Partita for Violin No. 3 (Bach)
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The Partita No. 3 in E major BWV 1006 by Johann Sebastian Bach
for solo violin
consists of the following movements:
It takes approximately 20 minutes to perform.
The whole partita was transcribed by Bach for lute
solo, cataloged as BWV 1006a.
The most commonly found recordings are usually of the Preludio. The Preludio demands advanced bowing
technique and consists almost entirely of semiquavers (i.e. sixteenth notes). The Preludio was also transcribed by Bach for solo organ, oboes, trumpets and strings in the opening sinfonia
of the cantata Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir, BWV 29 in D major, and was as well used as an introduction to the second part of the cantata Herr Gott, Beherrscher aller Dinge, BWV 120a.
The "Gavotte en Rondeau" is famously included on the Voyager Golden Record
and often heard in TV or radio programs.
In 1933 Sergei Rachmaninoff
transcribed for piano (and subsequently recorded) the Preludio, Gavotte, and Giga from this partita (as TN 111/1).
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity...
for solo violin
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
consists of the following movements:
- Preludio
- Loure
- Gavotte en Rondeau
- Menuets (I and II)
- Bourrée
- Giga
It takes approximately 20 minutes to perform.
The whole partita was transcribed by Bach for lute
Lute
Lute can refer generally to any plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back, or more specifically to an instrument from the family of European lutes....
solo, cataloged as BWV 1006a.
The most commonly found recordings are usually of the Preludio. The Preludio demands advanced bowing
Bow (music)
In music, a bow is moved across some part of a musical instrument, causing vibration which the instrument emits as sound. The vast majority of bows are used with string instruments, although some bows are used with musical saws and other bowed idiophones....
technique and consists almost entirely of semiquavers (i.e. sixteenth notes). The Preludio was also transcribed by Bach for solo organ, oboes, trumpets and strings in the opening sinfonia
Sinfonia
Sinfonia is the Italian word for symphony. In English it most commonly refers to a 17th- or 18th-century orchestral piece used as an introduction, interlude, or postlude to an opera, oratorio, cantata, or suite...
of the cantata Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir, BWV 29 in D major, and was as well used as an introduction to the second part of the cantata Herr Gott, Beherrscher aller Dinge, BWV 120a.
The "Gavotte en Rondeau" is famously included on the Voyager Golden Record
Voyager Golden Record
The Voyager Golden Records are phonograph records which were included aboard both Voyager spacecraft, which were launched in 1977. They contain sounds and images selected to portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth, and are intended for any intelligent extraterrestrial life form, or for...
and often heard in TV or radio programs.
In 1933 Sergei Rachmaninoff
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one of the last great representatives of Romanticism in Russian classical music...
transcribed for piano (and subsequently recorded) the Preludio, Gavotte, and Giga from this partita (as TN 111/1).
See also
- Sonatas and partitas for solo violin
- Gott, man lobet dich in der Stille, BWV 120Gott, man lobet dich in der Stille, BWV 120Gott, man lobet dich in der Stille , BWV 120, is a sacred cantata written by the German Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach for the occasion of Ratswahl, the inauguration of a new town council of Leipzig in a church service...
- Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir, BWV 29
External links
- Manuscript (fair copy) in Bach's hand of the Partita at the Bach Digital project
- Performance by violinist Karen Gomyo from the Isabella Stewart Gardner MuseumIsabella Stewart Gardner MuseumThe Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum or Fenway Court, as the museum was known during Isabella Stewart Gardner's lifetime, is a museum in the Fenway-Kenmore neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, located within walking distance of the Museum of Fine Arts and near the Back Bay Fens...
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