J.S. Bach - Suite III, Transcribed by Nanny-Vidal
J.S. Bach - Cello Suite No.3 (Allemande, Courante, and Bourrées I & II), transcribed by Édouard Nanny (1872-1942) with piano accompaniment composed by Paul Vidal (1863-1931). Solo part (6 pages), piano part (16 pages), and transposed piano part in C major (16 pages), available as a PDF download.
Édouard Nanny (1872-1942) transcribed one of the first collection of Bach cello suites for the double bass as part of the “Les Classiques de la Contrebasse” series. Published as individual movements, these transcriptions not only include Nanny’s annotated copies of the solo part, but most strikingly, an accompaniment part for piano composed by Paul Vidal (1863-1931), Nanny’s colleague at the Conservatoire. Nanny’s transcriptions do not include every movement of the cello suites and were published in the following order:
Suite I - Allemande (No.1, C major), Courante (No.2, C major), Sarabande (No.3, D major), Minuets I & II (No.4, D major), and Gigue (No.5, D major)
Suite II - Prelude (No.6, G minor), Courante (No.7, G minor), and Sarabande (No.8, B minor)
Suite III - Allemande (No.9, G major), Courante (No.10, G major), Bourrees I & II (No.11, G major)
Suite IV - Allemande (No.12, C major), Courante (No.13, B-flat major), Bourrees I & II (No.14, B-flat major)
Suite VI - Allemande (No.15, D major), Gavotte (No.16, D major), Courante (No.17, D major)
While the 5th suite is missing from Nanny’s series, the opening of the prelude of the 5th suite was included in the series later in a transcription by Alphose-Joseph Delmas-Boussagol (1891-1958) with a piano part composed by Eugène Bigot (1888-1965) as number 43. Delmas additionally transcribed the gigue from the Violin Partita No.2 (curiously labeled as Violin Sonata No.4), also with a piano part, as number 40.
Not only are these transcriptions fascinating to look back on for Nanny’s ideas about performing Bach, but the piano accompaniments by Vidal offer the player and listener to hear the cello suites in a new way with the underlying harmonies written out. Additional piano parts have been included in different keys to make realizing performances easier for players who wish to deviate from Nanny’s transcription.
J.S. Bach - Cello Suite No.3 (Allemande, Courante, and Bourrées I & II), transcribed by Édouard Nanny (1872-1942) with piano accompaniment composed by Paul Vidal (1863-1931). Solo part (6 pages), piano part (16 pages), and transposed piano part in C major (16 pages), available as a PDF download.
Édouard Nanny (1872-1942) transcribed one of the first collection of Bach cello suites for the double bass as part of the “Les Classiques de la Contrebasse” series. Published as individual movements, these transcriptions not only include Nanny’s annotated copies of the solo part, but most strikingly, an accompaniment part for piano composed by Paul Vidal (1863-1931), Nanny’s colleague at the Conservatoire. Nanny’s transcriptions do not include every movement of the cello suites and were published in the following order:
Suite I - Allemande (No.1, C major), Courante (No.2, C major), Sarabande (No.3, D major), Minuets I & II (No.4, D major), and Gigue (No.5, D major)
Suite II - Prelude (No.6, G minor), Courante (No.7, G minor), and Sarabande (No.8, B minor)
Suite III - Allemande (No.9, G major), Courante (No.10, G major), Bourrees I & II (No.11, G major)
Suite IV - Allemande (No.12, C major), Courante (No.13, B-flat major), Bourrees I & II (No.14, B-flat major)
Suite VI - Allemande (No.15, D major), Gavotte (No.16, D major), Courante (No.17, D major)
While the 5th suite is missing from Nanny’s series, the opening of the prelude of the 5th suite was included in the series later in a transcription by Alphose-Joseph Delmas-Boussagol (1891-1958) with a piano part composed by Eugène Bigot (1888-1965) as number 43. Delmas additionally transcribed the gigue from the Violin Partita No.2 (curiously labeled as Violin Sonata No.4), also with a piano part, as number 40.
Not only are these transcriptions fascinating to look back on for Nanny’s ideas about performing Bach, but the piano accompaniments by Vidal offer the player and listener to hear the cello suites in a new way with the underlying harmonies written out. Additional piano parts have been included in different keys to make realizing performances easier for players who wish to deviate from Nanny’s transcription.
J.S. Bach - Cello Suite No.3 (Allemande, Courante, and Bourrées I & II), transcribed by Édouard Nanny (1872-1942) with piano accompaniment composed by Paul Vidal (1863-1931). Solo part (6 pages), piano part (16 pages), and transposed piano part in C major (16 pages), available as a PDF download.
Édouard Nanny (1872-1942) transcribed one of the first collection of Bach cello suites for the double bass as part of the “Les Classiques de la Contrebasse” series. Published as individual movements, these transcriptions not only include Nanny’s annotated copies of the solo part, but most strikingly, an accompaniment part for piano composed by Paul Vidal (1863-1931), Nanny’s colleague at the Conservatoire. Nanny’s transcriptions do not include every movement of the cello suites and were published in the following order:
Suite I - Allemande (No.1, C major), Courante (No.2, C major), Sarabande (No.3, D major), Minuets I & II (No.4, D major), and Gigue (No.5, D major)
Suite II - Prelude (No.6, G minor), Courante (No.7, G minor), and Sarabande (No.8, B minor)
Suite III - Allemande (No.9, G major), Courante (No.10, G major), Bourrees I & II (No.11, G major)
Suite IV - Allemande (No.12, C major), Courante (No.13, B-flat major), Bourrees I & II (No.14, B-flat major)
Suite VI - Allemande (No.15, D major), Gavotte (No.16, D major), Courante (No.17, D major)
While the 5th suite is missing from Nanny’s series, the opening of the prelude of the 5th suite was included in the series later in a transcription by Alphose-Joseph Delmas-Boussagol (1891-1958) with a piano part composed by Eugène Bigot (1888-1965) as number 43. Delmas additionally transcribed the gigue from the Violin Partita No.2 (curiously labeled as Violin Sonata No.4), also with a piano part, as number 40.
Not only are these transcriptions fascinating to look back on for Nanny’s ideas about performing Bach, but the piano accompaniments by Vidal offer the player and listener to hear the cello suites in a new way with the underlying harmonies written out. Additional piano parts have been included in different keys to make realizing performances easier for players who wish to deviate from Nanny’s transcription.