of these is the right result.

Post by **dgmcalorio** » Fri May 19, 2017 8:26 am

The first signature is the collection of PRAELUDIEN, the second that of CHORALEN. There are several editions that vary for print quality: I used the one of 1846 (http://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/de ... 00001.html)

coulonnus · Post by **coulonnus** » Fri May 19, 2017 9:56 am

Thanks. If I trim the "copyright" page and the empty pages I obtain a 70-MB pdf. Big but acceptable for imslp. If I convert it to monochrome, trim the margins etc it will be about 30-MB big. Do you think it is worth doing this work?

Is this version better than the 2 other I found? (3rd edition, scan quality etc)

Post by **dgmcalorio** » Sun May 21, 2017 10:46 pm

I am very grateful to Pierre Gouin for his beautiful editions: he immediately transcribed West's Passacaglia.
I hope that your work also improve contrast and remove shadows and stains on the background. Maybe 30 Mb is not easy to handle (I use Forscore with ipad) but I think the volume can be split into two sections.
I think that the Dritte .... Auflage (1846- Mus.pr.2702-1: http://reader.digitale-sammlungen.de/de ... 00001.html)) is more legible, but it's a general impression, I did not compare page with page.
Thanks for your attention.

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