Partitas for solo violin (Westhoff)
Overview
Johann Paul von Westhoff
Johann Paul von Westhoff was a German Baroque composer and violinist. One of the most important exponents of the Dresden violin school, he was among the highest ranked violinists of his day, and composed some of the earliest known music for solo violin...
are the earliest known published music for solo violin. Although Westhoff's compositions were rediscovered by scholars already in the mid-19th century, this work was only found in the late 20th century.
The collection of six partitas was discovered in the late 20th century by musicologist Peter P. Várnai. He announced his discovery in a 1971 article, Ein unbekanntes Werk von Johann Paul von Westhoff ("An Unknown Work by Johann Paul von Westhoff"), published in Die Musikforschung, volume 24.
