Johann Sebastian

Bach
(1685–1750)

Trio Sonata No. 4

in E Minor
BWV 528
for organ

Edited by
Christian Mondrup

© 2020 Christian Mondrup.

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 Trio Sonata No. 4
BWV 528

V4 N Adagio 7 7 7
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

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*) See Notes.
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Notes
As notated in the score many phrases in movement no. 3 (Un poco allegro) of Triosonata no. 4 may seem
’polyrhythms’ (triplets over duplets or quadruplets over triplets) to the eyes of a contemporary musician.
However, even if mid 18th century music treatises are not unanimous they tend to advise against polyrhythm
like putting ’two notes against three’ (Giannantonio Banner, Compendio Musico, 1745)1 Polyrhythm was
indeed part of the musical expression in the music of the ’classic’ era (Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven), but most
likely not in baroque music as composed by J.S.Bach.2
In triple context, like in this movement, duplets should be performed inégales, ie. in uneven note values,
measure 15:

V G G G G G G G GVG
3
V G G G G G G G GVG
3

A A
3 3 3 3

to be per-
V V
A VG G G G VG formed as:
A VG G G G VG
3 3

Many 18th century treatises emphasize that dotted notes in triplet context should be read as a shortcut triplet
notation,3 measure 3:

V V G G G G G G U GT G
3
V VG G G G G GU G G
3

A A
3 3 3
to be per-
formed as:

Measure 25:

V GT G V GT G GT G VG
A A GV G G G G
3 3 3

to be per-
V V
A VG G G G G G G formed as:
A VG G G G G G G
3G G 3 3
3G G 3 3

Measure 22:

V V
A G GT V G G to be per-
A G G GV G G
V V
3

A G G G G G GVG G VG
3
formed as:
A G G G G G GV G G V G
3
3 3 3 3

1
Michael Collins, The Performance of Triplets in the 17th and 18th Centuries, Journal of the American Musicological Society, Vol.
19, No. 3 (Autumn, 1966), p. 314 (https://www.jstor.org/stable/830422).
2
Collins, op.cit. p. 326
3
ibid. p. 319ff

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