The Ink that Bach used

How to recognize the different types of ink Bach used.

00:00 Summary of topics treated in this video

00:36 BWV 816 Allemande French Suite 5 - Bach using a weary quill

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02:51 BWV 41 Violincello piccolo – Recutting a quill

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04:29 Klavierbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bachin – How to date a score

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05:12 Das Wohltemperirte Clavier 1 - Watermark

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05:12 BWV 816 Student copies

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06:39 BWV 123 Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen – Quill

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BWV 124 Meinen Jesum lass ich nicht – mingling different types of ink

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07:54 BWV 816 Gigue – foodstain

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08:15 BWV 906 Fantasia - Hair of Bach & resolution of scans

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08:33 BWV 48 Ich elender Mensch, wer wird mich erlösen – Fly

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09:06 How the notebooks were used

09:31 BWV 836 Allemande Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

Due to the concordance with a source attributed to the Bolognese composer Sandoni, the attribution to a member of the Bach family now seems very unlikely.

10:26 BWV 1132 Contrapuntal studies

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11:33 Second notebook Anna Magdalena Bach

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BWV 82 Aria Schlummert ein, ihr matten Augen

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12:24 BWV 812 Allemande – Calligraphy of Anna Magdalena

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15:01 BWV 991 Air – sketch

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17:22 BWV 103 Ihr werdet weinen und heulen – ghosting notes by sweeping

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17:39 BWV 1001 Prelude Cello suite 5 – correction of notes

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18:00 BWV 1121 Fantasia - Organ Tablature

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19:30 Red vermillion ink

BWV 244 St Matthew Passion – use of red ink

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20:32 Brown and black ink

BWV 846 Fugue – use of brown and black ink

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BWV 163 Nur jedem das Seine – revision in black

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21:14 Confettifying of scores

21:28 Ink corrosion

21:35 Chiffon silk

BWV 68 Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt – Soprano part

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21:46 BWV 846 Prelude – paper splitting

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22:03 BWV 47 Violino obligata – carbon ink

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22:22 BWV 232 Hohe Messe – iron gall ink

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22:56 BWV 66 Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen – individualty of notes

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23:28 Calligraphy in commission