Violin Concerto in g minor, BWV 1056R

Composer: BACH, Johann Sebastian
  • 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

  1. “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).
  2. 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.

Cut IDs

21233 27296