J.S. Bach. Three first and early editions of music for organ, bound in one volume, 1831-1834

Johann Sebastian Bach

Three first and early editions of music for organ

1) Sechs Praeludien und Fugen für die Orgel [BWV 543-548], eingerichtet für das Pianoforte zu vier Händen von Carl Voigt, Frankfurt: G.H. Hedler, [1834], 73 pages, plate number 221, lithographed music

2) Johann Sebastian Bach's noch wenig bekannte Orgelcompositionen, FIRST EDITION OF THE G MINOR FUGUE BWV 542, with BWV 533 and 565, edited by A.B. Marx. 3.^s Heft, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, [1833], 19 pages, engraved music, plate number 5471

3) VI Varierte Choräle für die Orgel [BWV 654, 620a, 740, 614, 622 and 659a], für das Pianoforte...1 Heft, Frankfurt: Dunst, [1831], 13 pages, lithographed music

3 volumes in one, oblong 4to (c.24.5 x 32.5cm), manuscript label to cover ("Joh. Seb. Bach Orgelfugen und 4händige Choräle (Lichtenstein) Ernst Rudorff. 1894"), nineteenth-century paper-covered boards, binding somewhat worn; bound together with a manuscript of the Fugue in G minor for organ, BWV 578, and the Fantasia in G minor for organ, BWV 542/1, notated in brown ink on up to three three-stave systems per page, faded pencil sketches at the end, 9 pages, oblong 4to, 10-stave paper, early 19th-century, tear to one leaf

Marie Lichtenstein was the god-daughter of Carl Maria von Weber, and the godmother of Ernst Rudorff, who acquired this volume and others from the Lichtenstein Nachlass. The G-minor fugue BWV 578 was first published in 1821, the G-minor fantasia BWV 542/1, in 1833. From 1882, Rudorff, whose connections with Bach's music were numerous and significant, directed the piano and organ class at the Berlin Hochschule für Musik.