JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
COMPLETE CONCERTOS
FOR TWO OR MORE HARPSICHORDS
IN FULL SCORE
One of Bach’s principal activities during his years in Leipzig was his direction,
between 1729 and 1741, of the local collegium musicum, a voluntary association of
professional musicians and university students who gave regular weekly public
concerts. For these popular occasions, Bach composed the six concertos included in
this volume. Important historically because they are among the first keyboard
concertos ever written, they continue to be studied and performed because of their
rare and exuberant musical qualities. The six concertos are:
Concerto in C Minor for 2 Harpsichords, BWV 1060
Concerto in C Major for 2 Harpsichords, BWV 1061
Concerto in C Minor for 2 Harpsichords, BWV 1062
Concerto in D Minor for 3 Harpsichords, BWV 1063
Concerto in C Major for 3 Harpsichords, BWV 1064
Concerto in A Minor for 4 Harpsichords, BWV 1065
Several of the concertos are based on works Bach had previously composed for
other instrumental combinations. The Concerto for Four Harpsichords was based
on Vivaldi’s four-violin concerto, Op. 3, No. 10. All six works, reprinted here in one
volume from the authoritative Breitkopf & Hartel edition, offer the splendid
musical delights that Johann Sebastian Bach brought to his keyboard and orchestral
composition.
Dover (1992) republication of portions of Vols. 21, 31 and 43 of Johann Sebastian
Bach’s Werke, published by Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig, 1875, 1884, 1894. 240pp.
9 x 12. Paperbound.
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