Bach: Six Unaccompanied Cello Suites

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Bach:_Six_Unaccompanied_Cello_Suites
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf musical composition
gptkbp:BWV_number 1007-1012
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Johann_Sebastian_Bach
gptkbp:compositionPeriod Baroque
gptkbp:date circa 1717-1723
gptkbp:dedicatedTo unknown
gptkbp:fifthSuite gptkb:Cello_Suite_No._5_in_C_minor,_BWV_1011
gptkbp:firstSuite gptkb:Cello_Suite_No._1_in_G_major,_BWV_1007
gptkbp:fourthSuite gptkb:Cello_Suite_No._4_in_E-flat_major,_BWV_1010
gptkbp:genre suite
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bach: Six Unaccompanied Cello Suites
gptkbp:influenced classical cello repertoire
gptkbp:instrumentation solo cello
gptkbp:locationOfComposition gptkb:Köthen,_Germany
gptkbp:manuscript gptkb:Anna_Magdalena_Bach_manuscript
gptkbp:notableFeature Suite No. 6 written for five-string cello
technical and expressive demands
use of scordatura in Suite No. 5
gptkbp:notableRecording gptkb:Yo-Yo_Ma
gptkb:Mstislav_Rostropovich
gptkb:Pablo_Casals
gptkb:Pierre_Fournier
gptkbp:numberOfRooms 6
gptkbp:publishedIn 1824 (first edition)
gptkbp:secondSuite gptkb:Cello_Suite_No._2_in_D_minor,_BWV_1008
gptkbp:sixthSuite gptkb:Cello_Suite_No._6_in_D_major,_BWV_1012
gptkbp:structure each suite consists of prelude, allemande, courante, sarabande, minuet/bourrée/gavotte, gigue
gptkbp:thirdSuite gptkb:Cello_Suite_No._3_in_C_major,_BWV_1009
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Yo-Yo_Ma
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4