The six sonatas for violin and obbligato harpsichord BWV 1014–1019 by Johann Sebastian Bach are works in trio sonata form, with the two upper parts in the harpsichord and violin over a bass line supplied by the harpsichord and an optional viola da gamba. Unlike baroque sonatas for solo instrument and continuo, where the realisation of the figured bass was left to the discretion of the performer, the keyboard part in the sonatas was almost entirely specified by Bach. They were probably mostly composed during Bach's final years in Cöthen between 1720 and 1723, before he moved to Leipzig. The extant sources for the collection span the whole of Bach's period in Leipzig, during which time he continued to make changes to the score.
Date of composition | 1723 (1717-23 in Sechs Sonaten für Clavier und Violine (No.6)) |
First published | 1814-15 |
Type | Sonata |
Tonality | G Major |
Catalogue | BWV 1019 |
Approx. duration | 15 minutes |
Instruments |
Violin
Keyboard |
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Jean-Sébastien Bach: Sonate n°6 en sol majeur, BWV 1019 Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata n. 6 in sol maggiore, BWV 1019 Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonate Nr. 6 G-dur, BWV 1019 |