Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)

Musical Offering (Musical Sacrifice)

Original version based on Bach's first edition of 1747

2 Violinen, Viola, 2 Violoncelli, Violone, Orgel, Querflöte und Fagott

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For
2 Violinen, Viola, 2 Violoncelli, Violone, Orgel, Querflöte und Fagott
Product Type
Set of parts
Author / Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach
Editor
Hans-Eberhard Dentler
Product number
756791
Difficulty Level
3-4
Description

The reason for the composition of this work is well-known: Bach's encounter with Frederick the Great and the story of the 'royal theme' which the King of Prussia 'deigned to play' on a pianoforte and which Bach 'was to execute in a fugue'. The sequence of the individual movements of the composition, however, has been uncertain up to now. After an extensive theoretical examination of this problem in his book 'Johann Sebastian Bachs Musicalisches Opfer', the editor now presents his results in the ...

Content
  • Widmungsvorrede
  • Ricercar (MO 1)
  • Canon perpetuus super Thema Regium (MO 2)
  • Sonata sopr' il Soggetto Reale á Traversa. Violino e Continuo: Largo (MO 3)
  • Allegro (MO 4)
  • Andante (MO 5)
  • Allegro (MO 6)
  • Canon perpetuus (MO 7)
  • Canones diversi super Thema Regium: Canon 1 a2 (MO 8)
  • Canon 2.a 2 Violin: in Unisono (MO 9)
  • Caon 3 a 2 per Motum contrarium (MO 10)
  • Canon 4 a 2. per Augmentationem, contrario Motu (MO 11)
  • Canon 5.a 2 (MO 12)
  • Fuga canonica in EpiDiapente (MO 13)
  • Ricerca...