- Source: List of concertos for harpsichord solo by J. S. Bach
Apart from his orchestral keyboard concertos and his solo organ concertos, Johann Sebastian Bach composed keyboard concertos for unaccompanied harpsichord:
Most of his Weimar concerto transcriptions, over twenty arrangements of Italian and Italianate orchestral concertos which he produced around 1713–1714 when he was employed in Weimar, were written for solo harpsichord (BWV 592a and 972–987).
Two decades later, some ten years after he had become Thomaskantor in Leipzig, he wrote a concerto for two harpsichords, BWV 1061a, which was later orchestrated as BWV 1061.
The Italian Concerto, BWV 971, was published in 1735 as part of his Clavier-Übung II.
Weimar concerto transcriptions
In his Weimar period, Johann Sebastian Bach transcribed Italian and Italianate concertos. Most, if not all, of the concerto transcriptions for unaccompanied harpsichord were realised from July 1713 to July 1714. Most of these transcriptions were based on concertos by Antonio Vivaldi. Other models for the transcriptions included concertos by Alessandro Marcello, Benedetto Marcello, Georg Philipp Telemann and Prince Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar.
= Concerto in G major, BWV 592a
=After Violin Concerto in G major by Prince Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar, and organ version BWV 592.
Movements:
[no tempo indication]
Grave
Presto
= Concerto in D major, BWV 972
=After Violin Concerto in D major Op. 3 No. 9 (RV 230) by Antonio Vivaldi. There is an earlier version of this arrangement, BWV 972a.
Movements:
[no tempo indication]
Largo- Larghetto
Allegro
= Concerto in G major, BWV 973
=After Violin Concerto in G major, RV 299, by Antonio Vivaldi (later version published as Op. 7 No. 8).
Movements:
[no tempo indication]
Largo
Allegro
= Concerto in D minor, BWV 974
=After Oboe Concerto in D minor by Alessandro Marcello.
Movements:
[no tempo indication]
Adagio
Presto
= Concerto in G minor, BWV 975
=After Violin Concerto in G minor, RV 316, by Antonio Vivaldi (variant RV 316a, published as Op. 4 No. 6).
Movements:
[no tempo indication]
Largo
Giga Presto
= Concerto in C major, BWV 976
=After Violin Concerto in E major Op. 3 No. 12 (RV 265) by Antonio Vivaldi.
Movements:
[no tempo indication]
Largo
Allegro
= Concerto in C major, BWV 977
=After an unidentified model.
Movements:
[no tempo indication]
Adagio
Giga
= Concerto in F major, BWV 978
=After Violin Concerto in G major Op. 3 No. 3 (RV 310) by Antonio Vivaldi.
Movements:
Allegro
Largo
Allegro
= Concerto in B minor, BWV 979
=After Violin Concerto in D minor, RV 813, by Antonio Vivaldi (formerly RV Anh. 10 attributed to Torelli).
Movements:
Allegro – Adagio
Allegro
Andante
Adagio
Allegro
= Concerto in G major, BWV 980
=After Violin Concerto in B-flat major, RV 383 by Antonio Vivaldi (variant RV 383a published as Op. 4 No. 1).
Movements:
[no tempo indication]
Largo
Allegro
= Concerto in C minor, BWV 981
=After Violin Concerto in C minor Op. 1 No. 2 by Benedetto Marcello.
Movements:
Adagio
Vivace
[no tempo indication]
Prestissimo
= Concerto in B-flat major, BWV 982
=After Violin Concerto in B-flat major Op. 1 No. 1 by Prince Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar.
Movements:
[no tempo indication]
Adagio
Allegro
Allegro
= Concerto in G minor, BWV 983
=After an unidentified model.
Movements:
[no tempo indication]
Adagio
Allegro
= Concerto in C major, BWV 984
=After the Violin Concerto in C major by Prince Johann Ernst of Saxe–Weimar (like BWV 595).
Movements:
[no tempo indication]
Adagio e affettoso
Allegro assai
= Concerto in G minor, BWV 985
=After the Violin Concerto in G minor, TWV 51:g1, by Georg Philipp Telemann.
Movements:
[no tempo indication]
Adagio
Allegro
= Concerto in G major, BWV 986
=After an unidentified model.
Movements:
[no tempo indication]
Adagio
Allegro
= Concerto in D minor, BWV 987
=After Concerto Op. 1 No. 4 by Prince Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar.
Movements:
[no tempo indication]
Allegro
Adagio
Vivace
Original compositions
Bach composed unaccompanied keyboard concertos for one and two harpsichords.
= Italian Concerto included in Clavier-Übung II
=Bach's Italian Concerto, BWV 971, was published in 1735, as first of two compositions included in Clavier-Übung II. An early version of the concerto's first movement survives in an 18th-century copy.
= Early version of Concerto for two harpsichords, BWV 1061
=BWV 1061a, a concerto for two harpsichords without accompaniment, is Bach's original version of the Concerto for two harpsichords and strings, BWV 1061.
Doubtful works
Several concertos for unaccompanied harpsichord are listed as doubtful in Anhang II of the 1998 edition of the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis:
BWV 909 – Concerto and Fugue in C minor
BWV Anh. 151 – Concerto in C major
BWV Anh. 152 – Concerto in G major
Discography
= BWV 592a and 972–987
=Pieter Dirksen (1999). Brilliant Classics 99372/3 and /4.
= Italian Concerto
== BWV 909
=Guy Penson (1986). Ricercar RIC 038014
Christiane Wuyts (1988). Brilliant Classics 99362/9.
= BWV 1061a
=Guillermo Brachetta and Menno van Delft (2016). Resonus RES 10189.
Further reading
Bach, J.S. (2010), Dirksen, Pieter (ed.), Sonatas, Trios, Concertos, Complete Organ Works (Breitkopf Urtext), vol. 5 EB 8805, Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel, ISMN 979-0-004-18366-3 Introduction (in German and English) • Commentary (English translation—commentary in paperback original is in German)
Breig, Werner (1997b), "Composition as arrangement and adaptation", in John Butt (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Bach, pp. 154–170, ISBN 9781139002158
Brover-Lubovsky, Bella (2008), Tonal Space in the Music of Antonio Vivaldi, Indiana University Press, ISBN 978-0253351296
David, Hans Theodore; Mendel, Arthur; Wolff, Christoph (1998), The New Bach Reader (Revised ed.), W.W. Norton, ISBN 0393319563]
Forkel, Johann Nikolaus (1920), Charles Sanford Terry (historian) (ed.), Johann Sebastian Bach: His Life, Art, and Work, Harcourt, Brace and Howe
Sarah Elizabeth Hanks. The German Unaccompanied Keyboard Concerto in the Early 18th Century: Including Works of Walther, Bach, and Their Contemporaries. University of Iowa, 1972 (dissertation).
Hanks, Sarah E. (2001). "Johann Ernst, Prince of Weimar". Grove Music Online (8th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0.
Karl Heller. "Zur Stellung des Concerto C-Dur für zwei Cembali BWV 1061 in Bachs Konzert-Œuvre", pp. 241–251 in Bericht über die Wissenschaftliche Konferenz zum V. Internationalen Bachfest der DDR in Verbindung mit dem 60. Bachfest der Neuen Bach-Gesellschaft (1985), edited by Winfried Hoffmann and Armin Schneiderheinze. Leipzig, 1988. (in German)
Hirschmann, Wolfgang (2013), "'He Liked to Hear the Music of Others': Individuality and Variety in the Works of Bach and His German Contemporaries", in Andrew Talle (ed.), Bach Perspectives, Volume 9: J.S. Bach and His Contemporaries in Germany, University of Illinois Press, pp. 1–23, ISBN 978-0252095399
Jones, Richard (1997), "The keyboard works: Bach as teacher and virtuoso", in John Butt (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Bach, Cambridge University Press, pp. 136–153, ISBN 9780521587808
Jones, Richard (2013), The Creative Development of Johann Sebastian Bach: Music to Delight the Spirit, Volume II: 1717-1750, Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780191503849
Marshall, Robert (1986), "Organ or 'Klavier'? Instrumental prescriptions in the sources of Bach's keyboard works", in George Stauffer; Ernest May (eds.), J.S. Bach as Organist, Indiana University Press, pp. 212–239
Pincherle, Marc (1962), Vivaldi: Genius of the Baroque, translated by Christopher Hatch, W.W. Norton, ISBN 0393001687
Schulze, Hans-Joachim (1978), "J. S. Bachs Konzertbearbeitungen nach Vivaldi und anderen: Studien- oder Auftragswerke?", Deutsches Jahrbuch der Musikwissenschaft für 1973–1977, Leipzig, pp. 80–100{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Stevens, Jane R. (2001), The Bach Family and the Keyboard Concerto: The Evolution of a Genre, Harmonie Park Press
Tagliavini, Luigi Ferdinando (1986), "Bach's organ transcription of Vivaldi's 'Grosso Mogul' concerto", in George Stauffer; Ernest May (eds.), J.S. Bach as Organist, Indiana University Press, pp. 240–255
Talbot, Michael (1993), Vivaldi, The Master Musicians (2nd ed.), J.M. Dent, ISBN 0460861085
Williams, Peter (2016), Bach: A Musical Biography, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9781107139251
Wolff, Christoph (1994), "Bach's Leipzig Chamber Music", Bach: Essays on His Life and Work, Harvard University Press, p. 263, ISBN 0674059263 (a reprint of a 1985 publication in Early Music)
Wolff, Christoph (2001), Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician, W. W. Norton, ISBN 9780393322569
Zohn, Steven (2008), Music for a Mixed Taste: Style, Genre, and Meaning in Telemann's Instrumental Works, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0190247850
Manuscripts
25448 MSM at Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles (RISM 702002232): Fascicles 3 (BWV 972a) and 4 (BWV 981) at Bach Digital
D-DS Mus. ms. 66 at Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt (BWV 974; RISM 450001735; D-DS Mus. ms. 66 at Bach Digital)
D-LEb Peters Ms. 8 at Stadtbibliothek Leipzig/Bach Archive: Fascicles 14 (BWV 971), 28 (BWV 984) and 29 (BWV 981) at Bach Digital
D-LEm Poel. mus. Ms. 29 at Stadtbibliothek Leipzig (BWV 592a, 973 and 983–4; D-LEm Poel. mus. Ms. 29 at Bach Digital)
Mus.ms. Bach P 280 at Berlin State Library (BWV 592 and 973–982; RISM 467300717; D-B Mus. ms. Bach P 280 at Bach Digital)
Mus.ms. Bach P 801 (28) at Berlin State Library ("Concerto di Marcello", BWV 981; RISM 467300247; D-B Mus. ms. Bach P 801, Fascicle 28 at Bach Digital)
Mus.ms. Bach P 804 at Berlin State Library (RISM 467300254): Fascicles 4 (BWV 974), 15 (BWV 976), 28 (BWV 985), 34 (BWV 987), 35 (BWV 983), 46 (BWV 986), 52 (BWV 984), 54 (BWV 973), 55 (BWV 972) and 56 (BWV 977) at Bach Digital
Mus.ms. Bach St 139, Fascicle 1 at Berlin State Library (autograph parts of BWV 1061a; D-B Mus. ms. Bach St 139, Faszikel 1 at Bach Digital)
References
Sources
Kirsten Beißwenger. "An early version of the first movement of the Italian Concerto BWV 971 from the Scholz collection?" pp. 1–19 in Bach Studies 2 edited by Daniel R. Melamed. Cambridge University Press, 2006. ISBN 9780521028912
Boyd, Malcolm (2000), Bach, Master Musician Series, Oxford University Press, pp. 80–83, ISBN 0195142225
Breig, Werner (1997a), "The Instrumental Music", in John Butt (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Bach, pp. 123–135, ISBN 9781139002158
Butler, H. Joseph (2011), "Emulation and Inspiration: J. S. Bach's Transcriptions from Vivaldi's L'estro armonico" (PDF), The Diapason: 19–21
Jones, Richard (2007), The Creative Development of Johann Sebastian Bach: Music to Delight the Spirit, Volume I: 1695-1717, Oxford University Press, pp. 140–153, ISBN 9780198164401
Schulenberg, David (2013), The Keyboard Music of J.S. Bach, Routledge, pp. 117–139, ISBN 9781136091469, Updates (2016)
Selfridge-Field, Eleanor (1990), The Music of Benedetto and Alessandro Marcello: A Thematic Catalogue with Commentary on the Composers, Repertory, and Sources, Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780193161269
Talbot, Michael, ed. (2011), The Vivaldi Compendium, Boydell Press, ISBN 9781843836704
Williams, Peter (2003), The Organ Music of J. S. Bach (2nd ed.), Cambridge University Press, pp. 201–224, ISBN 0-521-89115-9
External links
At IMSLP website:
BWV 592a: Violin Concerto in G major (Johann Ernst Prinz von Sachsen-Weimar)
Italienisches Konzert, BWV 971 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)
16 Konzerte nach verschiedenen Meistern, BWV 972–987 (Bach, Johann Sebastian), Violin Concerto in D major, RV 230 (Vivaldi, Antonio), Violin Concerto in G major, RV 299 (Vivaldi, Antonio), Oboe Concerto in D minor, S.Z799 (Marcello, Alessandro), Violin Concerto in G minor, RV 316a (Vivaldi, Antonio), Violin Concerto in E major, RV 265 (Vivaldi, Antonio), Violin Concerto in G major, RV 310 (Vivaldi, Antonio), Violin Concerto in B-flat major, RV 383a (Vivaldi, Antonio), Violin Concerto in C major (Johann Ernst Prinz von Sachsen-Weimar) and Violin Concerto, TWV 51:g1 (Telemann, Georg Philipp)
12 Concerti Grossi, Op.1 (Marcello, Benedetto), L'estro armonico, Op.3 (Vivaldi, Antonio), La stravaganza, Op.4 (Vivaldi, Antonio), 12 Concerti, Op.7 (Vivaldi, Antonio) and 12 Concerti a 5 (Various)
Concerto for 2 Harpsichords in C major, BWV 1061 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)
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