Musical Offering

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collection of compositions musical composition

Musical Offering is a renowned collection of canons, fugues, and a trio sonata by Johann Sebastian Bach, based on a theme provided by Frederick the Great and celebrated for its intricate contrapuntal writing.

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Label	Occurrences
The Musical Offering	5
Musical Offering canonical	3

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	collection of compositions ⓘ musical composition ⓘ
associatedWith	Prussian court of Frederick the Great ⓘ
basedOnThemeProvidedBy	Frederick II of Prussia ⓘ surface form: Frederick the Great
catalogCode	BWV 1079 ⓘ
composer	Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
dateOfComposition	1747 ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Frederick II of Prussia ⓘ surface form: Frederick the Great
genre	Baroque music ⓘ chamber music ⓘ contrapuntal music ⓘ
hasAlternativeLanguageTitle	Musikalisches Opfer ⓘ surface form: Das Musikalische Opfer Musical Offering self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Musical Offering
hasCanonicalStatus	major work in Bach’s late style ⓘ
hasPart	Ricercar a 3 ⓘ Ricercar a 6 ⓘ canon ⓘ fugue ⓘ trio sonata ⓘ trio sonata in C minor ⓘ various canons ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Late Baroque ⓘ
inMusicology	frequently analyzed for its counterpoint ⓘ
inspiredByEvent	Bach’s visit to Frederick the Great in 1747 ⓘ
keyTheme	royal theme ⓘ
languageOfTitle	German ⓘ
movementCountApproximate	16 ⓘ
notableFor	intricate contrapuntal writing ⓘ
placeOfFirstPresentation	Potsdam ⓘ
placeOfFirstPublication	Nuremberg ⓘ
publisherOfFirstEdition	Balthasar Schmid ⓘ
relatedWorkBySameComposer	The Art of Fugue ⓘ
scoring	continuo ⓘ flute ⓘ keyboard ⓘ violin ⓘ
title	Musikalisches Opfer ⓘ
usesCompositionalTechnique	augmentation ⓘ canon ⓘ canon cancrizans ⓘ diminution ⓘ fugue ⓘ invertible counterpoint ⓘ retrograde ⓘ ricercar ⓘ
yearOfFirstPublication	1747 ⓘ

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Description of subject: Musical Offering is a renowned collection of canons, fugues, and a trio sonata by Johann Sebastian Bach, based on a theme provided by Frederick the Great and celebrated for its intricate contrapuntal writing.