Brandenburg Concertos
Title page of the manuscript
The Brandenburg Concertos are a set of concertos written by Johann Sebastian Bach. It was written for Christian Ludwig, Magrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt.
History
The set was collected and given to the margrave by Bach in 1721. At that time, he was working as Kapellmeister at Cöthen.[1]:208 Christoph Wolff thinks that the concertos may have been written when Bach was working at Weimar.[1]:169
Brandenburg Concertos Media
Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg, for whom Bach copied the concertos, portrayed by Antoine Pesne in 1710
Dedication, Bach's manuscript
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wolff, Christoph (2000). Johann Sebastian Bach. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0-393-04825-4.
Other websites
- Brandenburg Concertos: Free scores at the International Music Score Library Project
