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Lute Suite In G Minor, BWV 995
The Suite in G Minor, BWV 995, was transcribed for lute by composer Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the '' Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard w ... between the spring of 1727 and the winter of 1731 from his own Cello Suite No. 5, BWV 1011. It is in six movements: :Präludium – Très Vite :Allemande :Courante :Sarabande :Gavotte I – Gavotte II En Rondeaux :Gigue The sources for this are: an autograph manuscript by Bach, in staff notation on two staves (''B-Br'' Ms.II 4085 MUSI.); and a version in lute tablature made from it by an unnamed lutenist (''D-LEm'' Sammlung Becker, Ms. III.11.3).Ledbetter, David. ''Unaccompanied Bach; performing the solo works''. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009, p. 238. Notes External links * Suites by Johann Sebastian Bach Compos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the '' Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard works such as the ''Goldberg Variations'' and ''The Well-Tempered Clavier''; organ works such as the '' Schubler Chorales'' and the Toccata and Fugue in D minor; and vocal music such as the ''St Matthew Passion'' and the Mass in B minor. Since the 19th-century Bach revival he has been generally regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music. The Bach family already counted several composers when Johann Sebastian was born as the last child of a city musician in Eisenach. After being orphaned at the age of 10, he lived for five years with his eldest brother Johann Christoph, after which he continued his musical education in Lüneburg. From 1703 he was back in Thuringia, working as a musician for Protestant c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cello Suites (Bach)
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. The title given on the cover of the Anna Magdalena Bach manuscript was ''Suites à Violoncello Solo senza Basso'' (Suites for cello solo without bass). As usual in a Baroque musical suite, after the prelude which begins each suite, all the other movements are based around baroque dance types;Wittstruck, Anna."Dancing with J.S. Bach and a Cello – Introduction" Stanford University. ''Stanford.edu''. 2012. the cello suites are structured in six movements each: prelude, allemande, courante, sarabande, two minuets or two bourrées or two gavottes, and a final gigue. Gary S. Dalkin of MusicWeb International called Bach's cello suites "among the most profound of all clas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suites By Johann Sebastian Bach
Suite may refer to: Arts and entertainment *Suite (music), a set of musical pieces considered as one composition ** Suite (Bach), a list of suites composed by J. S. Bach ** Suite (Cassadó), a mid-1920s composition by Gaspar Cassadó ** ''Suite'' (Penderecki), a 1994 composition by Krzysztof Penderecki ** :Suites (music) *Suite, a set of related illustrations considered to be part of one art composition (e.g., the Vollard Suite by Picasso) *'' Suite!'', a 2019 album by Roberto Magris *"Suite", a poem by Patti Smith from her book ''Babel'' *''Suite PreCure'', a series of the Pretty Cure anime franchise Architecture and design *Suite (address), a kind of address or location in an office building, shopping mall, etc. *Suite (hotel), a type of hotel room *Secondary suite, an additional separate dwelling unit on a property that would normally accommodate only one dwelling unit Other uses * Suite (geology), a lithodemic unit *Software suite, a collection of related software *Retinue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
