The Sonata in C major for flute and basso continuo (BWV 1033) is a
sonata
Sonata (; Italian: , pl. ''sonate''; from Latin and Italian: ''sonare'' rchaic Italian; replaced in the modern language by ''suonare'' "to sound"), in music, literally means a piece ''played'' as opposed to a cantata (Latin and Italian ''cant ...
in 4 movements. It is attributed to
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 ...
in the manuscript, which is in the hand of his son
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (8 March 1714 – 14 December 1788), also formerly spelled Karl Philipp Emmanuel Bach, and commonly abbreviated C. P. E. Bach, was a German Classical period musician and composer, the fifth child and sec ...
and has been dated to about 1731, although scholars question the attribution
[Jeanne Swack, "Flute Sonatas and Partitas," an entry in ''The Oxford Composer Companion: J. S. Bach'', edited by Malcolm Boyd and John Butt, Oxford University Press, 1999, p. 175 ]
The movements are:
* ''Andante – Presto''
* ''Allegro''
* ''Adagio''
* ''Menuet 1 – Menuet 2'' Jeanne Swack notes that the first menuet "is related to the first in a set of variations in a concerto for oboe, obligato cembalo and doubling cello by the
Merseburg
Merseburg () is a town in central Germany in southern Saxony-Anhalt, situated on the river Saale, and approximately 14 km south of Halle (Saale) and 30 km west of Leipzig. It is the capital of the Saalekreis district. It had a diocese ...
composer
Christoph Förster
Christoph Förster (30 November 1693 – 6 December 1745) was a German composer of the baroque period.
Life
Christoph Förster (spelled Johann Christoph Friedrich in his death register) was born in Bibra, Thuringia as the son of council tre ...
"; this suggests that the movements of BWV 1033 "may have had a disparate origin, as does the sudden appearance of an obbligato cembalo part solely for that movement."
The
basso continuo
Basso continuo parts, almost universal in the Baroque era (1600–1750), provided the harmonic structure of the music by supplying a bassline and a chord progression. The phrase is often shortened to continuo, and the instrumentalists playing th ...
can be provided by a variety of instruments. For example, in complete Bach recordings,
Stephen Preston on
Brilliant Classics (originally recorded by CRD UK) is accompanied by harpsichord and viola da gamba while on
Hänssler Classic Jean-Claude Gérard
Jean-Claude Gérard, a flutist born in Angers, he studied with Gaston Crunelle and later with Marcel Moyse studied flute at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris with Marcel Moyse.
He won several international competitions a ...
is accompanied by piano and bassoon.
References
External links
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Flute sonatas by Johann Sebastian Bach
Compositions in C major
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