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All Listed Works La Musique de Chambre Harenberg Kulturführer J. S. Bach's Chamber Music, Vogt
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Nationality:
German
Born: March 21, 1685, Eisenach Died: July 28, 1750, Leipzig (age 65)
Partita No. 2 in d minor, BWV 1004
(for solo violin)
| 4:54 | I. | Allemande | |
| 3:04 | II. | Courante | |
| 3:52 | III. | Sarabande | |
| 3:45 | IV. | Gigue | |
| 15:15 | V. | Chaconne |
Duration: 26 minutes (approximately)
Composed:
1720 (age 34-35)
Published:
1802
6 recordings,
16 videos
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4:54
Itzhak Perlman
I.
Allemande
3:04
Itzhak Perlman
II.
Courante
3:52
Itzhak Perlman
III.
Sarabande
3:45
Itzhak Perlman
IV.
Gigue
15:47
Itzhak Perlman
V.
Chaconne
7:42
Itzhak Perlman
V.
Chaconne
(part 1)
7:42
Itzhak Perlman
V.
Chaconne
(part 2)
7:25
Yehudi Menuhin, c. 1935
V.
Chaconne
(part 1)
7:17
Yehudi Menuhin, c. 1935
V.
Chaconne
(part 2)
9:55
Nathan Milstein
V.
Chaconne
(part 1)
3:52
Nathan Milstein
V.
Chaconne
(part 2)
7:15
Leonid Kogan
(part 1)
6:41
Leonid Kogan
(part 2)
14:43
Isaac Stern
V.
Chaconne
9:03
Hilary Hahn
V.
Chaconne
(part 1)
8:51
Hilary Hahn
V.
Chaconne
(part 2)
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Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732-1795)
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Nationality:
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Born: June 21, 1732, Leipzig Died: January 26, 1795, Bückeburg (age 62)
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Son
Nationality:
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Born: March 8, 1714, Weimar Died: December 14, 1788, Hamburg (age 74)
Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782)
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Nationality:
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Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710-1784)
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glossary
- allemande, allemanda, allemand, almain, almaine, alman—In the Renaissance/Baroque eras, a moderately slow, serious dance usually in duple meter and binary form. Often the first movement of suite. From the French word for "German." Later usage (e.g. Haydn, etc.) might suggest more generally "in a German style", e.g. a folk dance, perhaps even lively and in a triple meter like a Ländler.
- chaconne, ciaconna [I], ciacona, chiacona, ciaccona, chacony—a Baroque term for a musical form comprising a series of variations over an unchanging short theme or ground base. chaconne and passacaglia are closely related if not indistinguishablewiki
- chamber music, Kammermusik [G], musique de chambre [F], musica da camera [I], musica cameralis [L]—"Classical Music" for a small ensemble, generally 8 or fewer players with a canonical emphasis on 3-6 players. explore
- courante, corrente, courant, corant—a triple-meter Renaissance / Baroque dance with regional nuances (e.g. Italian, French)
- gigue, jig, giga, gigg—A lively dance (of English origin); often the finale of a Baroque suite. Compound meters exhibit both duple and triple meter rhythms.
- partita [I], parthia, partie—originally, an instrumental piece as well as, more specifically, a variation. Eventually, a synonym for suite.
- sarabande, saraband, sarabanda—A Spanish Renaissance / Baroque dance in triple meter. In France and Germany, it tended to be slow and stately.
- suite—a set of instrumental pieces (movements) played together to create a larger whole. Suites tend towards collections of dances, frequently in the same key, preceded by a prelude, introduction or overture.
- tema con variazioni, con variazioni, Tema e variazioni, theme and variations, Thema mit Variationen [G], Thème varié [F]—a common movement form featuring an initial theme followed by a series of variations on that theme, each of which adjusts any number of parameters to achieve variety, e.g. tempo, rhythm, key, instrumentation, etc.A challenge to the composers ingenuity and a delight for the listener