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Concerti Grossi: Concerto Grosso, Handel Concerti Grossi Op.6, Harpsichord Concertos, Brandenburg Concertos, Twelve Concerti Grossi, Op.6
Paperback. Books LLC 2010-05-06.
ISBN 9781155700298
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Concerto Grosso, Handel Concerti Grossi Op.6, Harpsichord Concertos, Brandenburg Concertos, Twelve Concerti Grossi, Op.6, Capricorn Concerto. Excerpt: Johann Sebastian Bach The Brandenburg concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach (BWV 1046 1051, original title: Six Concerts à plusieurs instruments ) are a collection of six instrumental works presented by Bach to Christian Ludwig , margrave of Brandenburg -Schwedt , in 1721 (though probably composed earlier). They are widely regarded as among the finest musical compositions of the Baroque era . History The inscription of 24 March 1721 on the dedication manuscript to the Margrave, attests for the date of composition for the Brandenburg Concerti, but most likely they had been written over a number of years during Bach's tenure as Kapellmeister at Köthen and possibly even extending back to the period of his employment at Weimar (1708 17). Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1710, Antoine Pesne ) The dedication page Bach wrote for the collection indicates they are Concerts avec plusieurs instruments (Concertos with several instruments). Bach used the "widest spectrum of orchestral instruments... in daring combinations, " as Christoph Wolff has commented. "Every one of the six concertos set a precedent in scoring, and every one was to remain without parallel." Heinrich Besseler has noted that the overall forces required (leaving aside the first concerto, which was rewritten for a special occasion) tallies exactly with the 17 players Bach had at his disposal in Köthen. Here is the first sentence of his dedication to Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg-Schwedt , its tone, if not its rather remarkable length, typical of dedications of the period: "As I had the good fortune a few years ago to be heard by Your Royal Highness, at Your H
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