Fugue_in_G_minor,_BWV_1000

Fugue in G minor, BWV 1000

Fugue in G minor, BWV 1000

Composition by Johann Sebastian Bach

Not to be confused with Fugue in G minor, BWV 131a or Fugue in G minor, BWV 578.

The Fugue in G minor is a musical composition, possibly for the lute, written by Johann Sebastian Bach shortly after he moved from Köthen to Leipzig in 1723.

Today the piece is typically played on the guitar.[1]

Origin

Bach extracted the second movement from his Sonata No. 1 in G minor for solo violin, BWV 1001, written in 1720, and rewrote it; it is not clear that it was intended for the lute.[2] No definitive manuscript version exists today, although there is a contemporary copy in tablature, possibly made by Bach's lutenist friend, Christian Weyrauch.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Classical Archives
  2. [2]
    Titmuss, Clive, ""The Myth of Bach's Lute Suites", in Classical Guitar website, accessed 27 April 2015


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