Bach completed his sonatas and partitas for solo violin no later than 1720, the date on his manuscript of all six pieces. Why is the chaconne from bachs partita for violin no. Special insight it says that the bach chaconne we are talking about here is not harmonic in conception but melodic. Bach johann sebastian complete lute works, edited for classical guitar mauro giuliani the complete works for guitar fernando sor the complete works for guitar. Feeleys audacity superlative confidence and technique to play this live to an. The monumental second violin partita contains five movements, given in italian as. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site. There are also two pages of alternatives for certain sections and alternate fingerings. Clinton abstract in 1893 ferruccio busoni transcribed, for the piano, the famous bach chaconne for violin solo from the partita no.
Bachs chaconne in d minor, performed on a 6string guitar prior to yepess creation of his 10string guitar. Fingerings are well thought out and clearly stated. Chaconne, transcription for piano details allmusic. Built on a plaintive and wellknown fourmeasure bass line that descends stepwise from tonic to. I cant imagine bach phrasing these lines this way nonetheless it goes to show that bach was eons ahead of his time harmonically, compostionallly. Chaconne 1 chaconne a chaconne french pronunciation. The ciaccona commonly called by the french form of the word, chaconne, the concluding movement of partita no. Narciso yepes, recital with 10 strings classical guitar. Chaconne in a major for two cellos, from neuf petites sonates et. Or how about this menacing arrangement for trumpet and orchestra and this lyrical performance by two cellos.
Bach for classical guitar free pdf sheet music and tab. Bach chaconne in d minor, narciso yepes 6string guitar. The very key, in which the chaconne is written, is the perfect tonality for the guitar the iberian origin of the chaconne might have suggested bach the idea of assigning it to a spanish instrument. For the first half of the 20th century most listeners to radio or records experienced the. Chaconne, italian ciaccona, solo instrumental piece that forms the fifth and final movement of the partita no. Professor helga thoene suggests that this partita, and especially its last movement, was a tombeau written in memory of bachs first wife, maria barbara bach who died in 1720, though this theory is controversial yehudi menuhin called the chaconne the greatest structure for solo violin that exists violinist joshua bell has said the chaconne is not just one of the. Why is bachs chaconne considered the greatest structure. Bach 333 is released worldwide on october 26th in two language versions english and german. Sheet music single,tablature sheet music by johann sebastian bach 16851750.
Another interesting note is that apparently, after the baroque period, the definitions of the chaconne and its relative the passacaglia got muddy, and various people have tried to define the two. A piano transcription analysis marina fabrikant, d. Arnold steinhardt is the author of violin dreams, a memoir about his ultimate challenge. Chaconne from the fourth sonata for violin alone with. This is without electronic amplification of the guitar, as yepes always insisted, but with his improved sitting position and revolutionary right hand technique, which, together with his 10. Along with its disproportional relationship to the rest of the suite, it merits the emphasis given it by musicians and composers alike. For that, i must hand the matter off to a far greater mind than my own the chaconne is in my opinion one of the most wonderful and incomprehensible pieces of mus. Bach turned 35 that march and in july buried maria barbara bach, his wife of 12 years. I recently came across a recording of bachs partita for violin no. It is a work in which the strictness of form never feels sti ing because of the wide range of musical emotion and instrumental e ects.
An excerpt from the dissertation history, implementation, and pedagogical implications of an updated system of functional analysis the following examples from the class during winter 2014, examples 4. It was inevitable, therefore, that busoni should have seized upon the great d minor chaconne from bachs partita no. Cello classical cello classical cello subscription sheet music bach chaconne in d minor from partita no. Yepes was born into a family of humble origin in lorca, region of murcia. Joan sebastian bachs famous chaconne in a masterclass held by the great zakhar bron. He is considered one of the finest virtuoso classical guitarists of the twentieth century. Written for solo violin, the chaconne is one of the longest and most challenging entirely solo pieces ever composed for that instrument bachs string compositions, including a half dozen partitas and sonatas for solo. See pdf page 16 in the bach gesellschaft ausgabe preface to book 44 available at imslp.
Recommended editions from others amazon bach lute suites koonce koonce a standard, has. Yehudi menuhin called the chaconne the greatest structure for solo violin that exists. For me as a music lover bachs chaconne is the ultimate work of polyphony and variation art written for a string instrument. Bach chaconne in d minor, narciso yepes 6string guitar, 1959 duration. Allemanda, corrente, sarabanda, giga, and ciaccona.
The story behind bachs monumental chaconne the on being. Video of classical guitarist sanel redzic playing partita ii, bwv 1004 in d minor all 33 minutes by johann sebastian bach 16851750. Johann sebastian bachs chaconne has been arranged for nearly every instrument. The worlds were getting larger and the thoughts deeper. Germany 1685 1750 7077 sheet music 7757 mp3 1470 midi. As a cellist i have been intrigued by the question how bach would have composed.
This is my own transcription of bachs masterpiece and not a copy of any other arrangement with all due respect for segovias great arrangement. Bach s chaconne in d minor, performed on a 6string guitar prior to yepes s creation of his 10string guitar. A violin teacher born in oral, kazakhstan, zakhar bron starting studying music at the age of eight, in the most prestigious music schools of russia. Its not just the structure, but the indescribable content that bach poured into it. A lot of work went into this edition and i hope youll. Bach, busoni chaconne in d minor bwv 1004 helene grimaud piano. This is without electronic amplification of the guitar, as yepes always insisted, but with his improved sitting position and revolutionary right hand technique, which, together with his 10string guitars sympathetic resonance, optimize tone quality and projection. Narciso yepes 14 november 1927 3 may 1997 was a spanish guitarist. Only bach could improve on bach and prelude 1006 is the pinnacle of his chamber writing. Classical guitar recital, narciso yepes, 10string guitar, classical music. Or, listen to these renditions by an enterprising clarinetist and an equally ambitious saxophonist. Yepes for 10string guitar narciso yepes the beginning of a legend, vol. Narciso yepes bachs instrumental works discography.