Triple Concerto, BWV 1044

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The Triple Concerto,

BWV 527
, or on earlier lost models for these compositions.

History

Bach based the Triple Concerto on two earlier compositions. The outer movements of BWV 1044 are based on a lost model which was also a model for the

BWV 527,[3][4][5][6] or on an earlier model for the middle movements of the concerto and the organ sonata.[7]

Regarding the origin of the models for BWV 1044, BWV 894 was copied by

Johann Nikolaus Mempell (mid-18th century).[1][9] In 1970 Hans Eppstein argued that the lost model for BWV 894 may have been a keyboard concerto, but this cannot be demonstrated conclusively.[1] The middle movement of the Third Sonata (BWV 527/2) was based on an earlier model which predated the earliest version of the sonata's first movement, probably composed during the 1720s.[7] Dietrich Kilian, editor of the New Bach Edition volume which contains the Triple Concerto, assumes that Bach composed the concerto after 1726 (most likely in his later years).[10][11]

Movements and scoring

See also: Keyboard concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach § Concerto in A minor, BWV 1044

Bach scored the concerto for the same instruments as his fifth

concertino without the ripieno instruments.[15]

The concerto has three movements:[11][6]

  1. (No tempo indication, usually interpreted as
    Allegro
    ) – based on BWV 894/1
  2. dolce, in C major – based on BWV 527/2 (there in F major)[6]
  3. Tempo di Allabreve – based on BWV 894/2 (there in 12
    16    )[16]

The outer movements were developed from the harpsichord piece with added tutti sections.[17] The middle movement was expanded from the organ piece to four voices.[6][15]

Reception

thematic catalogue (Volume 46, published in 1899):[13][2][21][22]

BWV 1006/1 into the opening sinfonia of the cantata Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir, BWV 29.[23]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Schulenberg 2006, pp. 145–146
  2. ^ a b c Spitta 1899 Vol. 1, p. 420
  3. ^ a b BDW 01226
  4. ^ Spitta 1899 Vol. 3, pp. 142–146
  5. ^ BWV2a (1998), pp. 311–312
  6. ^ a b c d Rust 1869, p. XXI (Preface)
  7. ^ a b Dirksen 2010, p. 22 (Introduction)
  8. ^ D-LEb Peters Ms. R 9 (Depositum im Bach-Archiv) and D-B Mus. ms. Bach P 801, Fascicle 4 at Bach Digital website
  9. ^ D-B Mus. ms. Bach P 804, Fascicle 29 and D-B Mus. ms. Bach P 1084 at Bach Digital website
  10. ^ Kilian 1986, p. 105ff.; Kilian 1989, p. 43ff.
  11. ^ a b BWV2a (1998) p. 425
  12. ^ (manuscript) Mus.ms. Bach St 134
  13. ^ a b (score edition) Rust 1869
  14. ^ Douglas 1997, p. 1
  15. ^ a b Douglas 1997, pp. 2–10
  16. ^ Abravaya 2006, p. 61–64
  17. ^ Douglas 1997, pp. 4–28
  18. ^ (score edition) Bach 1848
  19. ^ Hofmeister 1848, p. 151
  20. ^ Schneider 1907, p. 106
  21. ^ Kretzschmar 1899
  22. ^ Terry 1920, p 233
  23. ^ Spitta 1899 Vol. 2, p. 450

Sources

Manuscripts

Score editions

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