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

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[wolff-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Wolff, Christoph (2000). Johann Sebastian Bach. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0-393-04825-4.

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