The pdf hyperlinks include clicking on the page number of each page to navigate instantly back and forth between the manuscripts and the score. The concluding Interpretation of the Sources has many hyperlinks to examples in the manuscripts.
Bach Six Suites Edition
Johann Sebastian Bach
Six Suites for Violoncello Solo, BWV 1007-1012 Manuscripts Edition
David Starkweather, editor
Every serious cellist struggles with the fact that the original manuscript of J.S. Bach’s Six Suites for Violoncello Solo has been lost. Fortunately, Bach’s work was preserved by 18th century copyists working from his original manuscript, the most respected of which are ones by Anna Magdalena Bach (1701-1760) and Johann Peter Kellner (1705-1772).
This comprehensive 614-page edition uses modern computer technology to compare as many as 6 separate sources passage-by-passage by vertically aligning them. Differences between these sources are clearly marked for the reader, thus greatly facilitating comparisons. Please see the preview pages below for examples.
Navigation between these sources and a score (included in the edition) is simple. For example, clicking any page number will take you from the comparison of sources page to the score in the corresponding passage of the music. Clicking the page number again will take you from the score back to the source comparison.
Finally, a scholarly "Interpretation of Sources" article by editor David Starkweather draws conclusions, with easy navigation to the related examples in the manuscripts.
Table of Contents
Manuscripts
Score
from Suite 1 Gigue
from Suite 5
from Suite 6 Prelude