Brandenburg Concerto No.3 - 1. Allegro

By: Johann S. Bach
For: String quartet
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Composer
Johann S. Bach
Year of composition
1721
Arranger
Difficulty
Moderate (Grades 4-6)
Duration
5 minutes
Genre
Classical music
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Johann Sebastian Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G major may have been written while he was at Weimar, given that it (along with Nos.1 and 6) is reminiscent of the Italian concerto, a genre with which Bach was fascinated at the time. The motoric rhythm, clear melodic outline, and motivic construction owe a lot to the comparable works of Vivaldi, but the clarified harmony and more interesting counterpoint are unmistakably Bach's. The work's two main sections, both in G major (one alla breve, the other in 12/8 time), are separated by a brief Adagio which may be realized as a short violin cadenza. The concerto is originally written for three violins, three violas, and three cellos, with bass and continuo. The relationship between the instruments is subjective to the listener; as the positioning of the parts fluctuates, it may appear that there are no soloists, that the players are all soloists, or that the violins, violas, and cellos occupy their own solo groups. The Italian concerto grosso's distinction between concertino (a small group of soloists) and ripieno (the full ensemble) becomes in Bach's hands, and especially distinctively in the Brandenburg Concerto No.3, a kaleidoscopic range of colors and shades.

This arrangement is for standard string quartet, with an optional double bass part for use with string orchestra.

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Holberg Suite - 3. Gavotte and Musette, Holberg Suite - 4. Air, Holberg Suite - 5. Rigaudon, Humoresque, Op.101 No.7, I Got The Blues, Serenade No.10 "Gran Partita" - 3. Adagio, I Saw Three Ships, In The Bleak Mid-Winter, St. Paul's Suite - 4. Finale (The Dargason), It Came Upon The Midnight Clear, Jerusalem (And Did Those Feet In Ancient Time), Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, Jingle Bells, Joy To The World, Key-Stone Rag, String Serenade - 2. Waltz, King Cotton, L'Autunno ("Autumn") - 1. Allegro, L'Autunno ("Autumn") - 3. Allegro, L'Estate ("Summer") - 1. Allegro non molto, L'Estate ("Summer") - 2. Adagio, Presto, L'Estate ("Summer") - 3. Presto, L'Inverno ("Winter") - 1. Allegro non molto, L'Inverno ("Winter") - 2. Largo, Serenade No.10 "Gran Partita" - 6. Theme and variations, L'Inverno ("Winter") - 3. Allegro, La Marseillaise, String Sonata No.1 - 2. Andante, La Primavera ("Spring") - 1. Allegro, La Primavera ("Spring") - 3. 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