Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001

E927478
musical composition violin sonata

Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001 is a solo violin sonata by Johann Sebastian Bach, notable for its intricate polyphony and role as the opening work of his set of six unaccompanied violin pieces.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf musical composition ⓘ
violin sonata ⓘ
approximateCompositionPeriod circa 1703–1720 ⓘ
BWVRange BWV 1001–1006 NERFINISHED ⓘ
catalogNumber BWV 1001 NERFINISHED ⓘ
composer Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Electorate of Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ
dedication none ⓘ
followedBy Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002 NERFINISHED ⓘ
followsInSeries none ⓘ
fourthMovement Presto ⓘ
fugueMovement Fuga (Allegro) ⓘ
genre Baroque violin sonata ⓘ
hasFugueMovement true ⓘ
hasPolyphony true ⓘ
instrumentation unaccompanied violin ⓘ
key G minor ⓘ
keyOfFirstMovement G minor ⓘ
keyOfFourthMovement G minor ⓘ
keyOfSecondMovement G minor ⓘ
keyOfThirdMovement B-flat major ⓘ
language none ⓘ
likelyPlaceOfComposition Weimar NERFINISHED ⓘ
manuscriptSource Bach’s autograph manuscript of the Sonatas and Partitas ⓘ
movement Adagio ⓘ
Fuga (Allegro) ⓘ
Presto ⓘ
Siciliana ⓘ
notableCharacteristic intricate polyphony ⓘ
unaccompanied violin writing ⓘ
numberOfMovements 4 ⓘ
openingMovement Adagio ⓘ
opusNumber none ⓘ
partOf Six Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin, BWV 1001–1006 NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionInSeries first ⓘ
precededBy none ⓘ
requiresTechnique chordal playing ⓘ
multiple stopping ⓘ
polyphonic voicing ⓘ
scoredFor solo violin ⓘ
secondMovement Fuga (Allegro) ⓘ
stylePeriod Baroque ⓘ
tempoIndicationFirstMovement Adagio ⓘ
tempoIndicationFourthMovement Presto ⓘ
tempoIndicationSecondMovement Allegro ⓘ
tempoIndicationThirdMovement Siciliana ⓘ
thirdMovement Siciliana ⓘ
typicalPerformanceDuration about 15–18 minutes ⓘ
workSeries Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Sei Solo a Violino senza Basso accompagnato → consistsOf → Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001 ⓘ
Violin Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006 → relatedWork → Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001
Violin Sonata No. 3 in C major, BWV 1005 → relatedWork → Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001