- Bach’s three-movement Violin Concerto in g minor, BWV 1056R, is a lost score, likely written in the 1730s while the composer was leading the Leipzig Collegium Musicum. His Concerto in f minor for harpsichord (or oboe), BWV 1056, is an arrangement of this original violin concerto that did survive the test of time.
- Despite being lost, Bach scholars have managed to reverse-engineer the score for the violin concerto from BWV 1056.1
- Scholars also believe that many of Bach’s harpsichord concertos are reworkings of earlier concertos Bach wrote for other instruments, and that Bach likely used them for training young musicians.2
Sources
- “Concerto in G minor, BWV 1056R (Bach, Johann Sebastian),” IMSLP, accessed October 1, 2025, https://imslp.org/wiki/Concerto_in_G_minor,_BWV_1056R_(Bach,_Johann_Sebastian).
- Howard Posner, “Violin Concerto in G minor, BWV 1056R,” L. A. Phil, accessed October 1, 2025, https://www.laphil.com/musicdb/pieces/5306/violin-concerto-in-g-minor-bwv-1056r.
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