Did Bach really write 6 flute sonatas?
Well no he didn't! Quite incredible. We've thought for years and years that there were 6 Bach sonatas for flute. But did you know that the Cmaj sonata wasn't actually completely written by bach. It was originally unaccompanied and in 1731 he gave it to his son CPE Bach as a harmony exercise and the accompaniment was written.
The Eb maj sonata was also written the same way. These two sonatas do not appear in the Bach Neue Aguste (the authentic Bach collection) for this very reason. It was discovered by Robert L. Marshall the American Bach scholar and it is now seen as truth without a doubt.
Also in the last half a century the Gmin sonata by Bach has been discovered. Strangly this is definately attributed to Bach.
So there you go. Bach didn't really write 6 flute sonatas.
What I find odd however, is how can you definately say one sonata is written by him and the other isn't unless you have the original manuscript to compare composition handwriting. But I guess those scholar's know what they are talking about.
posted by Jenfafa @ 9/28/2006 05:30:00 pm
4 Comments:
very very interesting... lots like you've been able to do a lot of work...
hmmm i'm having a few issues with reading your blog... i can't really see anything... but maybe that's just me.
what do you mean by not really being able to see anything?? what can't you see?
It's white text on a white background for me.
how odd... it is on a dark background on mine. Strange.
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