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continue through bar 60.” 19 Suite No. 5 gives no indication of the original scordatura. Suite No. 6 is in D major with no indication of the five-stringed instrument and no indication of any editorial changes. He recorded these suites on cassette for Pantheon, No. 2063. The cassette recording is no longer available. Example 4. J. S. Bach, Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009, Prelude; mm. 45–49 (Katims edition).

William Primrose (1904–1982). Primrose was the preeminent violist, teacher, and recording artist of the twentieth century. Primrose was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1953, was the dedicatee for Congress XI in Houston, Texas, 1983, and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Publisher information: G. Schirmer Inc. , Ed. 3142, 1978. The personal Foreword does not indicate which manuscripts were used. Primrose does make reference to the Kellner manuscript. 20 The well laid-out movements are lightly edited with fingerings, and Italian performance directions (e.g., Presto or Poco meno mosso) have been added. Metronome markings are included for each movement; the Prelude to the first suite is indicated at a quarter note = 88. Suite No. 5 does not indicate the original use of scordatura. Suite No. 6 is not included in this edition: from the Foreword, “I have chosen not to edit the sixth of the Bach Suites for cello because I find it totally unsuited to the viola.” 21 He does, however, endorse Bruno Giuranna’s edition, which transposes Suite No. 6 into G major. Primrose recorded the first five suites in 1978. Biddulph released them in 1996 (LAB 131–132) in a composite disc with other Primrose transcriptions. David Dalton, Emeritus Professor of Viola at BYU, who was in the recording studio at the time, confirms this. The recording is no longer available. Leonard Davis (1919–2007). Leonard Davis was a member of the New York Philharmonic from 1949 to 1991 (serving as co-principal from 1984 to 1990 and as principal in his final year) and violist in the Metropolitan Quartet and the Corigliano Quartet. Davis taught at the Manhattan School of Music, Brooklyn College, and Indiana University. He wrote a personal piece entitled “The Bach Suites: A Narrative,” published in vol. 5, no. 3 (Fall 1989) of the JAVS . He recorded the Bach suites on cassettes, which are no longer available. Publisher information: International Music Company , No. 3064, 1986.

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