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Cello Suite No.1 In G Major, BWV 1007

by Johann Sebastian Bach

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Uploaded on Jan 17, 2016

The six Cello Suites, BWV 1007–1012, are suites for

unaccompanied cello by Johann Sebastian Bach.
They are some of the most frequently performed solo
compositions ever written for cello. Bach most likely
composed them during the period 1717–23, when he
served as Kapellmeister in Köthen. The title given on
the cover of the Anna Magdalena Bach manuscript
was Suites à Violoncello Solo senza Basso (Suites for
cello solo without bass).

As usual in a Baroque musical suite, after the prelude

which begins each suite, all the other movements are
based around baroque dance types; the cello suites
are structured in six movements each: prelude,
allemande, courante, sarabande, two minuets or two
bourrées or two gavottes, and a final gigue. Gary S.
Dalkin of MusicWeb International called Bach's cello
suites "among the most profound of all classical music
works" and Wilfrid Mellers described them in 1980 as
"Monophonic music wherein a man has created a
dance of God".

Due to the works' technical demands, étude-like

nature, and difficulty in interpretation because of the
non-annotated nature of the surviving copies, the cello
suites were little known and rarely publicly performed
until they were recorded by Pablo Casals in the early
20th century. They have since been performed and
recorded by many renowned cellists and have been
transcribed for numerous other instruments; they are
considered some of Bach's greatest musical
achievements.

Scholars believe that Bach intended the works to be

considered as a systematically conceived cycle, rather
than an arbitrary series of pieces. Compared to Bach's
other suite collections, the cello suites are the most
consistent in order of their movements. In addition, to
achieve a symmetrical design and go beyond the
traditional layout, Bach inserted intermezzo or
galanterie movements in the form of pairs between the
sarabande and the gigue.

Only five movements in the entire set of suites are

completely non-chordal, meaning that they consist
only of a single melodic line. These are the second
minuet of Suite No. 1, the second minuet of Suite No.
2, the second bourrée of Suite No. 3, the gigue of
Suite No. 4, and the sarabande of Suite No. 5. The
second gavotte of Suite No. 5 has but one unison
chord (the same note played on two strings at the
same time), but only in the original scordatura version
of the suite; in the standard tuning version it is
completely free of chords.

The prelude, mainly consisting of arpeggiated chords,

is the best known movement from the entire set of
suites and is regularly heard on television and in films.
(Wikipedia)

Performance by Mischa Maisky

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGQLXRTl3Z0

Pages 5

Duration 15:55

Measures 220

Key G major, E minor

Genre Classical

Ensemble Solo

Parts 1

Part names Cello

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28cr9491 · Apr 01, 2023

I'm intermediate and I'm a middle school cello
kid. 0v0 I'm pretty good fir the first 11
measures because I know the notes.

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jokubassamkus · Mar 11, 2023

Just perfect, i really want to play this

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anafersanchez · Mar 03, 2023

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pasqualer · Feb 22, 2023

thank you a lot !!!

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sn26kawczensk · Feb 22, 2023

There were some incorrect notes.

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