Concerto for 2 Harpsichords in C major, BWV 1061 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 movements
Composition Year 1733–34
Genre Categories Concertos; For 2 harpsichords; Scores featuring the harpsichord; For 2 players; For 2 harpsichords, strings, continuo; Scores featuring string ensemble; Scores with basso continuo; For strings with soloists and continuo; For 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos (arr); Scores featuring the violin (arr); Scores featuring the viola (arr); Scores featuring the cello (arr); For 5 players (arr); For 2 pianos (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For 2 players (arr)

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Performances

Recordings

 Complete Recording (EU)
#614573 - 24.99MB - 18:12 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/67/V - 492×⇩ - MP3 - Vangi

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Vangi (2020/3/21)

Performer Pages Robert Veyron-Lacroix (harpsichord)
Anne-Marie Beckensteiner (harpsichord)
Orchestre de chambre Jean-François Paillard (orchestra)
Jean-François Paillard (director)
Publisher Info. Erato, 1960.
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Sheet Music

Full Scores

Early version, BWV 1061a

 Complete Score (EU)
#830637 - 1.77MB, 26 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - C*/N*/V* - 220×⇩ - Sallen112

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Editor Karl Heller (b. 1935)
Hans-Joachim Schulze (b. 1934)
Publisher. Info. Neue Bach-Ausgabe, Serie VII, Band 5 (pp.81-106)
Kassel: Bärenreiter Verlag, 1985. Plate BA 5066.
URTEXT EDITION 
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Misc. Notes 600 dpi. Page size is 10.00 x 12.688 inches.
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 Complete Score (with editorial remarks)
#484348 - 0.70MB, 48 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 5560×⇩ - Rechtsteiner

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Editor Hans-Jörg Rechtsteiner (b. 1952)
Publisher. Info. Hans-Jörg Rechtsteiner
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Version for 2 harpsichords without accompaniment (= BWV 1061a) new edition
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Revised version, BWV 1061

 Complete Score
#02303 - 2.03MB, 44 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 15802×⇩ - Peter

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Editor Wilhelm Rust (1822-1892)
Publisher. Info. Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 21 (pp.37-80)
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1874. Plate B.W. XXI.
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 Complete Score
#737976 - 2.26MB, 42 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 88×⇩ - Sallen112

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Editor Wilhelm Rust (1822-1892)
Publisher. Info. Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 21 (pp.37-80)
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1874. Plate B.W. XXI.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933-70). Catalog A1234.
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 Complete Score (EU)
#830638 - 2.50MB, 41 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - C*/N*/V* - 138×⇩ - Sallen112

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Editor Karl Heller (b. 1935)
Hans-Joachim Schulze (b. 1934)
Publisher. Info. Neue Bach-Ausgabe, Serie VII, Band 5 (pp.107-47)
Kassel: Bärenreiter Verlag, 1985. Plate BA 5066.
URTEXT EDITION 
This “urtext” or “scholarly” (scientific) edition was published at least 25 years ago in Germany and thus is public domain in its country of origin. Such editions are also public domain in Canada because they fail to meet the minimum ‘threshold of originality’ to qualify for copyright as an ‘adaptation’. It may not be public domain elsewhere, however. More information about this can be found here.
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Misc. Notes 600 dpi. Page size is 10.00 x 12.688 inches.
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 Complete Score
#463826 - 0.62MB, 27 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 2129×⇩ - RussBart

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Editor Russ Bartoli (b. 1951)
Publisher. Info. Russ Bartoli, 2019.
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Misc. Notes This score replaces the one previously uploaded, which was hard to read.
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Parts

Early version, BWV 1061a

 Complete Parts
#247882 - 66.85MB, 46 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2692×⇩ - Jun T

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Copyist Anna Magdalena Bach (1701-1760), additional contribtions
Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, 1732-33. (partial)
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (D-B): Mus.ms. Bach St 139, Faszikel 1
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 Harpsichord 1
#484349 - 0.31MB, 19 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1569×⇩ - Rechtsteiner

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 Harpsichord 2
#484350 - 0.30MB, 18 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 941×⇩ - Rechtsteiner

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Editor Hans-Jörg Rechtsteiner (b. 1952)
Publisher. Info. Hans-Jörg Rechtsteiner, 2017.
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Revised version, BWV 1061

 Harpsichord 1 solo
#753849 - 11.44MB, 15 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 19×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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 Harpsichord 2 solo
#753850 - 10.13MB, 14 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 7×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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Editor Friedrich Conrad Griepenkerl (1782-1849)
First edition
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C. F. Peters, n.d.[1846]. Plate 3027.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Griepenkerl's ed. first issued in September 1846 (Hofmeister's Monatsbericht (1847), p.5).
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 Keyboard Solo Score (missing p.32)
#396930 - 2.35MB, 31 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 453×⇩ - Cypressdome

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 Page 32
#450346 - 0.15MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 74×⇩ - David Campbell

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Editor Friedrich Conrad Griepenkerl (1782-1849)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Edition Peters, n.d.(ca.1900).
Reprinted New York: International Music Company, n.d. Plate 640.
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Misc. Notes Page 32 scanned from original Peters ed. Removed Peters plate number, etc. and inserted International edition number; changed pagination to match International reissue.
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 Harpsichord 1 solo
#720836 - 0.94MB, 14 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 50×⇩ - Carolus

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⇒ 5 more: Harpsichord 2 solo • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos/Basses

 Harpsichord 2 solo
#720837 - 0.91MB, 14 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 48×⇩ - Carolus

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 Violins I
#720832 - 0.21MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 60×⇩ - Carolus

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 Violins II
#720833 - 0.20MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 37×⇩ - Carolus

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 Violas
#720834 - 0.19MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 39×⇩ - Carolus

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 Cellos/Basses
#720835 - 0.18MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 45×⇩ - Carolus

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Editor Wilhelm Rust (1822-1892)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.(ca.1895). Plate J.S.B. Orch.20.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933-70). Catalog A1234.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For 2 Violins, Viola and 2 Cellos (Bartoli)

 Complete Score
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⇒ 5 more: Violin 1 • Violin 2 • Viola • Cello 1 • Cello 2

 Violin 1
#463828 - 0.17MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 366×⇩ - RussBart

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 Violin 2
#463829 - 0.16MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 191×⇩ - RussBart

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 Viola
#463827 - 0.15MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 153×⇩ - RussBart

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 Cello 1
#463830 - 0.15MB, 9 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 157×⇩ - RussBart

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 Cello 2
#463825 - 0.15MB, 9 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 143×⇩ - RussBart

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Arranger Russ Bartoli (b. 1951)
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For 2 Pianos (Krause)

 Piano 1
#83168 - 0.92MB, 17 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4368×⇩ - Carolus

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 Piano 2
#83169 - 0.86MB, 17 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2320×⇩ - Carolus

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Arranger Anton Krause (1834-1907)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.(ca.1880). Plate V.A. 568-569.
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General Information

Work Title Concerto for 2 Harpsichords
Alternative. Title Concerto a due cembali
Name Translations Concert per a dos clavecins en do major (Bach); Concerto pour deux clavecins BWV 1061
Authorities BNF: 139094530
Composer Bach, Johann Sebastian
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. BWV 1061
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IJB 78
Key C major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 movements:
I. [no tempo indication] (C major, 166 bars)
II. Adagio ovvero Largo (A minor, 68 bars)
III. Fuga. Vivace (C major, 140 bars)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1733–34
First Publication. 1846
Average DurationAvg. Duration 19-20 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation 2 harpsichords (BWV 1061a)
2 harpsichords, strings, continuo (BWV 1061)
Primary Sources Early version (BWV 1061a)
Revised version (BWV 1061)
External Links All Music Guide
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