Brandenburg Concertos

Title page of the manuscript
The Brandenburg Concertos are a set of concertos written by Johann Sebastian Bach. It was written for Christian Ludwig, Magrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt.
History[change | change source]
The set was collected and given to the margrave by Bach in 1721. At that time, he was working as Kapellmeister at Cöthen.[1]:208 Christoph Wolff thinks that the concertos may have been written when Bach was working at Weimar.[1]:169
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wolff, Christoph (2000). Johann Sebastian Bach. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0-393-04825-4.
Other websites[change | change source]
- Brandenburg Concertos: Free scores at the International Music Score Library Project