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Johann Sebastian Bach’s Werke (60 volumes in 47) Herausgegeben von der Bach-Gesellschaft. Leipzig LEIPZIG. BACH-GESELLSCHAFT. 1851-1900 (with 1851-1896 dates on titles). 1st Edition. Limited. Folio. 11 ¼ x 14 ¼ inches. First complete edition. Forty-six yearly issues including index (Jahrg. 46) and publisher’s receipt published 1851-1900 in 60 volumes. Hardcover. Various pagination. A total of some 13, 000 pages. Engraved frontispiece portrait by Lichling after Hausmann. Engraved music throughout. Numerous facsimiles. Subscribers lists. Indexes. Folding chart at the end of Vol. XLVI. Volumes bond as 1-46 (in 47 books). First complete edition of Bach’s collected works. Ex-library set (Forbes Library, Northampton, Mass.). Library cloth over original wrappers. Some original covers are detached. Several pages are detached in couple volumes. Moderate wear, perforated stamps on titles, some margins tears. Some tearing/creasing to frontispiece margins. All blocks are generally very good. Complete. This monumental collected edition remains one of the most imperishable achievements of nineteenth-century musical scholarship. Extremely heavy. Extra postage will apply. Very rare in any condition. Very interesting subscribers lists. According to subscriber’s list of Vol. I only 403 copies were ordered, including royal courts of Europe and just one copy for the United States’ only subscriber, James Cutler Dunn Parker, of Boston, an American organist, educator and composer. Forbes Library is listed among American subscribers of volumes XLV and XLVI. Contents: Vol. 1. Kirchencantaten, no. 1-10 v. 2. Kirchencantaten, no. 11-20 v. 3. Clavierwerke, bd. 1 v. 4. Passionsmusik nach dem evangelisten Matthäus v. 5, t. 1. Kirchencantaten, no. 21-30 v. 5, t. 2. Weihnachts-oratorium v. 6. Messe H-moll v. 7. Kirchencantaten, no. 31-40 v. 8. Messen: F dur, A dur, G moll, G dur v. 9. Kammermusik, bd. 1 v. 10. Kirchencantaten, no. 41-50 v. 11. Magnificat D dur und vier Sanctus. Kammermusik für Gesang, bd. 1 v. 12. Passionsmusik nach dem evangelisten Johannes. Kirchencantaten, no. 51-60 v. 13. Traungs-cantaten. Trauer-ode v. 14. Clavierwerke, bd. 3 (Das wohltemperirte Clavier) v. 15. Orgelwerke, bd. 1 v. 16. Kirchencantaten, no. 61-70 v. 17. Kammermusik, bd. 2 v. 18. Kirchencantaten, no. 71-80 v. 19. Kammermusik, bd. 3 (Brandenburg-concerti) v. 20. Kirchencantaten, no. 81-90. Kammermusik für Gesang, bd. 2 v. 21. Kammermusik, bd. 4-5. Oster-oratorium v. 22. Kirchencantaten, no. 91-100 v. 23. Kirchencantaten, no. 101-110 v. 24. Kirchencantaten, no. 111-120 v. 25. Die Kunst der Fuge. Orgelwerke, Bd. 2 v. 26. Kirchencantaten, no. 121-130 v. 27. Kammermusik, Bd. 6. Thematisches Verzeichnis der Kirchencantaten, no. 1-120 v. 28. Kirchencantaten, no. 131-140 v. 29. Kammermusik für Gesang, Bd. 3 v. 30. Kirchencantaten, no. 141-150 v. 31. Orchesterwerke. Musikalisches Opfer. Kammermusik, bd. 7 v. 32. Kirchencantaten, no. 151-160 v. 33. Kirchencantaten, no. 161-170 v. 34. Kammermusik für Gesang, Bd. 4 v. 35. Kirchencantaten, no. 171-180 v. 36. Clavierwerke, Bd. 4 v. 37. Kirchencantaten, no. 181-190 v. 38. Orgelwerke, Bd. 3 v. 39. Motetten, Choräle und Lieder v. 40. Orgelwerke, Bd. 4 v. 41. Kirchenmusikwerke, Ergänzungsbd. (Kirchencantaten) v. 42. Clavierwerke, Bd. 5 v. 43. Kammermusik, Bd. 8. Musikstücke in den Notenbüchern der Anna Magdalena Bach v. 44. Handschrift in zeitlich geordneten Nachbildungen v. 45. Clavierwerke, Bd. 2, neue berichtigte Ausg. (Englische Suiten, Französische Suiten) Instrumentalwerke, orgänzungsbd. Passionsmusik nach dem evangelisten Lucas v. 46. Schlussband: Bericht und Verzeichnisse