Classical Composer: | Bach, Johann Sebastian |
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Work: | Concerto for Flute, Violin and Harpsichord in A Minor, BWV 1044 |
Year Composed: | 1741 |
Instrumentation: | fl,vn,hpd, str: 8.7.6.5.4 |
Publishers: |
C.F. Peters Frankfurt Schott Music Bärenreiter Verlag Breitkopf & Härtel The Edwin A. Fleisher Music Collection |
Duration: | 00:22:00 |
Period: | Baroque (1600-1750) |
Work Category: | Concerto |
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Among Bach's concertos the Concerto in A minor, BWV 1044, for flute, violin and harpsichord, the so-called Triple Concerto, has a special position. It can be placed beside the Fifth Brandenburg Concerto as a related work, its origin, its more sombre, elegiac character and its unusual density are, however, unique and make it on the whole an exceptional addition to the body of Bach's concertos. Unfortunately the work survives only in two copies by students of Bach, made seemingly after the death of their teacher, so that there is no verifiable evidence of its date of composition. From the maturity of style it is probable that it was written in the late 1730s or in the 1740s.
Writer: Peter Wollny
Translated by: Keith Anderson
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