Musical Offering

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Musical Offering is a renowned collection of canons, fugues, and a trio sonata by Johann Sebastian Bach, based on a theme provided by Frederick the Great and celebrated for its intricate contrapuntal writing.

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Generate an image of Musical Offering (Musical Offering is a renowned collection of canons, fugues, and a trio sonata by Johann Sebastian Bach, based on a theme provided by Frederick the Great and celebrated for its intricate contrapuntal writing.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf collection of compositions ⓘ
musical composition ⓘ
associatedWith Prussian court of Frederick the Great ⓘ
basedOnThemeProvidedBy Frederick the Great ⓘ
catalogCode BWV 1079 ⓘ
composer Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
dateOfComposition 1747 ⓘ
dedicatedTo Frederick the Great ⓘ
genre Baroque music ⓘ
chamber music ⓘ
contrapuntal music ⓘ
hasAlternativeLanguageTitle Das Musikalische Opfer ⓘ
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The Musical Offering ⓘ
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hasCanonicalStatus major work in Bach’s late style ⓘ
hasPart Ricercar a 3 ⓘ
Ricercar a 6 ⓘ
canon ⓘ
fugue ⓘ
trio sonata ⓘ
trio sonata in C minor ⓘ
various canons ⓘ
historicalPeriod Late Baroque ⓘ
inMusicology frequently analyzed for its counterpoint ⓘ
inspiredByEvent Bach’s visit to Frederick the Great in 1747 ⓘ
keyTheme royal theme ⓘ
languageOfTitle German ⓘ
movementCountApproximate 16 ⓘ
notableFor intricate contrapuntal writing ⓘ
placeOfFirstPresentation Potsdam ⓘ
placeOfFirstPublication Nuremberg ⓘ
publisherOfFirstEdition Balthasar Schmid ⓘ
relatedWorkBySameComposer The Art of Fugue ⓘ
scoring continuo ⓘ
flute ⓘ
keyboard ⓘ
violin ⓘ
title Musikalisches Opfer ⓘ
usesCompositionalTechnique augmentation ⓘ
canon ⓘ
canon cancrizans ⓘ
diminution ⓘ
fugue ⓘ
invertible counterpoint ⓘ
retrograde ⓘ
ricercar ⓘ
yearOfFirstPublication 1747 ⓘ

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Musical Offering → hasAlternativeLanguageTitle → The Musical Offering ⓘ
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Musikalisches Opfer → titleInEnglish → The Musical Offering ⓘ
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Musikalisches Opfer → alsoKnownAs → The Musical Offering ⓘ
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Ricercar a 3 → partOf → The Musical Offering ⓘ
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Ricercar a 6 → partOf → The Musical Offering ⓘ
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BWV 1079 → title → Musical Offering ⓘ
Canon perpetuus super thema regium → basedOn → The Musical Offering, BWV 1079 ⓘ
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Canon perpetuus super thema regium → partOf → The Musical Offering, BWV 1079 ⓘ
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Canon a 2 → partOf → The Musical Offering ⓘ
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Canon a 2 → partOfCollection → canons of The Musical Offering ⓘ
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Canon a 2 → relatedWork → Trio sonata from The Musical Offering ⓘ
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Fuga canonica in epidiapente → partOf → The Musical Offering ⓘ
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Fuga canonica in epidiapente → workSeries → Ricercars and canons from The Musical Offering ⓘ
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Canon cancrizans → partOf → The Musical Offering ⓘ
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Canon cancrizans → isIncludedIn → Musical Offering canons ⓘ
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Canon cancrizans → movementOf → The Musical Offering ⓘ
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Canon per augmentationem in contrario motu → partOf → The Musical Offering ⓘ
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Canon per tonos → partOf → The Musical Offering ⓘ
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Canon per tonos → isSectionOf → Ricercar and canons of The Musical Offering ⓘ
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Canon a 2 violini in unisono → partOf → The Musical Offering ⓘ
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Canon a 2 violini in unisono → usesTheme → Royal Theme from The Musical Offering ⓘ
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Canon a 2 violini in unisono → includedIn → Bach’s canons from The Musical Offering ⓘ
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Canon a 2 per motum contrarium → basedOn → Royal Theme from The Musical Offering ⓘ
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Canon a 2 per motum contrarium → partOfCollection → Ricercar and Canons from The Musical Offering ⓘ
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Canon a 4 per augmentationem et diminutionem → partOf → The Musical Offering ⓘ
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