E major (BWV 1006)

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E major (BWV 1006) is the key of Johann Sebastian Bach’s celebrated Partita No. 3 for solo violin, renowned for its virtuosic and dance-inspired movements.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
E major (BWV 1006) canonical 2
BWV 1006 in E major 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf musical key ⓘ
tonality ⓘ
associatedInstrument violin ⓘ
associatedMovement Bourrée from Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006 ⓘ
Gavotte en Rondeau from Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006 ⓘ
Gigue from Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006 ⓘ
Loure from Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006 ⓘ
Menuet I from Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006 ⓘ
Menuet II from Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006 ⓘ
Preludio from Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006 ⓘ
centuryOfCompositionAssociated 18th century ⓘ
commonlyAssociatedWith Bach violin partitas ⓘ
solo violin repertoire ⓘ
commonlyNotatedWith four-sharp key signature ⓘ
composerAssociated Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
countryOfComposer Germany ⓘ
diatonicScale E F♯ G♯ A B C♯ D♯ ⓘ
enharmonicEquivalentKey F♭ major ⓘ
historicalPeriodAssociated Baroque ⓘ
keySignature C♯ ⓘ
D♯ ⓘ
F♯ ⓘ
G♯ ⓘ
four sharps ⓘ
mode major ⓘ
notableFor dance-inspired movements ⓘ
virtuosic violin writing ⓘ
parallelMinor E minor ⓘ
relativeMinor C♯ minor ⓘ
scaleDegree1 E ⓘ
scaleDegree2 F♯ ⓘ
scaleDegree3 G♯ ⓘ
scaleDegree4 A ⓘ
scaleDegree5 B ⓘ
scaleDegree6 C♯ ⓘ
scaleDegree7 D♯ ⓘ
tonicNote E ⓘ
usedInCatalogue BWV 1006 ⓘ
linked to: BWV 1001–1006
usedInWork Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006 ⓘ
workTypeAssociated partita for solo violin ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Violin Partitas and Sonatas → keyOfWork → E major (BWV 1006) ⓘ
BWV 1001–1006 → keyOfIndividualWork → BWV 1006 in E major ⓘ
linked to: E major (BWV 1006)