Bach - Fugue for Violin & Basso Continuo in G Minor BWV1026

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750) Fugue for violin and basso continuo in G minor BWV1026 Performed by Helene Schmitt, violin Jan Willem Jansen, harpsichord *This piece is one of the few for violin that is undoubtedly authentic Bach, besides the sonatas and partitas for solo violin. It was composed during Bach's second stay in Weimar, when his position as court organist and chamber musician enabled him to work intensely and extend his knowledge of violin technique. Bach's earliest surviving piece of chamber music, this fugue has come down to us in a manuscript copy by Bach's friend and organist Johann Gottfried Walther.

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YouTube | July 24, 2008

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