The Art of Preluding: Deconstructing and Reconstructing the Preludes in J. S. Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier I & II (The Leupold Foundation, 2021).
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Vol. II
- E-flat Minor Prelude
- m. 12 – Should be f-sharp
- m. 33 – Bass should not be g-natural but remain g-sharp
- m. 36 – Spacing issue in reduction
Realizing Thoroughbass Chorales in the Circle of J. S. Bach (Wayne Leupold Editions, 2019).
Errata in Vol. I
- Page ix, line 3 – “as this is the first English translation of Kellner’s treatise”
- Page 6, paragraph 1, last line: “…and of course what the other instrumental parts are doing.”
- Page 8, Example 5 – 2-voice chords have 1 interval (not two, as is stated).
- Page 10, first word of last paragraph: Chromatic
- Page 11, last paragraph, first sentence: “For example, the fifth box…”
- Page 18, last line before Ex. 25: “To me, this position sounds equally good on the organ.”
- Page 36, No. 14, measure 5, beat 4 should not have “6/5”; there should be no figure.
- Page 41, No. 4: the staves in each system should be labelled (a), (b), and (c), rather than [blank], (a), and (b).
- Page 43, No. 6 – the staves in each system should be labelled (a), (b), (c), and (d), rather than [blank], [blank], (b), and (c)
- Page 51, line 6: “The answer lies”
- Page 55, No. 8, measure 14, beat 1, top staff: stem should face upwards.
- Page 61, No. 6, measure 13 should read “unavoidable direct octaves.”
- Page 145, note 80: “These additional paragraphs on either side…”
Errata in Vol. II
- Page ix, line 3 – “as this is the first English translation of Kellner’s treatise”
- Page 11, Chorale 9, measure 10: there is a sharp (#) in the figured bass.
- Page 101, Chorale 167, third full measure: both figures should be correctly aligned.
- Page 102, Chorale 169, measure 2, beat 3: (#) should be omitted; it is an editorial error.
- Page 102, Chorale 169, measure 3, beat 3: the c# in the chorale should be shown with: (#5).
- Page 115, Chorale 195, measure 4: the single asterisk should be a double asterisk.
- Page 116, top system on page (Chorale 195), measure 3: the single asterisk should be a double asterisk.
- Page 117, Chorale 198, system 2, measure 3: the 4 can in fact be prepared.
- Page 129, Chorale 222: the stems in the bassline should all point downward, as per the editorial guidelines, which are intended to leave space for written-out inner voices.