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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)
(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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Nationality:
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Nationality:
German
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Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782)
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Nationality:
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glossary
- allemande, allemanda, allemand, almain, almaine, alman—a moderately slow, serious dance (German) usually in duple meter and binary form. Often the first movement of suite. From the French word for "German."
- 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