Prelude and Fugue in E-flat (trans Hunsberger)

Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach (scored by Donald Hunsberger)

Subtitle: St. Anne

This work bears the designation BWV 552.

General Info

Year: c. 1739 / 2009
Duration: c. 14:50
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Organ
Publisher: Alfred Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $250.00   |   Score Only (print) - $75.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
Contra-Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Flugelhorn I-II
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
F Horn I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III-IV
Euphonium I-II
Tuba
String Bass

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Dedicated to Toru Miura and the Kunitachi College of Music Wind Orchestra.

- Program Note from score

The Clavier-Übung III, sometimes referred to as the German Organ Mass, is a collection of compositions for organ by Johann Sebastian Bach, started in 1735–36 and published in 1739. It is considered Bach's most significant and extensive work for organ, containing some of his most musically complex and technically demanding compositions for that instrument.

The fugue in E♭ major BWV 552/2 that ends Clavier-Übung III has become known in English-speaking countries as the "St. Anne" because of the first subject's resemblance to a hymn tune of the same name by William Croft, a tune that was not likely known to Bach. A fugue in three sections of 36 bars, 45 bars and 36 bars, with each section a separate fugue on a different subject, it has been called a triple fugue. However, the second subject is not stated precisely within the third section, but only strongly suggested.

- Program Note from Wikipedia

Commercial Discography

• Audio CD: Alfred Concert Band - 2011

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

• Florida: VI
• Louisiana: V
• North Carolina: VI
• Texas: V. Complete

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

• University of North Carolina, Greensboro, Wind Ensemble (Kevin M. Geraldi, conductor) – 25 April 2019
• Eastman School of Music (Rochester, N.Y.) Wind Ensemble (Mark Scatterday, conductor) – 18 February 2019

Works for Winds by this Composer

• Air for Woodwind Choir (arr. Joel Blahnik)
• Arioso (arr. de Haan)
• Arioso (arr. Reed)
• Art of Fugue, The (tr. Amis) (c. 1745)
• Bach: Air (arr. McGinty) (c. 1730/)
• Bach Fugue (arr. John Kinyon)
• Bach's Fugue à la Gigue (orch. Holst) (arr. Mitchell) (1921/2005)
• Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 (arr. Marlatt) (1721/2011)
• Canzona, BWV 584
• Chaconne and Festive Aria (arr. Daehn)
• Chaconne in D Minor (arr. Daehn)
• Chorale and Fugue in F Major (arr. Daehn) (1988)
• Chorale Prelude on "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" (trans. Damrosch; adapt. O'Toole)
• Chorale in C Minor (arr. Topolewski) (2012)
• Christ He Is My Life (arr. Cailliet) (1973)
• Christmas Pastorale (arr. Hastings) (1970)
• Come, Sweet Death (arr. Alfred Reed) (1736/1976)
• Come, Sweet Death (arr. Alfred Reed and Kim Benson) (1736/1976/2019)
• Contrapunctus III (arr. King) (c. 1745/1955)
• Contrapunctus V (arr. Daehn) (c. 1745)
• Deck Thyself, My Soul, With Gladness (arr. Alfred Reed) (1990)
• Fantasia and Fugue in C Minor (arr. Elgar; tr. Topolewski) (1727?)
• Fantasia and Fugue in C Minor (arr. Elgar; arr. Nowlin) (1727?/2016)
• Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537 (arr. Hunsberger) (1727?/1997)
• Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542 "The Great" (arr. Boyd)
• Fantasia in C (arr. Sterk) (1706/2017)
• Fantasia in G, BWV 572 (arr. John Boyd) (1703-7/1957/1985)
• Fantasia in G, BWV 572 (arr. Edwin Franko Goldman) (1703-7/1957/2012)
• Fervent is My Longing; Fugue in G Minor (tr. Cailliet) (c. 1710/1935/2006)
• Forget Me Not, O Lord (arr. Alfred Reed) (c. 1736/1985)
• French Suite No. 2 (arr. Shishikura) (1722/)
• Fugue à la Gigue (orch. Gustav Holst) (arr. Brand) (1921/2008)
• Fugue in B-flat Major (arr. Daehn) (1722/1988)
• Fugue in E-flat Major (tr. Abrams and Jones) (1739)
• Fugue in G Minor (arr. Kimura)
• Fugue in G Minor (arr. Rechtman)
• God Still Lives (arr. Alfred Reed)
• Hertzlich tut mich verlangen. See: Fervent is My Longing; Organ Fugue in G Minor
• If Thou Be Near (arr. Alfred Reed) (1725/1984)
• If Thou Be Near (arr. Moehlmann) (1725/1940)
• In Dulci Jubilo (arr. Reed) (1970)
• Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (tr. Cailliet) (1723/1962)
• Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring (tr. Leidzen) (1723/1936)
• Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring (arr. Alfred Reed) (1723)
• Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (arr. Sapieyevski) (1723)
• Komm, Susser Tod (arr. Leidzen) (1736/1936)
• Little Fugue (arr. Romm; adapt. Custer) (c. 1705/1974/1991)
• Little Fugue in G Minor, BWV 578 (arr. Parks)
• My Heart is Filled With Longing (arr. Alfred Reed) (c. 1710/1986)
• My Jesus, Oh What Anguish (arr. Alfred Reed)
• Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (arr. McAlister)
• O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht (arr. Westover) (c. 1736/2017)
• O Mensch, Bewein' Dein Sünde Gross (arr. Grainger; ed. Brion and Brand) (1724?/1937-1942/1987)
• Our Father Who Art In Heaven (arr. Alfred Reed)
• Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor (tr. Donald Hunsberger) (1703-1713?/ 1968/1975)
• Passacaglia and Thema Fugatum in C Minor (tr. Stowkowski; ed. Sosnowchik) (1703-1713?/2014)
• Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor (tr. Nicholas Falcone) (ca. 1712/1969)
• Passacaglia from "Cantata No. 12" (arr. Daehn) (1714/2011)
• Präludium und Fuge d-Moll (trans. Rechtman) (1722/2003)
• Prelude IV (arr. Reed) (1983)
• Prelude and Fugue in B-flat Major (arr. Moehlmann) (1852/1955)
• Prelude and Fugue in B-flat Minor (arr. Moehlmann) (1852/1969)
• Prelude and Fugue in D Major BWV 532 (arr. Steinmetz) (1710/2018)
• Prelude and Fugue in D Minor (tr. Moehlmann) (1852/1988)
• Prelude and Fugue in D Minor (trans. Rechtman), see: Präludium und Fuge d-Moll
• Prelude and Fugue in E-flat (setting Hunsberger) (c. 1739/2009)
• Prelude and Fugue in F Major (arr. Moehlmann) (1852/?)
• Prelude and Fugue in F Minor (arr. Moehlmann) (1852/1954)
• Prelude and Fugue in G Minor (arr. Moehlmann) (1852/1939)
• Prelude, Chorale and Fugue (arr. Godfrey) (1919)
• "Ricercare a 6" from Musical Offering, BWV 1079 (tr. McAlister)
• Saint Anne's Fugue (arr. Rhoads) (1965)
• Sarabande (arr. Kennaway) (1972/1977/1995)
• Sheep May Safely Graze (arr. Alfred Reed) (1713/1981)
• Sinfonia from "Cantata No 29" (arr. Ninmer)
• Sixteen Chorales (arr. Lake) (1938)
• Sleepers, Awake! (arr. Patterson) (1731/1995)
• Sleepers, Awake! (arr. Alfred Reed) (1731)
• Sleepers, Awake! (tr. Sparke) (1731/2002)
• St. Anne. See: Prelude and Fugue in E-flat
• Thus Do You Fare, My Jesus (arr. Alfred Reed)
• Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major (arr. Rechtman) (c. 1717)
• Toccata, Aria, and Fugue in C Major (tr. Knox) (c. 1717)
• Toccata & Fuge d-Moll (arr. Goldhammer) (1705/2011)
• Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (arr. Goldhammer), see Toccata & Fuge d-Moll
• Toccata and Fugue in D minor (tr. Goto) (1705/2014)
• Toccata and Fugue in D minor (tr. Hindsley) (1705)
• Toccata and Fugue in D minor (tr. Hunsberger) (1705/1998)
• Toccata and Fugue in D minor (tr. Leidzen) (1705/1942)
• Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (arr. Lopez) (1705/2010)
• Toccata and Fugue in D minor (tr. Nowlin) (1705/2015)
• Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue, BWV 564 (tr. Paynter) (c. 1717/2000)
• Toccata, Adagio and Fugue (tr. Knox) (c1717)
• Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (arr. Lauf Jr.) (1731/2019)
• Who Puts His Trust in God Most Just (arr. James Croft) (1978)
• Wir Glauben All’ An Einen Gott (1739)

Resources

• Bach, J.; Hunsberger, D. (2009). Prelude and fugue in E-flat : BWV 552 St. Anne [score]. Alfred Publishing: [Van Nuys, Calif.].
• Clavier-Übung III, Wikipedia Accessed 16 February 2019