Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002

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solo violin work violin partita

Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002 is a solo violin work by Johann Sebastian Bach, notable for its intricate dance movements and its place among the celebrated set of six sonatas and partitas for unaccompanied violin.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
BWV 1002 has eight movements	1
BWV 1002 in B minor	1
Violin Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	solo violin work ⓘ violin partita ⓘ
approximateCompositionStart	1720 ⓘ
catalogNumber	BWV 1002 NERFINISHED ⓘ
composer	Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
compositionPeriod	Baroque era ⓘ
containsDanceForm	allemande GENERATED ⓘ bourrée GENERATED ⓘ courante GENERATED ⓘ sarabande GENERATED ⓘ
followedBy	Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	Baroque violin music ⓘ
historicalSignificance	central work in the solo violin repertoire ⓘ
influenced	later solo violin repertoire ⓘ
key	B minor ⓘ
languageOfTitle	Italian ⓘ
manuscriptSource	Bach’s autograph manuscript of the six sonatas and partitas ⓘ
movement	Allemanda ⓘ Corrente ⓘ Double of Allemanda ⓘ Double of Corrente ⓘ Double of Sarabande ⓘ Double of Tempo di Borea ⓘ Sarabande ⓘ Tempo di Borea ⓘ
notableFeature	part of Bach’s only surviving set of works for unaccompanied violin ⓘ use of doubles as variations on each dance movement ⓘ
numberInSet	2 ⓘ
opusType	partita ⓘ
partOf	Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin, BWV 1001–1006 NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfComposition	Köthen NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001 NERFINISHED ⓘ
publisherOfFirstEdition	Nägeli (early 19th century) NERFINISHED ⓘ
requiresTechnique	advanced solo violin technique ⓘ
scoring	solo violin ⓘ
set	six sonatas and partitas for solo violin ⓘ
style	German Baroque ⓘ
title	Partita I in h-Moll NERFINISHED ⓘ Partita No. 1 in B minor NERFINISHED ⓘ
tonalCenter	B minor ⓘ
tonalSystem	well-tempered tuning tradition ⓘ
typicalPerformanceDuration	approximately 25 minutes ⓘ
workNumberInBWVSequence	1002 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Sei Solo a Violino senza Basso accompagnato → consistsOf → Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002 ⓘ

BWV 1001–1006 → keyOfIndividualWork → Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002 ⓘ

this entity surface form: BWV 1002 in B minor

BWV 1001–1006 → movementCountOfWork → Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002 ⓘ

this entity surface form: BWV 1002 has eight movements

Violin Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006 → relatedWork → Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Violin Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002

Violin Sonata No. 3 in C major, BWV 1005 → relatedWork → Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002 ⓘ