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J.S.Bach harpsichord concerto, BWV1052

In Baroque period, the concerto development mainly focus on solo concerto. Composers choosed violin as the primary solo instrument. At that time, harpsichord was treated as the basso continuo instruments in orchestra. No harpsichord concerto is found at the beginning of the development of solo concerto. Johann Sebastian Bach was the first composer who used harpsichord as solo instrument for concerto.His harpsichord concerto in Weimar period foreshadow harpsichord concerto in Leipzig period.
The harpsichord concertos of J.S.Bach borrowed materials from other composers` or his own solo concertos. This paper uses harpsichord concerto BWV1052 as example to investigate the way Bach changed the role of harpsichord from basso continuo to solo instrument.
This paper includes three parts. First, the development of the solo concerto in the Baroque period is explored. The second part focuses on harpsichord concertos of J.S.Bach. Thirdly, examines how Bach borrowed his own materials from Cantata BWV146 to BWV1052, and the relationship among C.P.E.Bach`s harpsichord concerto BWV1052a, Wilfried Fischer `s Violin concerto reconstruction BWV1052 and BWV1052. Finally, a conclusion will be made.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0921105-114303
Date21 September 2005
CreatorsHsu, Kuei-fang
ContributorsMei-wei Lee, Shun-mei Tzei, yea-shiuh Lin
PublisherNSYSU
Source SetsNSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive
LanguageCholon
Detected LanguageEnglish
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Sourcehttp://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0921105-114303
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