Johann Sebastian BACH’s Sei Solo – a violino senza Basso accompagnato (pub. 1720) was composed during a period of sudden interest in polyphonic violin writing. Some of the first surviving works of its kind include Heinrich Ignatz Franz Biber’s Passacaglia for solo violin (c. 1676) as well as several collections of solo violin works by Johann Paul von Westhoff. Among Bach’s own works, there is also the 6 suites à Violoncello solo, even though the penmanship of the cello suites have come under scholarly scrutiny.
Bach’s Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 sets off with a fairly conventional Baroque four-dance suite of Allemande – Corrente – Sarabanda – Giga. Unlike his other partitas, there are no doubles following these first four movements,
Bach’s Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 sets off with a fairly conventional Baroque four-dance suite of Allemande – Corrente – Sarabanda – Giga. Unlike his other partitas, there are no doubles following these first four movements,