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23 The principal manuscript sources for the Bach Cello Suites—the Anna Magdalena Bach (c. 1727–1731), the Johann Peter Kellner (c. 1726), the Johann Christoph Westphal (second half of the eighteenth century), and the “Traeg” MS, named after Johann Traeg, a Viennese music dealer who owned it (late eighteenth century). The above manuscripts plus the Paris first edition (Janet et Cotelle, c.1824) are available from Bärenreiter. See the bibliography entry under Graduate Students, Academics, and Professionals for the Bärenreiter cello edition edited by Bettina Schwemer and Douglas Woodfull-Harris. 24 Stéphane Wiener, foreword to Six suites pour violoncello transcrites pour alto , by J. S. Bach, ed. Stéphane Wiener (Paris: Gérard Billaudot, 1990), 2–3. 25 Jerzy Kosmala, opening comments to Six Suites for Cello Solo, Transcription for Viola , by J. S. Bach, ed. Jerzy Kosmala (Kraków, Poland: Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne Sa, 1997). 26 Paolo Centurioni, preface to Sei suites per viola , by J. S. Bach, ed. Paolo Centurioni, (Ancona, Italy: Bèrben, Edizioni musicali, 2001). 27 Paul Silverthorne—principal viola of the London Symphony Orchestra and London Sinfonietta and Professor of Viola at the Royal Academy of Music. E-mail communication, July 5, 2010. 28 Conversation with Christine Rutledge, June 15, 2010. Rutledge used a copy of the Anna Magdalena Bach manuscript provided by the Staatsbibliothek in Berlin, the same library as footnote 15—German State Library in Berlin. 29 See Hans-Karl Piltz, review of J. S. Bach; Six Suites, BWV 1007–1012 Viola Edition/URTEXT, ed. Kenneth Martinson, Canadian Viola Society Newsletter 63 (Spring 2009): 12–14 and Kenneth Martinson, “Rebuttal of Bach Cello Suites Review,” Canadian Viola Society Newsletter 64 (Autumn 2009): 13–14. 30 Kenneth Martinson , preface to Six Suites, BWV 1007–1012 Viola Edition, by J. S. Bach, ed. Kenneth Martinson (Gainesville, FL: Gems Music, 2008),. 31 Ibid. 32 J. S. Bach, Sonaten für die altgeige (viola alta) allein : Suite 1–4 , ed. Hermann Ritter (Leipzig: Carl Merseburger, 1885).

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