Bach - Capriccio sopra la lontananza del fratello dilettissimo BWV 992

Johann Sebastian Bach

Capriccio sopra la lontananza del fratello dilettissimo BWV 992

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Along with his major cycles such as the English and French suites, the Goldberg Variations or the Well-Tempered Clavier, Bach also left a wealth of single pieces with a great diversity of titles; they stem in large part from his early youth and student period around the years 1700-1710. The title of the present work – translated as “Capriccio on the departure of his most beloved brother” – reveals that this is programmatic, onomatopoeic music of the kind that was very popular in the 17th and 18th centuries. In its six short and imaginatively-titled movements Bach shows a different side of himself from the usual polyphonist. Perhaps we owe this piece to the departure of his brother Johann Jacob Bach, who entered service in Sweden in 1704.

HN1305

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Product type
Printed editorial product
Publishing status
Active
Original proprietary code
HN 1305
ISMN code
979-0-2018-1305-9
Publisher
G. Henle Verlag
Number of pages and size
12 (12) - 23,5 x 31,0 cm
Peculiarities
Paperbound
Urtext Edition
Main responsibilities
Johann Sebastian Bach
Secondary responsibilities
Georg von Dadelsen (ed.)
Hans-Martin Theopold (fing.)
Unified main title
Capriccio sopra la lontananza del fratello dilettissimo BWV 992