Another mistake in WTC? No.

[Xavier Otazu <xavier@fajnm1.am.ub.es>]

>I don't know about GG's copy, but my WTC has a very obvious mistake in Bk 1,
>Fuga IV (C# minor), Peters Edition, plate no. 8400 (I include this information
>because even if you don't have Peters, other publishers can use Peters plates,
>so it will say 8400 at the bottom of the page).  Anyway, in bar 8, in the
>soprano, there is an E missing in the third entrance of the subject.  My copy
>does include the beginning of the entrance halfway through m. 7, and continues
>after the missing note in m. 9, but no E in the middle.  To clarify, the first
>entrance shows the five-note subject in the bass, C# - B# - E - D# - C#; the
>second transposes it to G# - F## - B - A# - G# in the alto, but the third
>entrance has only C# - B# - <  > - D# - C# in bars 7-9.  So the C# should go
>in the brackets.
>
>I don't have a copy of GG's recording of that particular fugue handy, so I
>can't tell you whether or not he puts that note in.  Whether he does or
>doesn't, it should be pretty easy to tell, since it's an iteration of the
>subject and in an exposed part.  Maybe someboday else could tell.

	
	Yesterday night I look at my WTC score, and THERE IS your missing C# note.
	Glenn gould plays this note, so ... I think your score have a mistake.
		
		
			Xavier
		
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