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The six Cello Suites, BWV 1007–1012, are suites for unaccompanied cello by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750). They are some of the most frequently performed solo compositions ever written for cello. Bach most likely composed them during the period 1717–1723, when he served as Kapellmeister in Köthen.
Johann Sebastian Bach [n 1] (31 March [O.S. 21 March] 1685 – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period.He is known for his prolific output across a variety of instruments and forms, including orchestral music such as the Brandenburg Concertos; solo instrumental works such as the cello suites and sonatas and partitas for solo violin; keyboard works such as ...
Despite this, there was still much confusion. Some authors preferred to list Bach's works according to Novello's editions, or Augener's, or Schirmer's, giving rise to various conversion tables at the end of books on Bach's compositions (e.g. Harvey Grace's in a 1922 book on Bach's organ compositions).
Three Pieces (2001) Richard Edward Wilson. Lord Chesterfield to his Son (1987) Music (1971) Stefan Wolpe. Piece Alone (1966) William Wordsworth. Sonata for Violoncello (1961) [38] Charles Wuorinen. Cello Variations I to Fred Sherry (1970) Cello Variations II (1975) Cello Variations III (1997)
Dedication, Bach's manuscript. It is uncertain when most of the material for the Brandenburg Concertos was written. It is clear that the first movement of Concerto No. 1 (BWV 1046) was based on an introduction to Bach's 1713 cantata Was mir behagt, and the second and last may have been as well. [4]
Alexander Siloti made many piano transcriptions of Bach, most famously his Prelude in B minor based on Bach's Prelude in E minor, BWV 855a. Andrés Segovia was famous for his playing arrangements of Bach works transcribed for classical guitar, such as his very difficult Chaconne from the Violin Partita in D minor.
BWV 1007 – Cello Suite No. 1 in G major; BWV 1008 – Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor; BWV 1009 – Cello Suite No. 3 in C major; BWV 1010 – Cello Suite No. 4 in E-flat major; BWV 1011 – Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor; BWV 1012 – Cello Suite No. 6 in D major; BWV 1013 – Partita in A minor for solo flute; BWV 1014 – Sonata for violin and ...
Cello Concerto No. 4 in D major (spurious, written by Giovanni Battista Costanzi) Cello Concerto No. 5 in C major (spurious, written by David Popper) [1] Cello Concerto in G minor (doubtful, lost) Paul Hindemith. Cello Concerto in E-flat major, Op. 3 (1916) Kammermusik No. 3 for cello and 10 instruments, Op. 36/2 (1925) Cello Concerto in G (1940)