Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066

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Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066 is a Baroque orchestral work by Johann Sebastian Bach, notable for its lively French-style dances and festive scoring with oboes and bassoon.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque composition ⓘ
orchestral suite ⓘ
alsoKnownAs First Orchestral Suite in C major ⓘ
catalogNumber BWV 1066 ⓘ
composer Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
genre orchestral music ⓘ
suite ⓘ
hasForm French overture with dances ⓘ
hasOpeningMovementType French overture ⓘ
hasSequence first of Bach’s four orchestral suites ⓘ
historicalContext early 18th century ⓘ
influencedBy French dance suite ⓘ
intendedEnsemble Baroque orchestra ⓘ
key C major ⓘ
language instrumental ⓘ
movement Bourrée I ⓘ
Bourrée II ⓘ
linked to: Bourrée I

Courante ⓘ
Forlane ⓘ
Gavotte I ⓘ
Gavotte II ⓘ
Menuet I ⓘ
Menuet II ⓘ
Ouverture ⓘ
Passepied I ⓘ
Passepied II ⓘ
notableFeature French-style dances ⓘ
festive wind scoring ⓘ
numberOfMovements 10 ⓘ
partOf Bach orchestral suites ⓘ
period Baroque era ⓘ
scoring basso continuo ⓘ
bassoon ⓘ
oboes ⓘ
strings ⓘ
style Baroque ⓘ
tonalCenter C major ⓘ
typicalDuration approximately 20 minutes ⓘ
usesDanceType bourrée ⓘ
courante ⓘ
forlane ⓘ
gavotte ⓘ
minuet ⓘ
passepied ⓘ
workByComposerNumber orchestral suite No. 1 ⓘ

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Orchestral suites (Bach) → hasPart → Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066 ⓘ
Ouvertures (Bach) → containsWork → Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066 ⓘ
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 → relatedWork → Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066 ⓘ
Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066 → alsoKnownAs → First Orchestral Suite in C major ⓘ
linked to: Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066
BWV 1066–1069 → consistsOf → Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066 ⓘ