Book Description

"This document contains an analysis of the recreated Richard Luby Edition of two contrasting movements, the Adagio and Fuga, from J.S. Bach's Sonata in G Minor for Solo Violin. Dr. Richard Luby was a professor of violin and chamber music at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1979 until his unexpected death in 2013. He mentored students who now play with orchestras and teach at universities around the world. He also maintained an international reputation as a teacher and performer, particularly in the area of Baroque performance practice. J.S. Bach's Sei Solo a violino senza Basso Accompagnatare are central to the violin repertoire and were among Luby's favorite pieces to teach and perform. These sonatas and partitas were a regular part of his students' study and he performed the entire cycle twice in Chapel Hill. After his passing, the score with his bowings and fingerings for these pieces was not found. Luby's technical markings for the Adagio and Fuga from the G-Minor Sonata have been reconstructed from a video of a 2012 public performance he gave and from markings from scores of students who studied with him. Analysis of these fingerings and bowings in comparison with Bach's 1720 manuscript and twenty-one published editions of the sonatas and partitas--the bulk of what is available today--shows that the Richard Luby Edition of Bach's Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin is unique yet within the bounds of common practice violin playing. His edition emphasizes faithfulness to Bach's original score and long musical phrases."--Abstract from author supplied metadata.