Siegbert Rampe’s two volume edition is a journey to the early 17th century with a wealth of  valuable pieces for keyboard instrument. Volume 1 presents works by Johann  Christoph Bach (J. S. Bach’s uncle), Ferdinand III of  Habsburg, Johann  Pachelbel , Heinrich  Scheidemann , Samuel  Scheidt  and  others.<br>
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Many of the works appear for the first time in print. Especially noteworthy are a newly discovered  prelude presumably by Johann Pachelbel and the sole surviving keyboard work by Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber .<br>
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This scholarly-critical edition is based entirely on the surviving sources. In addition to a critical  report and a list of sources, it contains a detailed preface with sections on ornamentation,  editorial method and performance practice.<br>