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11 J. S. Bach, Six Suites Adapted, Revised and Fingered for the Viola , ed. Louis Svecenski (New York: G. Schirmer, 1916), 50. 12 J. S. Bach, The Solo Cello Suites by Bach Arranged for Viola , transcribed by Watson Forbes (London: Chester, 1951), 29. 13 Watson Forbes, preface to The Solo Cello Suites by Bach Arranged for Viola, by J. S. Bach, transcribed by Watson Forbes (London: Chester, 1951). 14 From the online website “The European Library.” Information provided by Mark Pfannschmidt. 15 The Anna Magdalena Bach copy of the suites moved around during and after World War II. It first moved from the Prussian State Library to the Benedictine monastery of Beuron, then to its present location, the German State Library in Berlin. See Eric Siblin, The Cello Suites: J. S. Bach, Pablo Casals, and the Search for a Baroque Masterpiece (New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2009), 266–67. 16 John White, Lionel Tertis: The First Great Virtuoso of the Viola (Woodbridge, UK: Boydell Press, 2006), 168. 17 Conversation with Bruno Giuranna, Cincinnati, Ohio, June 16, 2010. 18 Primrose, 6. 19 J. S. Bach, Six Cello Suites for Viola Solo , [ed.] Milton Katims (New York: International Music, 1971), 15. 20 Primrose, 3. 21 Ibid, 5. 22 It is interesting to compare musical suggestions from those who gave such directions:

Example: tempo and metronome markings for the Prelude to Suite 1 Svecenski Allegro moderato (quasi andante) Lifschey Allegro ma Tranquillo, quarter note = 66 Forbes Molto moderato, quarter note = 69 Katims Moderato, quarter note = 69–76 Primrose Quarter note = 88 Davis Quarter note = 84 Wiener Quarter note = 76

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