histoiredelamusique:”Avec plusieurs Instruments” (For variety of instruments)Dated March 24, 1721 an
histoiredelamusique:”Avec plusieurs Instruments” (For variety of instruments)Dated March 24, 1721 and dedicated to the margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg. The image above showcases the manuscripts’ cover page of J.S. Bach’s (1685-1750) Six Brandenburg Concerto’s.The Brandenburg concerto’s were revolutionary for a couple of reasons: use of instrumentation, ensemble roles, and Bach’s uptake with the concerto series. By the time Bach completed the Brandenburg concerti, other composers such as, Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713) and Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) had refined the genre. The evolution of the genre began with at the most 3 to 4 musicians playing and eventually evolved into a back-and-forth solo instrument verses ensemble exchange comprised of three-movements in a ritornello form. The platform of the concerto interested Bach enough to conceive his own. The most notable is the 5th Brandenburg Concerto BWV 1050. The importance of this concerto is the transformation of the harpsichord from a continuo instrument (accompanying instrument-to the first time in history) to a solo instrument with a cadenza section. In addition, the 5th Brandenburg concerto utilizes the traverse flute, which is a wooden relative of the modern flute. The exchange of instrumentation and roles that the instruments played within this concerto placed a new dialogue and may have ignited Bach’s interest in writing later harpsichord concerti. -- source link
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