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Although Wolff was not the first to notice the attributions to "J.S. Bach" and "Joh. Sebast. Bach" in the collection of 17th-and 18th-century manuscripts, he was the first to analyze the pieces, which had been previously disregarded as shams...
...manuscripts were not in Bach's handwriting, but the copyist signed the composer's name at the top of the music. Wolff said that stylistic patterns and internal symbols convinced him that the copyist's attributions were correct...
Wolff estimated that although one-third of Bach's work "can be considered lost" he said he was "convinced that there are other pockets of single manuscripts and larger collections" that will eventually be discovered...
Pinkham added that the 33 preludes increase the repertoire of Bach's organ pieces by 20 percent and tell "a great deal about the early procedures of Bach...
Wolff said he originally planned to reveal his findings in a paper he will give at the Bach gala. But late last month he received a phone call from a journalist in Amsterdam who said he had heard rumors of "possible unknown Bach works in a private collection in America." Wolff said he "thought someone might be on the trail" and decided to make his discovery known...