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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Nationality:
German
Born: March 21, 1685, Eisenach Died: July 28, 1750, Leipzig (age 65)
Violin Sonata No. 2 in a minor, BWV 1003
(for solo violin)
| 4:05 | I. | Grave | |
| 7:47 | II. | Fugue | |
| 6:26 | III. | Andante | |
| 4:27 | IV. | Allegro |
Duration: 20 minutes (approximately)
Composed:
1720 (age 34-35)
4 recordings,
8 videos
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7:15
Hilary Hahn
II.
Fugue
4:26
Henryk Szeryng
I.
Grave
8:12
Henryk Szeryng
II.
Fugue
5:14
Henryk Szeryng
III.
Andante
4:27
Henryk Szeryng
IV.
Allegro
7:37
Arthur Grumiaux (3,4)
III.
Andante
3:44
Arthur Grumiaux
I.
Grave
7:53
Arthur Grumiaux
II.
Fugue
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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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Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710-1784)
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glossary
- allegro [I]—fast, lively tempo. From the Italian word for cheerful or gay.
- andante [I]—moderately slow tempo (e.g. walking). Faster than adagio but slower than allegretto
- 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
- fugue, fuga, fuge [G], fuguette, fugen [G,pl]—a contrapuntal procedure (form) involving a musical subject (theme) that is successively imitated by multiple overlapping voices. There is a vast canon of rules (concepts) for creating elaborate and diverse fugues with an infinite variety of character based on fairly specific parameters. Fugues (or partial fugato) are found throughout classical music from the late Renaissance to the present.
- grave [I], gravement [F]—Solemn, serious, slow, ponderous
- sonata, sonate, suonato—a complicated term. Originally, "sounded" rather than "sung" (sonar vs. cantar), e.g. instrumental music. According to historical period, sonata began to imply a formal plan of movements as well as the structure within a single movement, e.g. sonata form. In general usage as a work title, it designates a multi-movement piece for solo or duo instruments with one of the instruments enjoying a feature role.