BWV 1079

E304268
collection of compositions musical composition

BWV 1079 is Johann Sebastian Bach’s "Musical Offering," a collection of canons and fugues based on a theme given to him by Frederick the Great.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
BWV 1079 canonical 5
BWV 1079 The Musical Offering 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf collection of compositions ⓘ
musical composition ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Musikalisches Opfer ⓘ
surface form: Das Musikalische Opfer
associatedPerson Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach ⓘ
Frederick II of Prussia ⓘ
associatedPlace Potsdam ⓘ
basedOn theme by Frederick II of Prussia ⓘ
catalogNumber BWV 1079 self-link ⓘ
composer Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
composerPeriod Late Baroque ⓘ
containsWork Canon a 2 ⓘ
Canon per augmentationem in contrario motu ⓘ
surface form: Canon a 2 per augmentationem contrario motu

Canon a 2 per motum contrarium ⓘ
Canon a 2 violini in unisono ⓘ
Canon a 2 ⓘ
surface form: Canon a 4

Canon a 4 per augmentationem et diminutionem ⓘ
Canon cancrizans ⓘ
Canon per augmentationem in contrario motu ⓘ
Canon per tonos ⓘ
Canon perpetuus super thema regium ⓘ
Fuga canonica in epidiapente ⓘ
Ricercar a 3 ⓘ
Ricercar a 6 ⓘ
Trio Sonata for flute, violin and continuo ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
dedicatedTo Frederick II of Prussia ⓘ
genre canon ⓘ
chamber music ⓘ
fugue ⓘ
ricercar ⓘ
trio sonata ⓘ
hasForm cyclical collection ⓘ
hasInstrumentation continuo ⓘ
flute ⓘ
keyboard ⓘ
violin ⓘ
hasTheme Thema Regium ⓘ
key C minor ⓘ
language German ⓘ
notableFeature contains complex canons ⓘ
contains multi-voice ricercars ⓘ
explores contrapuntal possibilities of a single theme ⓘ
uses a royal theme provided by Frederick the Great ⓘ
partOf BWV (Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis) ⓘ
surface form: Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis
style Baroque ⓘ
subjectOf musicological analysis of counterpoint ⓘ
title Musical Offering ⓘ
Musikalisches Opfer ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Musical Offering → catalogCode → BWV 1079 ⓘ
Musikalisches Opfer → catalogueNumber → BWV 1079 ⓘ
Ricercar a 3 → movementOf → BWV 1079 ⓘ
this entity surface form: BWV 1079 The Musical Offering
Ricercar a 6 → catalogueNumber → BWV 1079 ⓘ
Ricercar a 6 → partOf → BWV 1079 ⓘ
BWV 1079 → catalogNumber → BWV 1079 self-link ⓘ