BWV 1001–1006

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BWV 1001–1006 are Johann Sebastian Bach’s six celebrated works for solo violin, comprising three sonatas and three partitas that are central to the violin repertoire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf set of musical compositions
violin compositions
alsoKnownAs Violin Partitas and Sonatas
surface form: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin
catalogueNumber BWV 1001–1006 self-link
composer Johann Sebastian Bach
compositionPeriod circa 1703–1720
containsDanceForms allemande
bourrée
courante
gavotte
gigue
sarabande
containsWork BWV 1001–1006 self-linksurface differs
surface form: BWV 1001

BWV 1001–1006 self-linksurface differs
surface form: BWV 1002

BWV 1001–1006 self-linksurface differs
surface form: BWV 1003

BWV 1004
BWV 1001–1006 self-linksurface differs
surface form: BWV 1005

BWV 1001–1006 self-linksurface differs
surface form: BWV 1006
dedicatedTo possibly Johann Georg Pisendel
frequentlyRecordedBy Arthur Grumiaux
Gidon Kremer
Hilary Hahn
Itzhak Perlman
Jascha Heifetz
Nathan Milstein
Yehudi Menuhin
genre Baroque music
importanceInRepertoire central to the violin repertoire
influenced 20th-century solo violin literature
Eugène Ysaÿe’s Six Sonatas for Solo Violin, Op. 27
keyOfIndividualWork BWV 1001 in G minor
Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002
surface form: BWV 1002 in B minor

BWV 1003 in A minor
D minor (BWV 1004)
surface form: BWV 1004 in D minor

BWV 1005 in C major
E major (BWV 1006)
surface form: BWV 1006 in E major
languageOfTitle Italian
likelyPlaceOfComposition Köthen
manuscriptSource Bach’s autograph manuscript dated 1720
movementCountOfWork BWV 1001–1006 self-linksurface differs
surface form: BWV 1001 has four movements

Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002
surface form: BWV 1002 has eight movements

BWV 1001–1006 self-linksurface differs
surface form: BWV 1003 has four movements

BWV 1004 has four movements
C major (BWV 1005)
surface form: BWV 1005 has five movements

BWV 1006 has six movements
notableMovement Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004
surface form: Chaconne from BWV 1004
numberOfWorks 6
scoredFor solo violin
style polyphonic writing for solo violin
workType three sonatas and three partitas

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cello Suites catalogNumber BWV 1001–1006
this entity surface form: BWV 1007–1012
D minor (BWV 1004) BWVNumberOfAssociatedWork BWV 1001–1006
this entity surface form: BWV 1004
C major (BWV 1005) workCatalogueNumber BWV 1001–1006
this entity surface form: BWV 1005
BWV 1001–1006 containsWork BWV 1001–1006 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: BWV 1001
BWV 1001–1006 containsWork BWV 1001–1006 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: BWV 1002
BWV 1001–1006 containsWork BWV 1001–1006 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: BWV 1003
BWV 1001–1006 containsWork BWV 1001–1006 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: BWV 1005
BWV 1001–1006 containsWork BWV 1001–1006 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: BWV 1006
BWV 1001–1006 catalogueNumber BWV 1001–1006 self-link
BWV 1001–1006 movementCountOfWork BWV 1001–1006 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: BWV 1001 has four movements
BWV 1001–1006 movementCountOfWork BWV 1001–1006 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: BWV 1003 has four movements
E major (BWV 1006) usedInCatalogue BWV 1001–1006
this entity surface form: BWV 1006
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003 catalogNumber BWV 1001–1006
this entity surface form: BWV 1003
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003 relatedWorkSet BWV 1001–1006
this entity surface form: BWV 1001
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003 relatedWorkSet BWV 1001–1006
this entity surface form: BWV 1002
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003 relatedWorkSet BWV 1001–1006
this entity surface form: BWV 1004
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003 relatedWorkSet BWV 1001–1006
this entity surface form: BWV 1005
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003 relatedWorkSet BWV 1001–1006
this entity surface form: BWV 1006
Violin Sonata No. 3 in C major, BWV 1005 catalogNumber BWV 1001–1006
this entity surface form: BWV 1005
Violin Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006 catalogNumber BWV 1001–1006
this entity surface form: BWV 1006