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Piano SKU: PE.EP4580 Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Edited by Alfred Kreutz. Piano (Solo). Edition Peters. Nos. 1-6 (A,a,g,F,e,d) (BWV 806-811). Baroque. Collection. With introductory text and performance notes. 125 pages. Edition Peters #98-EP4580. Published by Edition Peters (PE.EP4580). ISBN 9790577084923. 9x12 inches. English.The title English Suites is generally considered to derive from the fact that they are supposed to have been written by Bach for an English nobleman. This information is backed solely by the remark Fait pour les Anglois on the title page of the A major Suite on of the sources.However, if Bach had really composed the suites 'to order' more details of the commission would probably have survived - as in the case of the Goldberg Variations. It is in fact more probable that amongst Bach's pupils and friends the Suites became known as English to differentiate them from the shorter French Suites and perhaps because they vaguely followed some musical styles from England. Indeed their design does show a resemblance to Handel's Suites, published in London.Furthermore, E. Dannenreuther, author of Musical Ornamentation Vol. 1 (1893) indicated just how much the English Suites resemble those of Six Suites de Clevcin by Ch, Dieupart - who was active in London from 1707 to his death. In fact, Bach knew the Suites of Dieupart, and actually copied them with his own hand.