Johann Sebastian Bach
Bach Harpsichord Concerto no. 4 in A major BWV 1055
Viola
Johann Sebastian Bach
Bach Harpsichord Concerto no. 4 in A major BWV 1055
Viola
- Instrumentation Harpsichord and Orchestra
- Composer Johann Sebastian Bach
- Editor Maren Minuth Norbert Müllemann
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Difficulty Level
- Edition Instrumental Part: Viola (Urtext)
- Publisher G. Henle Verlag
- Order no. HN3375
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Description:
It would be hard to imagine today’s concert repertoire without the harpsichord concertos of Johann Sebastian Bach. It is not known whether the A-major Concerto BWV 1055, like some of the other harpsichord concertos, was originally conceived for a different instrument. In its musical exuberance, the solo part certainly sounds tailor-made for the keyboard instrument. In the original parts, the concerto displays a distinctive feature: one can discern that Bach added a part for violone (a bowed bass instrument) in the tutti sections for later performances and provided the continuo part with thorough-bass figuring. The Henle Urtext edition takes into account both performance possibilities: the conducting score and the individual parts are presented with the two addenda.