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most authentic and the closest to Bach’s own intentions.” 28 Volume III is an unmarked copy of the Anna Magdalena Bach version with certain accommodations for score discrepancies—just as Paul Silverthorne suggested. Example 5. J. S. Bach, Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008, Prelude; mm. 59–63 (Rutledge edition, suggested realization version 1).

Example 6. J. S. Bach, Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008, Prelude; mm. 59–63 (Christine Rutledge edition, suggested realization version 2).

Kenneth Martinson (b. 1970). Martinson is a chamber musician, recording artist, editor, publisher, and teacher. He has been active in leadership with the American Viola Society and

currently serves as President of the International Viola Society. Publisher information: Gems Music Publications , GPL 106, 2008.

This “Urtext” edition 29 was prepared in an attempt “to try to recapture the original intentions of Bach” and is based “almost exclusively … on the manuscript copy of the six cello suites by Anna Magdalena Bach.” 30 This clean and spacious edition includes only bowings gleaned from the source. Measure numbers are provided, but no other markings. Suite No. 5 is in standard tuning versus the original scordatura. All the chord notes are included as they appear in the manuscript. Suite No. 6 is in D major, and Martinson “at times re-voices the chords so that they better fit the viola at normal tuning.” 31

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