Johann Sebastian Bach

(1685 – 1750)

New Edition of the Complete Works

NBA                                    NBArev

NBA

Edited by the Johann Sebastian Bach Institute, Göttingen and by the Bach-Archiv Leipzig

The New Bach Edition is an Urtext edition offering the world of scholarship a reliable musical text which is equally useful in performance. Prepared with the most exacting methods of source criticism, it has set new standards for modern scholarly-critical editions in the latter half of the 20th century. Work on the New Bach Edition led to the rediscovery of lost compositions and resolved many questions of authenticity in the Bach canon. Most of all, however, the close study of the sources has occasioned a large-scale revision of the chronology of Bach’s life, thereby forming the basis for a new image of the composer in our time.

In each series, the volumes not only contain those works by Bach which have survived intact but also those existing as fragments. In addition to a preface, each musical volume presents a selection of the relevant sources in facsimile. It is also accompanied by a separately published critical report.

Publication Schedule

Further information

Die neue Bach-Ausgabe 1954-2007. Eine Dokumentation (PDF)

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The following purchase options are available for this series:

Full subscription (a price advantage of approx. 20%),
partial subscription of individual series (a price advantage of approx. 15%),
optionally with or without Critical Commentaries.

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Editions
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NBArev

Edited by the Bach-Archiv Leipzig | General Editors: Christoph Wolff, Uwe Wolf, Peter Wollny

The New Bach Edition (NBA), now completed and available in 104 music volumes and 101 critical commentaries, is regarded as a work of musical scholarship of the first rank. The publication of this immense project stretched over 56 years. However, since the publication of some of the earlier volumes, new sources have been discovered and others newly evaluated, new knowledge has been acquired and further editorial experience amassed. In the interest of a continued practical and musicological usability of the historical scholarly-critical complete edition, it is essential to update selected volumes.

The Bach Archive Leipzig and Bärenreiter have therefore decided to publish approx. 15 volumes or works in revised editions. The New Bach Edition – Revised (NBArev) resembles the NBA in its outward appearance, but each volume now contains a more detailed foreword in German and English, discussing the genesis of the works and how the sources have come down to us as well as a concise critical report in German.

The Bach Archive Leipzig is the internationally recognised centre for Bach research. This guarantees that the New Bach Edition – Revised will be prepared by first-class editors. Volume by volume, editions of the highest standard will be created for the NBArev.

The Mass in B minor was published during the summer of 2010. This work was originally published in 1954 (edited by Friedrich Smend) as the second volume of the NBA. The revised edition, edited by Uwe Wolf (Bach Archive Leipzig), takes into consideration the results of the latest research and scientific examination methods (x-ray spectography) into Bach’s manuscript score.

Publication Schedule

Subscription Guidelines

The following purchase options are available for this series:

Purchase of individual volumes at retail sales prices.
Full subscription (a price advantage of approx. 20%).

For further information, please contact customer service.

Editions
Row of colorful scholarly music editions in cloth binding on a wooden table; blurred bookshelves in the background.
“Most agreeable”. A peasant’s son is the hero in Handel’s “Giustino”
Painting of a man in Baroque attire with a gray wig. He is shown in profile, holding a sheet of music in his right hand and looking to the left. The background is dark, and his clothing is richly decorated.
Complete Editions

“Most agreeable”. A peasant’s son is the hero in Handel’s “Giustino”

A strong plot, and fabulously imaginative music: but until now Handel’s “Giustino” has not been one of his most frequently-performed operas. With the new edition this could all change.

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Dramatically effective. Franz Schubert’s works for music theatre
Scene from an opera performance with a medieval theme. A man dressed as a king in armor sits on a throne. A woman in an elaborately decorated white gown reaches out to him. In the background, several female singers wear similar white costumes, all set against a backdrop of black-and-white illustrated stone columns.
Complete Editions

Dramatically effective. Franz Schubert’s works for music theatre

Franz Schubert’s stage works have never become firmly established in the repertoire. And yet they contain interesting examples of Romantic opera aesthetics. And with the 2028 Schubert anniversary year in mind, they offer a variety of opportunities for productions.

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