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Bach, Johann Sebastian: French Ouverture in b minor BWV 831

sheet music

Setting: Piano
Length: 24 pages
Weight: 0.115 kg
Publisher: G. Henle Verlag
Item number: HN1304
Other reference: HN 1304
ISMN: 9790201813042
In 1735 Johann Sebastian Bach published his French Overture BWV 831 together with the famous Italian Concerto as the second part of his ''Clavier-Übung''. The designation Ouvertüre (Overture) can be somewhat misleading, since this work consists not just of an opening movement but also of a full-fledged partita with 11 movements: Ouvertüre, Courante, Gavotte I & II, Passepied I & II, Sarabande, Bourrée I & II, Gigue and Echo. In terms of melodic richness and rhythmic play it is on a par with its
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