The Accompaniment in "Unaccompanied" Bach

Stanley Ritchie is Distinguished Professor of Music at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University. He is a leading exponent of Baroque and Classical violin playing and recipient of the Early Music America's highest award, the Howard Mayer Brown Award for Lifetime Achievement in Early Music.

Foreword / Mauricio Fuks
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Principles of Interpretation
Notation
Polyphony
Harmony
Metre
Dynamics
Inequality
Fingering
Note Length
Bow Direction
Articulations
Ornamentation

2. Dance Forms
Allemanda
Bourée/Borea
Ciaccona
Corrente
Gavotte
Gigue/Giga
Loure
Menuet
Sarabanda/Sarabande
Siciliana
Double
Preludio

3. Analytical Methods and Exercises
G-Minor Adagio
G-Minor Fuga
D-Minor Allemanda

4. The Improvisatory Movements
G-Minor Sonata: Adagio
A-Minor Sonata: Grave

5. The Fugues
G-Minor
A-Minor
C-Major

6. The Ostinato Movements
Partita II: Ciaccona
Sonata III: Adagio

7. The Dance-like Movements
Bourée and Borea
Tempo di Borea
B-Minor Corrente
D-Minor Corrente
Gavotte en Rondeau
The Giga
The Gigue
The Loure
The Menuets
The Sarabande and Sarabanda
The B-Minor Sarabande
The D-Minor Sarabanda

8. The Virtuoso Movements
G-minor Sonata: Presto
B-Minor Corrente - Double
The A-Minor Finale
The C-Major Allegro assai
The E-Major Preludio

9. The Philosophical Movements
The Allemanda
B-Minor Partita
D-Minor Partita

10. The Lyrical Movements
The Siciliana
A-Minor Sonata: Andante
The C-Major Sonata: Largo

11. Right-hand Technique
Polyphony
Chordal Technique
Martelé and Spiccato
Sautillé
Bariolage
Ondeggiando

12. Left-hand Technique
The Role of Vibrato
Half-Position
Choice of Fingerings
Intonation
Tuning

Last Words
Bibliography