Errata

Here is a list of errata in my two-volume book, Realizing Thoroughbass Chorales in the Circle of J. S. Bach (Wayne Leupold Editions, 2019). Please inform me via email if you discover any more. Purchase the set for $99

Errata in Vol. 1

  • 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. 2

  • 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.