Canon for four voices / Canon à 4 Voci perpetuus BWV 1073 GND
- Genre
- Canon
- Scoring
- unknown
- Date of origin, Work history
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2 August 1713
Bach himself entered the canon in riddle form in the "Stammbuch" of the notary and Weimar "Stadtschreiber" Johann Christoph Gebhard (see Maul 2011); Gebhard also played as a musical adjunct in the court orchestra there before Bach's appointment in Weimar. - Comment
- Autograph family register entry by J. S. Bach in riddle notation and signature (see original source): Canon â 4. Voc: perpetuus | [canon in riddle form] | Weimar d. 2. Aug. 1713. [right:] Dieses wenige wolte dem Herrn | Besitzer zu geneigtem An- | gedencken hier einzeichnen | Joh: Sebast. Bach. | Fürstl. Sächs. HoffOrg. ./. Cammer-Musicus. (see Dok. I Nr. 147). The autograph single leaf was separated out of the family register (D-WZrs: Stb 456) and sold separately.
- Original sources
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US-CAh bMS Eng 870 (35b) [Score]
- Additional sources
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B-Bc 15140 MSM [Score]
D-LEb Go. S. 80, Faszikel 2 [Score]
- Edition
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NBA VIII/1, S. 3 (Christoph Wolff, 1974) – Critical report (1976), S. 15 - Literature
- Michael Maul, Ein Weimarer Stammbuch und Bachs Kanon BWV 1073, in: Übertönte Geschichten. Musikkultur in Weimar, hrsg. von Hellmut Theodor Seemann u. Thorsten Valk, Göttingen 2011, S. 221–233
- persistent ID
- BachDigitalWork_work_00001259
- Static URL
- https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00001259
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- 2025-05-14 : 04:18:01
