Violin Sonata in E minor, BWV 1023 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements
Composition Year 1714–17?
Genre Categories Sonatas; For violin, continuo; Scores featuring the violin; Scores with basso continuo; For 1 player with continuo; for violin, strings and organ (arr); For violin, piano (arr); For 2 players (arr); Scores featuring the violin (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For cello, piano (arr); Scores featuring the cello (arr)

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Performances

Sheet Music

Scores

 Complete Score (full SLUB resolution)
#396298 - 24.04MB, 15 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 679×⇩ - Piupianissimo

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 Complete Score (Colour, low resolution)
#396217 - 3.33MB, 15 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 251×⇩ - Jun T

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 Complete Score (Black-and-white scan)
#48110 - 1.02MB, 9 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 12148×⇩ - Generoso

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Generoso (2009/12/5)

Copyist Johann Gottfried Grundig (ca.1706-1773)
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1720-32).
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Sächsische Landesbibliothek, Dresden (D-Dl): Mus.2405-R-1
Schrank II coll.
This file is based on high-resolution images obtained from the source using a method explained on this page.
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 Complete Score
#88639 - 0.41MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 11668×⇩ - Peter

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Peter (2006/12/06)

Editor Paul Waldersee (1831-1906)
Publisher. Info. Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 43.1 (pp.29-38)
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1894. Plate B.W. XLIII (1).
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Editor, etc. not specified (in scan anyway). Ferdinand David did publish, also with B&H, an edition in 1897 (Hofmeister's Monatsbericht (1897), p.105.)
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 Complete Score
#497387 - 0.59MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - C*/V*/V* - 786×⇩ - Sallen112

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Sallen112 (2017/10/19)

Editor Günter Haußwald (1908-1974)
Publisher. Info. Neue Bach-Ausgabe, Serie VI, Band 1 (pp.71-80)
Kassel: Bärenreiter Verlag, 1958. Plate BA 5012.
URTEXT EDITION 
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Misc. Notes 600 dpi. Page size is 10.00 x 12.688 inches.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Complete

For Violin, Strings and Organ (Respighi)

 Complete Score
#48409 - 2.53MB, 14 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1910×⇩ - Daphnis

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⇒ 7 more: Complete Score • Violin Solo • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Basses

 Complete Score
#744009 - 1.99MB, 15 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 9×⇩ - Sallen112

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 Violin Solo
#744010 - 0.47MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 18×⇩ - Sallen112

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 Violins I
#744011 - 0.19MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 8×⇩ - Sallen112

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 Violins II
#744012 - 0.19MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 8×⇩ - Sallen112

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 Violas
#744013 - 0.26MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 8×⇩ - Sallen112

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 Cellos
#744014 - 0.24MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 9×⇩ - Sallen112

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 Basses
#744015 - 0.18MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 10×⇩ - Sallen112

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Arranger Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Schmidl, 1911.
Reprinted Miami: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(1987). Catalog A4283.
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For Violin and Piano (David)

 Complete Score
#90747 - 1.37MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2687×⇩ - Ralph Theo Misch

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Ralph Theo Misch (2011/1/19)

 Violin Part, also figured bass
#90748 - 1.19MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4503×⇩ - Ralph Theo Misch

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Arranger Ferdinand David (1810-1871)
Editor Henri Petri (1853-1914)
Publisher. Info. Die hohe Schule des Violinspiels
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1910]. Plate V. A. 1992.
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Misc. Notes Scanned at 600dpi grayscale, converted to monochrome.
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For Violin and Piano (Siloti)

 Complete Score
#681471 - 1.62MB, 18 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/22/V - 177×⇩ - Afp0815

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 Violin Part
#681472 - 0.63MB, 7 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/22/V - 257×⇩ - Afp0815

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Arranger Alexander Siloti (1863-1945)
Editor Paul Kochanski (1887-1934)
Publisher. Info. New York: Carl Fischer, 1926. Plate 24057-22.
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Adagio ma non tanto (No.2)

For Cello and Piano (Radecki)

 Complete Score
#65569 - 0.49MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 816×⇩ - Generoso

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 Cello Part
#65570 - 0.27MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 786×⇩ - Generoso

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Generoso (2010/5/30)

Arranger Carl von Radecki (1842-1885)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.(ca.1880). Plate V.A. 378.
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General Information

Work Title Violin Sonata in E minor
Alternative. Title Sonata for Violin and Continuo
Composer Bach, Johann Sebastian
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. BWV 1023
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IJB 662
Key E minor
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements:
I. [no tempo indication]
II. Adagio ma non tanto
III. Allemande
IV. Gigue
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1714–17?
First Publication. 1867
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation violin, continuo
Primary Sources Bach Digital (source list)
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