Italian Concerto,BWV 971, performed onharpsichord byMartha Goldstein

1. (Allegro)

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2. Andante

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3. Presto

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Apart fromhis orchestral keyboard concertos andhis solo organ concertos,Johann Sebastian Bach composedkeyboard concertos for unaccompaniedharpsichord:

• Most ofhis Weimar concerto transcriptions, over twenty arrangements of Italian and Italianate orchestral concertos which he produced around 1713–1714 when he was employed inWeimar, were written for solo harpsichord (BWV 592a and 972–987).
• Two decades later, some ten years after he had becomeThomaskantor inLeipzig, he wrote a concerto for two harpsichords,BWV 1061a, which was later orchestrated asBWV 1061.
• TheItalian Concerto, BWV 971, was published in 1735 as part of hisClavier-Übung II.

In his Weimar period, Johann Sebastian Bach transcribed Italian and Italianate concertos. Most, if not all, of the concerto transcriptions for unaccompanied harpsichord were realised from July 1713 to July 1714. Most of these transcriptions were based on concertos byAntonio Vivaldi. Other models for the transcriptions included concertos byAlessandro Marcello,Benedetto Marcello,Georg Philipp Telemann andPrince Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

AfterViolin Concerto in G major [scores] by Prince Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar, and organ versionBWV 592.^[9]

Movements:

1. [no tempo indication]
2. Grave
3. Presto

1. Allegro

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2. Largo- Larghetto

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3. Allegro

All of the above performed byWanda Landowska (972).

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After Violin Concerto in D majorOp. 3 No. 9 (RV 230) by Antonio Vivaldi.^[10] There is an earlier version of this arrangement, BWV 972a.^[11]

Movements:

1. [no tempo indication]
2. Largo- Larghetto
3. Allegro

After Violin Concerto in G major, RV 299, by Antonio Vivaldi (later version published asOp. 7 No. 8).^[12]

Movements:

1. [no tempo indication]
2. Largo
3. Allegro

AfterOboe Concerto in D minor byAlessandro Marcello.^[13][6]

Movements:

1. [no tempo indication]
2. Adagio
3. Presto

After Violin Concerto in G minor, RV 316, by Antonio Vivaldi (variant RV 316a, published asOp. 4 No. 6).^[14]

Movements:

1. [no tempo indication]
2. Largo
3. Giga Presto

After Violin Concerto in E major Op. 3 No. 12 (RV 265) by Antonio Vivaldi.^[15]

Movements:

1. [no tempo indication]
2. Largo
3. Allegro

After an unidentified model.^[16]

Movements:

1. [no tempo indication]
2. Adagio
3. Giga

After Violin Concerto in G major Op. 3 No. 3 (RV 310) by Antonio Vivaldi.^[17]

Movements:

1. Allegro
2. Largo
3. Allegro

After Violin Concerto in D minor, RV 813, by Antonio Vivaldi (formerly RV Anh. 10 attributed toTorelli).^[18][7][8]

Movements:

1. Allegro – Adagio
2. Allegro
3. Andante
4. Adagio
5. Allegro

After Violin Concerto in B-flat major, RV 383 by Antonio Vivaldi (variant RV 383a published asOp. 4 No. 1).^[19]

Movements:

1. [no tempo indication]
2. Largo
3. Allegro

After Violin Concerto in C minor Op. 1 No. 2 by Benedetto Marcello.^[20]

Movements:

1. Adagio
2. Vivace
3. [no tempo indication]
4. Prestissimo

After Violin Concerto in B-flat major Op. 1 No. 1 by Prince Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar.^[21]

Movements:

1. [no tempo indication]
2. Adagio
3. Allegro
4. Allegro

After an unidentified model.^[22]

Movements:

1. [no tempo indication]
2. Adagio
3. Allegro

After the Violin Concerto in C major by Prince Johann Ernst of Saxe–Weimar (likeBWV 595).^[23]

Movements:

1. [no tempo indication]
2. Adagio e affettoso
3. Allegro assai

After theViolin Concerto in G minor, TWV 51:g1 [scores], by Georg Philipp Telemann.^[24]

Movements:

1. [no tempo indication]
2. Adagio
3. Allegro

After an unidentified model.^[25]

Movements:

1. [no tempo indication]
2. Adagio
3. Allegro

After Concerto Op. 1 No. 4 by Prince Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar.^[26]

Movements:

1. [no tempo indication]
2. Allegro
3. Adagio
4. Vivace

Bach composed unaccompanied keyboard concertos for one and two harpsichords.^[2][27]

Bach'sItalian Concerto, BWV 971, was published in 1735, as first of two compositions included inClavier-Übung II.^[28] An early version of the concerto's first movement survives in an 18th-century copy.^[29]

BWV 1061a, a concerto for two harpsichords without accompaniment, is Bach's original version of the Concerto for two harpsichords and strings,BWV 1061.^[30]

Several concertos for unaccompanied harpsichord are listed as doubtful inAnhang II of the 1998 edition of theBach-Werke-Verzeichnis:^[31]

• BWV 909 – Concerto and Fugue in C minor
• BWV Anh. 151 – Concerto in C major
• BWV Anh. 152 – Concerto in G major

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• 25448 MSM atConservatoire royal de Bruxelles (RISM 702002232): Fascicles3 (BWV 972a) and4 (BWV 981) atBach Digital
• D-DS Mus. ms. 66 atUniversitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt [de] (BWV 974;RISM 450001735;D-DS Mus. ms. 66 atBach Digital)
• D-LEb Peters Ms. 8 atStadtbibliothek Leipzig [de]/Bach Archive: Fascicles14 (BWV 971),28 (BWV 984) and29 (BWV 981) atBach Digital
• D-LEm Poel. mus. Ms. 29 atStadtbibliothek Leipzig [de] (BWV 592a, 973 and 983–4;D-LEm Poel. mus. Ms. 29 atBach Digital)
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• Mus.ms. Bach P 801 (28) atBerlin State Library ("Concerto di Marcello", BWV 981;RISM 467300247;D-B Mus. ms. Bach P 801, Fascicle 28 atBach Digital)
• Mus.ms. Bach P 804 atBerlin State Library (RISM 467300254): Fascicles4 (BWV 974),15 (BWV 976),28 (BWV 985),34 (BWV 987),35 (BWV 983),46 (BWV 986),52 (BWV 984),54 (BWV 973),55 (BWV 972) and56 (BWV 977) atBach Digital
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• AtIMSLP website:
  • BWV 592a:Violin Concerto in G major (Johann Ernst Prinz von Sachsen-Weimar)
  • Italienisches Konzert, BWV 971 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)
  • 16 Konzerte nach verschiedenen Meistern, BWV 972–987 (Bach, Johann Sebastian),Violin Concerto in D major, RV 230 (Vivaldi, Antonio),Violin Concerto in G major, RV 299 (Vivaldi, Antonio),Oboe Concerto in D minor, S.Z799 (Marcello, Alessandro),Violin Concerto in G minor, RV 316a (Vivaldi, Antonio),Violin Concerto in E major, RV 265 (Vivaldi, Antonio),Violin Concerto in G major, RV 310 (Vivaldi, Antonio),Violin Concerto in B-flat major, RV 383a (Vivaldi, Antonio),Violin Concerto in C major (Johann Ernst Prinz von Sachsen-Weimar) andViolin Concerto, TWV 51:g1 (Telemann, Georg Philipp)
  • 12 Concerti Grossi, Op.1 (Marcello, Benedetto),L'estro armonico, Op.3 (Vivaldi, Antonio),La stravaganza, Op.4 (Vivaldi, Antonio),12 Concerti, Op.7 (Vivaldi, Antonio) and12 Concerti a 5 (Various)
  • Concerto for 2 Harpsichords in C major, BWV 1061 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)

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