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x Johann Sebastian Bach Bach in a 1748 portrait by Haussmann
Johann Sebastian Bach (German pronunciation: [joˈhan] or [ˈjoːhan zeˈbastjan ˈbax]) (31 March 1685 [O.S. 21 March] – 28 July 1750) (often referred to as Bach) was a German composer and an organist, whose ecclesiastical and secular works for choir,...
x Goldberg Variations Goldberg-titlepage
The Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, are a set of an aria and 30 variations for harpsichord by Johann Sebastian Bach. First published in 1741 as the fourth in a series Bach called Clavier-Übung, "keyboard practice", the work is considered to be one of...
x The Musical Offering The Musical Offering
The Musical Offering (German title Musikalisches Opfer or Das Musikalische Opfer), BWV 1079, is a collection of canons and fugues and other pieces of music by Johann Sebastian Bach, based on a musical theme by Frederick II of Prussia (Frederick the...
x Cello Suites Bachs1a
The Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello by Johann Sebastian Bach are acclaimed as some of the greatest works ever written for solo cello. They were most likely composed during the period 1717–1723, when Bach served as a Kapellmeister in Cöthen. The...
x Well-Tempered Clavier Dwtk-titlepage
The Well-Tempered Clavier (Das Wohltemperierte Klavier in the original German), BWV 846–893, is a collection of solo keyboard music composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. He first gave the title to a book of preludes and fugues in all 24 major and minor...
x Brandenburg concertos Believed to be a fragment of a portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach, once owned by Kittel
The Brandenburg concerti by Johann Sebastian Bach (BWV 1746–1751, original title: Six Concerts à plusieurs instruments) are a collection of six instrumental works presented by Bach to Christian Ludwig, margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, in 1721 ...
x Mass in B Minor The first page of the "Credo".
The Mass in B minor (BWV 232) is a musical setting (or more formally a missa tota) of the Latin Mass by Johann Sebastian Bach. Although parts of the Mass in B minor date to 1724 (and model for one parody even to 1714), the whole was assembled in its...
x The Art of Fugue A portrait which may show Bach in 1750
The Art of Fugue or The Art of the Fugue (original German: Die Kunst der Fuge), BWV 1080, is an incomplete masterpiece by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). The work was most likely started at the beginning of the 1740s, if not earlier. The first...
x Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 T&F opening
The Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565, is a piece of organ music composed by Johann Sebastian Bach sometime between 1703 and 1707. It is one of the most famous works in the organ repertoire, and has been used in a variety of popular media...
x Violin Concerto in A minor  
The Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041, was composed by Johan Sebastian Bach in 1748. The piece has three movements: The motifs of the theme of the Allegro moderato appear in changing combinations and are separated and intensified throughout the...
x Violin Concerto in E major  
The Violin Concerto in E major, BWV 1042, by Johann Sebastian Bach is a concerto for violin, strings and continuo in 3 movements:
x Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach Gavotte from French suite n
The title Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach refers to either of two manuscript notebooks that the German Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach presented to his second wife Anna Magdalena. Keyboard music (minuets, rondeaux, polonaises, chorales,...
x Double Violin Concerto  
The Concerto for 2 Violins, Strings and Continuo in D Minor, BWV 1043, also known as the Double Violin Concerto, is perhaps one of the most famous works by J. S. Bach and considered among the best examples of the work of the late Baroque period....
x Matthäuspassion De opening van een typisch koraal
The St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, also known as Matthæus Passion (German: Matthäuspassion), is a musical composition written by Johann Sebastian Bach in 1727 for solo voices, double choir and double orchestra, with libretto by Picander (Christian...
x Sonatas and partitas for solo violin BWV1001
The Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin (BWV 1001–1006) are a set of six works composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. They consist of three sonatas da chiesa, in four movements, and three partitas, in dance-form movements. The set was completed by 1720...
x Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 The first page of the autograph manuscript of the Passacaglia
Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor (BWV 582) is an organ piece by Johann Sebastian Bach. Presumably composed early in Bach's career, it is one of his most important and well-known works, and an important influence on 19th and 20th century passacaglias...
x Italian Concerto  
The Italian Concerto, BWV 971, original title: Concerto nach Italienischem Gusto (Concerto after the Italian taste), published in 1735 as the first half of Clavier-Übung II, along with the Overture in the French style, is a three-movement concerto...
x Christmas Oratorio Johann Sebastian Bach
The Christmas Oratorio (German: Weihnachtsoratorium) BWV 248, is an oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach intended for performance in church during the Christmas season. It was written for the Christmas season of 1734 incorporating music from earlier...
x Partitas for keyboard  
The Partitas, BWV 825–830, are a set of six harpsichord suites written by Johann Sebastian Bach, published from 1726 to 1730 as Clavier-Übung I, and the first of his works to be published. They were among the last of his keyboard suites to be...
x Toccata and Fugue in F major, BWV 540  
The Toccata and Fugue in F Major, BWV 540 is an organ work written by J.S. Bach. The toccata is thought to be written after 1714, and the fugue before 1731. It is thought by some that Bach joined together two previously separate pieces to create...
x English Suites  
The English Suites, BWV 806–811, are a set of six suites written by the German composer Johann Sebastian Bach for harpsichord and generally thought to be the earliest of Bach's 19 suites for keyboard, the others being the 6 French Suites, BWV 812...
x French Suites  
The French Suites, BWV 812-817, refer to six suites which Johann Sebastian Bach wrote for the clavier (harpsichord or clavichord) between the years of 1722 and 1725 . The suites were later given the name 'French' (first recorded usage by Friedrich...
x Magnificat  
The Magnificat in D major, BWV 243, is one of the major vocal works of Johann Sebastian Bach. It was composed for an orchestra, five-voice choir and five soloists. The text is the canticle of Mary, mother of Jesus as recounted by Luke the Evangelist...
x Prelude and fugue in E major, BWV 566  
Prelude (Toccata) and fugue in (C or) E major, BWV 566 is an organ work written by Johann Sebastian Bach in 1708. It comprises four sections and is an early work of Bach's. Its form resembles the Preludes and Fugues of Buxtehude. The first section...
x Two-Part Invention No. 13    
x "Prelude" from Partita No. 3 for Solo Violin    
x Three-Part Invention No. 10    
x "Prelude" from Suite for Unaccompainied Cello No. 1    
x Three-Part Invention No. 15    
x Two-Part Invention No. 6    
x Two-Part Invention No. 11    
x Three-Part Invention No. 7    
x Bourée    
x French Bourrée    
x Ārija no 3.orķestra svītas D-dur    
x Allegro no koncerta obojai un vijolei c-moll    
x Adagio no koncerta obojai un vijolei c-moll    
x 3. daļa no vijoļkoncerta Nr. 2 E-dur    
x Feručio Busoni Korāļprelūdija f-moll    
x Leite mich    
x Prelude in B minor J.S. Bach, Prelude in E minor BWV 855a, measures 1-2
The Prelude in B minor (J. S. Bach, arranged Siloti) is an arrangement for piano by Alexander Siloti of the Prelude in E minor BWV 855a by J. S. Bach from his Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach. Bach reused the piece (in a slightly...
x Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543 This is the first page of the Prelude
"The Great" Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543 (an alternate version is numbered BWV 543a) is a piece of organ music written by Johann Sebastian Bach sometime around his years as court organist to the Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1708-1717). It is the...
x Little Fugue in G minor, BWV 578  
Little Fugue in G minor, BWV 578 is a piece of organ music written by Johann Sebastian Bach sometime around his years at Arnstadt (1703-1707). A common misconception is that the Little fugue in G minor is Little in importance, but actually Bach...
x Minuet in G major  
The Minuet in G major is a keyboard piece included in the Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach and often attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach (BWV Anh. 114), but it is now usually attributed to Christian Petzold. It appears with its companion piece,...
x Easter Oratorio  
The Easter Oratorio or Osteroratorium (BWV 249) is an oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach. The first version was completed on April 1, 1725. Three different later versions with remarkable deviations in setting and text exist (both religious and...
x Sonata in B minor for flute or recorder and harpsichord  
Sonata in B minor for flute or recorder and harpsichord by Johann Sebastian Bach (BWV 1030) is a sonata in 3 movements: The existing autograph manuscript dates from after 1735, when Bach led the Leipzig Collegium. There are errors in the manuscript,...
x Sonata in E-flat major for flute or recorder and harpsichord  
Sonata in E-flat major for flute or recorder and harpsichord by J. S. Bach (BWV 1031) is a sonata in 3 movements:
x Sonata in C major for flute or recorder and basso continuo  
Sonata in C major for flute or recorder and basso continuo by J. S. Bach (BWV 1033) is a sonata in 4 movements: The basso continuo can be provided by a variety of instruments. For example in complete Bach recordings, Stephen Preston on Brilliant...
x Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden    
x Cries and Whispers Cries and Whispers
Cries and Whispers (Swedish: Viskningar och rop, lit. "Whispers and Cries") is a 1972 Swedish written and directed by Ingmar Bergman and starring Harriet Andersson, Kari Sylwan, Ingrid Thulin and Liv Ullmann. The film is set on a mansion at the end...
x Autumn Sonata Autumn Sonata
Autumn Sonata (Swedish: Höstsonaten) is a 1978 Swedish drama film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. The film stars Ingrid Bergman, Liv Ullmann and Lena Nyman. It tells the story of a celebrated classical pianist who is confronted by her...
x Melinda and Melinda Melinda and Melinda
Melinda and Melinda is a 2005 film written and directed by Woody Allen. It was premiered at the San Sebastian International Film Festival. The film is set in Manhattan and stars Radha Mitchell as the protagonist Melinda, in two story lines; one...
x The Sacrifice The Sacrifice
The Sacrifice (Swedish: Offret), 1986) is the final film by Russian film director Andrei Tarkovsky, who died shortly after completing it. Alexander, an aging atheist actor/psychologist/writer (Erland Josephson) with a younger actress wife, a teenage...
x Rollerball Rollerball
Rollerball is a 1975 dystopian fiction film directed by Norman Jewison from a screenplay by William Harrison, who adapted his own short story "Roller Ball Murder", which first appeared in 1973 in Esquire magazine. In the film, the world of 2018 is a...
x Through a Glass Darkly Såsom i en spegel
Through a Glass Darkly (Swedish: Såsom i en spegel) is a 1961 Swedish film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman, and produced by Allan Ekelund. The film is a three-act “chamber film,” in which four family members act as mirrors for each other. It...
x The Mirror The Mirror
The Mirror (Russian: Зеркало, Zerkalo; known in the UK as Mirror) is a 1974 Russian film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. It is loosely autobiographical, blending childhood memories, newsreel footage and poems by his father Arseny Tarkovsky. The film...
x Accattone Accattone
Accattone is a 1961 Italian film written and directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. Despite being filmed from an original screenplay, academics perceive Accattone as a cinematic rendition of Pasolini's earlier novels, particularly Boys of Life and A...
x Land of Silence and Darkness Land of Silence and Darkness
Land of Silence and Darkness (Land des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit) is a 1971 documentary film by German director Werner Herzog. Produced by Werner Herzog Filmproduktion. In telling the story of Fini Straubinger a deaf-blind German woman, Herzog...
x Tale of Tales Tale of Tales
Tale of Tales (Russian: Сказка сказок, Skazka skazok) is a 1979 Soviet animated film directed by Yuriy Norshteyn and produced by the Soyuzmultfilm studio in Moscow. It has won numerous awards, has been acclaimed by critics and other animators, and...
x Picnic at Hanging Rock Picnic at Hanging Rock
Picnic at Hanging Rock is a 1975 Australian mystery film directed by Peter Weir, adapted from the novel of the same name. It premiered at the Hindley Cinema Complex in Adelaide, South Australia on August 8, 1975. It became one of the first...
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