Partita for Violin No. 3 (Bach)

	Preludio (BWV 1006a) Performed on guitar (originally composed for lute) by Gordon Rowland. Courtesy of Musopen Gavotte en Rondeau (BWV 1006) Menuet I (BWV 1006)
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The Partita No. 3 in E major BWV 1006 by Johann Sebastian Bach for solo violin is the last work in the set of Six Sonatas and Partitas. It consists of the following movements:

Preludio
Loure
Gavotte en Rondeau
Menuets (I and II)
Bourrée
Gigue

It takes approximately 20 minutes to perform.

The entire partita was transcribed by Bach cataloged as BWV 1006a. The organist Wilhelm Tappert claimed in 1900 that this arrangement was for lute solo, but present research indicates that it was for an unspecified instrument.^[1]

The most commonly found recordings are usually of the Preludio. The Preludio demands advanced bowing technique and consists almost entirely of semiquavers (i.e. sixteenth notes). The Preludio was also transcribed by Bach for obbligato organ, oboes, trumpets and strings in the opening sinfonia of the cantata Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir, BWV 29, in D major, and was used as an introduction to the second part of the cantata Herr Gott, Beherrscher aller Dinge, BWV 120a.

The "Gavotte en Rondeau" is famously included on the Voyager Golden Record and often heard in TV or radio programs.

In 1933 Sergei Rachmaninoff transcribed for piano (and subsequently recorded) the Preludio, Gavotte, and Giga from this partita (as TN 111/1).

References

↑ Titmuss, Clive, ""The Myth of Bach's Lute Suites", in Classical Guitar website, accessed 27 April 2015

External links

Manuscript (fair copy) in Bach's hand of the Partita at the Bach Digital project
Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
Performance by violinist Karen Gomyo from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in MP3 format

Chamber music and Orchestral works by, and Transcriptions after, Johann Sebastian Bach

Solo	Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin, BWV 1001–1006 (Partita No. 1, No. 2, No. 3) Cello Suites, BWV 1007–1012 Partita for Solo Flute, BWV 1013

Ensemble	Six Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1014–1019 Sonatas for viola da gamba and harpsichord, BWV 1027–1029 Flute Sonatas: in B minor, BWV 1030, in E♭ major, BWV 1031 (doubtful), in A major, BWV 1032, in C major, BWV 1033 (doubtful), in E minor, BWV 1034, in E major, BWV 1035 Sonata for two flutes and continuo, BWV 1039 Canonic Trio Sonata, BWV 1040

Concertos	Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041 Violin Concerto in E major, BWV 1042 Concerto for Two Violins, BWV 1043 Triple Concerto, BWV 1044 Sinfonia for violin and orchestra, BWV 1045 Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046–1051 Keyboard concertos, BWV 1052–1065

Suites	Orchestral Suites, BWV 1066–1069 Orchestral Suite in G minor, BWV 1070 (doubtful)

Various	Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach The Musical Offering, BWV 1079 The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080 (discography)

Adaptations	Air on the G String "Alphabet" "Ave Maria" Bach-Busoni Editions "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring "Lady Lynda" "They"

Albums	Bach's Greatest Hits Back to Bach Jazz Sebastian Bach Switched-On Bach Switched-On Bach II

List of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach List of fugal works by Johann Sebastian Bach

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 175022438 LCCN: n85296603 BNF: cb139093918 (data)

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