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For a deeper exploration of Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin, the essays in The Bach project provide fascinating insights into:

  • The chronology of the composition of the Sonatas and Partitas
  • Bach’s use of numbers in the structure of the music
  • An overview history of key recordings of the works.

ALSO INCLUDED: ‘About the Dances’ video: A specially filmed discussion and demonstration of the relevant dance movements, with Baroque dance specialist and violinist Mojca Gal.

Essays

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Complete essays presented in the full subscription website.

John Holloway: The Bach Project: An Introduction
Dorottya Fabian: Towards a Performance History of Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin: Preliminary Investigations
Ruth Tatlow: Six Solos for Violin and the Unseen Structure
Dominik Sackmann, translated by Jeremy Coleman: “A Triumph of Spirit Over Matter”: Conjectures about Johann Sebastian Bach’s Sei Solo a Violino senza Basso accompagnato (BWV 1001-1006)