Review

Johann Sebastian Bach
Petite Suite from "The Anna Magdalena Notebook":

Arranged by Albert Legotti


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Publisher: Cor Publishing Company
Date of Publication: 2011

Primary Genre: Brass Ensemble - 5 brass

The suite comprises Musette in F, Bist du bei mir, Menuet in G and March in C. These are straightforward and well-written transcriptions of familiar music, suitable for intermediate grade students. Trombone range is C-g1. The trigger-pedal register is used in just one measure of the March, and these notes could be played by the tuba. First trumpet goes up to a-flat2 (concert) with an optional c3. All parts in the score are given in C; individual parts are printed in the customary transpositions. Albert Ligotti played trumpet in the NY Philharmonic and Boston Pops and subsequently taught at the University of Georgia. He has arranged extensively for brass.

-Keith Davies Jones
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada