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We've turned 15! This year marks the 15th anniversary of the establishment of Elkin Music International. Now in our 16th year of expertise in supplying printed music, we are more committed than ever to helping meet the needs of all musicians. For more information about the history of our company, visit the About Us Page.
INTRODUCING A NEW CATALOG TO THE UNITED STATES
As of May 2008, Elkin is pleased to announce our relationship with Partitura-Verlag of Winterthur, Switzerland. Acting as sole agent for this distinguished catalog in the United States and Canada, Elkin has the entire catalog in stock and ready for immediate delivery. For more information, including a listing of Partitura-Verlag titles, Click Here.
NEW BACH WORK RECENTLY DISCOVERED AND PUBLISHED
Johann Sebastian Bach's work catalogue, Wolfgang Schmieder's famous Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (BWV), has now been extended by an additional number! In late March 2008, the two musicologists Stephan Blaut and Michael Pacholke from Halle University discovered a hitherto unknown organ composition by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) among recent acquisitions of the Universitats- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt in Halle. The work is a large-scale fantasia based on the chorale "Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns halt." The current edition of the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis records only the first few bars of the piece in its appendix (BWV Anh. II no. 71), failing to cite any source. Now a complete copy of the work has come to light among the papers of the former Thomaskantor and renowned editor of Bach's works Wilhelm Rust (1822-1892); Rust had copied the composition in 1877 from a now-lost manuscript formerly located in Konigsberg (now Kaliningrad). The provenance of this lost source can be traced back to the immediate circle of the composer. The exceptional quality of the composition leaves no doubt as to its author. The chorale fantasia comprises 85 bars and was written between 1705 and 1710. A critical edition prepared by Stephan Blaut and Michael Pacholke including a preface by Hans-Joachim Schulze has been published on 10 June 2008. [J.S. Bach: Choralfantasie fur Orgel uber Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns halt. BWV 1128. First Edition. Ortus Musikverlag. M700259272. $33.95.] Elkin is the first source in the United States for this exciting new title, which is available through our online shopping cart.
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