Baroque Compositions
1600-1750
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Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Minuet in G, from Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach, BWV Anh. 114 (1725)
Topics: Binary form
Sheet music: Bach-Minuet in G; Johan De Wael, ed and publisher, 1725
Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike 3.0
Audio: YouTube
Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Prelude 1 in C major, BWV 846 (1722)
See other pieces based on this prelude: Charles Gounod’s Ave Maria, Arvo Part’s Credo, Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1, and progressive rock group Procol Harum’s “Repent Walpurgis”
Topics: ii-V-I progression, secondary dominants
Sheet music: Bach-Prelude 1 in C Major, BWV 846; Publisher Info.-Leipzig: Edition Peters, n.d.[1937]. Editors: Franz Kroll (1820-1877), Carl Czerny (1791-1857), Adolf Ruthardt (1849-1934). Copyright – Public Domain.
Audio: YouTube, Performed by Lang Lang
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788)
March in G, from Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach, BWV Anh. 124 (1730)
Topics: Binary form
Sheet Music: Bach-March in G; Publisher: TobisNotenarchiv, ed. and publisher, 1730
Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial 3.0
Audio: YouTube
March in D major, from Four Pieces for Anna Magdalena Bach, BWV Anh. 122 (1730)
Topics: Binary form
Sheet Music: Bach-March in D; TobisNotenarchiv, ed and publisher, 1730
Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial 3.0
Audio: YouTube
Bon, Anna (1738-1769)
Information on Anna Bon and her flute sonatas can be found in the Flutist Quarterly (Vol. 44, Issue 1) published by National Flute Association, Inc.
Six Flute Sonatas, Sonata IV, 3 mvts. (1756)
Topics: Mvt. 1: Sonata form; Mvt. 2: Ternary form; Mvt. 3: Rounded binary form
Sheet music: Bon-Flute Sonata IV; Publisher Info.: Jolando Scarpa
Copyright-Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike 3.0
Misc. Notes-Based on manuscript above (Gieddes Samling, I,15)
Audio: YouTube, Performers: Sabine Dreier, flute & Irene Hegen, pianoforte.
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)
Suite in E major, HWV 430, IV. Air with 5 Variations 'Harmonious Blacksmith' (1720)
Topics: Binary form
Sheet Music: Handel-Harmonious Blacksmith Air; Publisher: G. Schirmer, n.d. (1720)
Public Domain
Misc. Notes – This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project
Audio:
Performer pages: Stefano Ligoratti (harpsichord)
Publisher: Stefano Ligoratti
Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial 3.0
Sancho, Ignatius (1729-1780)
Black British writer, composer, shopkeeper, and abolitionist. His bio can be found here (British library).
Minuets etc for the Violin, Mandolin, German Flute and Harpsichord (1779)
Topics: Binary, Ternary, rounded binary form
Sheet music: Sancho-Minuets; Publisher: London: Richard Duke for the author, n.d.
Public Domain
Audio: YouTube: Minuet No 4