''The Collected Works of Johann Christian Bach'' is a 48 volume edition of the music of
J.C. Bach published by
Garland Publishing
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from 1984 to 1999. The general editor was the musicologist and J.C. Bach expert
Ernest Warburton. Vol. 48 of the edition is a Thematic Catalog of this composer's work prepared by Warburton.
One notable feature of the edition is that it includes material which the
obituary of Warburton in ''
The Musical Times
''The Musical Times'' is an academic journal of classical music edited and produced in the United Kingdom and currently the oldest such journal still being published in the country.
It was originally created by Joseph Mainzer in 1842 as ''Mainzer ...
'' described as "drawn in Warburton's own elegant calligraphy." Rather than having scores set in musical type, much of the edition has been printed from scores transcribed by hand for the publication and then reproduced. It also includes some
facsimiles of
manuscript
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sources and
librettos to vocal works by J.C. Bach.
Noted music scholar
Richard Maunder
Charles Richard Francis Maunder (23 November 1937 – 5 June 2018) was a British mathematician and musicologist.
Early life
Maunder was educated at the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe, and Jesus College, Cambridge, before going on to complet ...
(best known for his completion of
Mozart's ''Requiem'') also contributed to the edition.
Sources
Obituary of Ernest Warburton(retrieved 28 Feb 2011 from archive.org).
Sterling E. Murray
Bach, JC
Compositions by Johann Christian Bach
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