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Partita for Violin No. 2 (Bach) Chaconne (beginning), Bach's manuscript. The Partita in D minor for solo violin, BWV 1004, by Johann Sebastian Bach, was written between 1717 and 1720. It is a part of his compositional cycle called Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin.
The sonatas and partitas for solo violin (BWV 1001–1006) are a set of six works composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. They are sometimes referred to in English as the sonatas and partias for solo violin in accordance with Bach's headings in the autograph manuscript: "Partia" (plural "Partien") was commonly used in German-speaking regions during ...
BWV 1001 – Sonata No. 1 in G minor. BWV 1002 – Partita No. 1 in B minor. BWV 1003 – Sonata No. 2 in A minor. BWV 1004 – Partita No. 2 in D minor. BWV 1005 – Sonata No. 3 in C major. BWV 1006 – Partita No. 3 in E major. BWV 1006a – Suite in E major for solo lute (transcription of Partita No. 3 for solo violin, BWV 1006)
Bach himself was an inveterate transcriber of his works for other musical forces. For example: Sonatas and partitas for solo violin, BWV 1001–1006. Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041. Violin Concerto in E major, BWV 1042. Double Violin Concerto (Bach), BWV 1043. Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 (suspected to be a transcription of a ...
Manuscript of the first movement of BWV 1019, third version, copied by Johann Christoph Altnickol. The six sonatas for violin and obbligato harpsichord BWV 1014–1019 by Johann Sebastian Bach are works in trio sonata form, with the two upper parts in the harpsichord and violin over a bass line supplied by the harpsichord and an optional viola da gamba.
The tonalities of the six Partitas (B ♭ major, C minor, A minor, D major, G major, E minor) may seem to be random, but in fact they form a sequence of intervals going up and then down by increasing amounts: a second up (B ♭ to C), a third down (C to A), a fourth up (A to D), a fifth down (D to G), and finally a sixth up (G to E). [5] This ...
Six Little Preludes (933–938) [edit] Main article: Six Little Preludes (Bach) An 18th-century set of short preludes by Johann Sebastian Bach: BWV 933 – Little Prelude in C major. BWV 934 – Little Prelude in C minor. BWV 935 – Little Prelude in D minor. BWV 936 – Little Prelude in D major.
Vivaldi 's concerto for four violins Op. 3 No. 10 was reworked by Bach as his concerto for four harpsichords BWV 1065. The 5th Brandenburg Concerto, BWV 1050, always was a concerto for flute, violin and harpsichord, also in its earlier version BWV 1050a. Earlier versions for unaccompanied keyboard instruments of all three movements of the ...