Complete Concertos for Two or More Harpsichords in Full Score

by Johann Sebastian Bach

Book Overview

One of Bach's principal activities during his years in Leipzig was his direction, from 1729 to 1741, of the local collegium musicum, a voluntary association of professional musicians and university students who gave regular weekly public concerts. For these popular occasions, Bach composed the six concertos included in this volume. Important historically because they are among the first keyboard concertos ever written, they continue to be studied...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486271366
• ISBN13: 9780486271361
• Release Date: June 1992
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.0" x 12.0"