Bach's Concerto for Keyboard, Flute, and Violin with Orchestra in A minor, BWV
1044, is a very interesting and unprecedented case of Bach reworking pre-existing keyboard
works into three concerto movements. There are several examples of Bach carrying out the
reverse process with his keyboard arrangements of Vivaldi, and other composers' concertos,
but the reworking of the Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 894, into the outer movements
of BWV 1044, and the second movement of the Organ Sonata in F major, BWV 527, into the
middle movement, appears to be unique among Bach's compositional activity. This study
will explore in some detail how Bach transforms these solo keyboard pieces into a three
movement concerto for three concertino instruments and ripieno.
As is the case with most of Bach's instrumental works, the question of where BWV
1044 fits within the chronology of Bach's works is unclear. This paper will attempt a reliable
date of composition for this concerto by combining a variety of methods including source
study and comparative formal analysis.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:BVAU.2429/6473 |
| Date | 11 1900 |
| Creators | Douglas, David James |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Relation | UBC Retrospective Theses Digitization Project [http://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/retro_theses/] |
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