BWV 1066–1069

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BWV 1066–1069 are four orchestral suites by Johann Sebastian Bach, celebrated Baroque works known for their dance movements and rich instrumental writing.

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BWV 1066–1069 canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf orchestral suites ⓘ
set of musical compositions ⓘ
associatedPlace Köthen ⓘ
Leipzig ⓘ
catalogueNumber BWV 1066–1069 ⓘ
composer Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
composerStylePeriod late Baroque ⓘ
consistsOf Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066 ⓘ
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 ⓘ
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 ⓘ
Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D major, BWV 1069 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
era early 18th century ⓘ
frequentlyPerformedAs concert works ⓘ
frequentlyRecorded true ⓘ
genre Baroque orchestral music ⓘ
hasPart bourrées ⓘ
gavottes ⓘ
gigues ⓘ
minuets ⓘ
overture movements ⓘ
sarabandes ⓘ
inCatalogue Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis ⓘ
influenced later orchestral suite tradition ⓘ
language instrumental ⓘ
movementType dance movements ⓘ
musicologicalSignificance important examples of Bach’s orchestral writing ⓘ
notableFeature rich instrumental writing ⓘ
notableIn orchestral repertoire ⓘ
period Baroque ⓘ
primaryKeySignatures B minor ⓘ
C major ⓘ
D major ⓘ
relatedWork Brandenburg Concertos ⓘ
scoring orchestra ⓘ
style French suite style ⓘ
typicalInstrumentation basso continuo ⓘ
strings ⓘ
woodwinds ⓘ
typicalPerformanceContext church ⓘ
concert hall ⓘ

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

Orchestral suites (Bach) → catalogCode → BWV 1066–1069 ⓘ
Ouvertures (Bach) → catalogueNumberRange → BWV 1066–1069 ⓘ
BWV 1066–1069 → catalogueNumber → BWV 1066–1069 ⓘ